List of Famous people named Robert

Name Robert is among the most common names in USA, England, France, Canada, Germany, Australia, Austria, Switzerland. Shortened forms: Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie. Similar names: Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, Roberto, Roberta, Robbert, Roberth, Roberrt. Here are some famous Roberts:

Robert Peel Willock

First Name Robert
Last Name Willock
Born on January 1, 1821 (age 205)
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Robert Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley

First Name Robert
Last Name Rockley
Died on January 1, 1976 (aged 6)
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Robert L. Forward

First Name Robert
Last Name Forward
Born on August 15, 1932
Died on September 21, 2002 (aged 70)

Robert Lull Forward was an American physicist and science fiction writer. His literary work was noted for its scientific credibility and use of ideas developed from his career as an aerospace engineer. He also made important contributions to gravitational wave detection research.

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Robert Hubert Pelly

First Name Robert
Last Name Pelly
Born on August 17, 1923
Died on January 24, 2016 (aged 92)
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Robert Simon Horton Pelly

First Name Robert
Last Name Pelly
Born on March 31, 1960 (age 66)
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Robert James Riddell

First Name Robert
Last Name Riddell
Born on January 1, 1942 (age 84)
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Robert Riddell

First Name Robert
Last Name Riddell
Born on May 29, 1797
Died on April 18, 1862 (aged 64)
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Robert Vansittart Riddell

First Name Robert
Last Name Riddell
Born on March 12, 1840
Died on May 29, 1911 (aged 71)
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Robert J. Flaherty

First Name Robert
Last Name Flaherty
Born on February 16, 1884
Died on July 23, 1951 (aged 67)

Robert Joseph Flaherty, was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922). The film made his reputation and nothing in his later life fully equaled its success, although he continued the development of this new genre of narrative documentary with Moana (1926), set in the South Seas, and Man of Aran (1934), filmed in Ireland's Aran Islands. Flaherty is considered the "father" of both the documentary and the ethnographic film.

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Robert Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard

First Name Robert
Last Name Gerard
Died on March 15, 1887
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