List of Famous people named Robert
Robert Ressler
Robert Kenneth Ressler was an FBI agent and author. He played a significant role in the psychological profiling of violent offenders in the 1970s and is often credited with coining the term "serial killer", though the term is a direct translation of the German term "Serienmörder" coined in 1930 by Berlin investigator Ernst Gennat. After retiring from the FBI, he authored a number of books on serial murders, and often gave lectures on criminology.
Robert Charlebois
Robert Charlebois, OC, OQ is a Québecois author, composer, musician, performer and actor.
Robert Page
Robert John Page is a Welsh former professional footballer and manager, who is currently caretaker manager of the Wales national team. In an eighteen-year career in the Premier League and the English Football League he made 550 competitive appearances for six different clubs. He both captained a team and scored a goal in all top four divisions of English football. He also gained 41 caps for Wales in a ten-year international career, captaining the side once, before he retired from international football in September 2006.
Robert Capa
Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
Robert H. Richards IV
Robert H. Richards IV is a convicted child rapist and great-grandson of chemical magnate Irénée du Pont and heir to the du Pont family fortune.
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart rule (1603). Salisbury served as the Secretary of State of England (1596–1612) and Lord High Treasurer (1608–1612), succeeding his father as Queen Elizabeth I's Lord Privy Seal and remaining in power during the first nine years of King James I's reign until his death.
Robert Jeffress
Robert James Jeffress Jr. is an American Southern Baptist pastor, author, and radio and television host. He is the Senior Pastor of the 14,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas and is a Fox News Contributor. His sermons are broadcast on the television and radio program Pathway to Victory, which is broadcast on more than 1,200 television stations in the United States and 28 other countries, and is heard on 900 stations and broadcast live in 195 countries.
Robert A. Altman
Robert A. Altman was an American business executive and lawyer. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of ZeniMax Media, a video game holding company and parent company of several video game studios and companies, including publisher Bethesda Softworks. Prior to co-founding ZeniMax in 1999, he worked as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. Altman also served on the Advisory Board of The George Washington University Law School.
Robert Rozhdestvensky
Robert Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky was a Soviet-Russian poet and Songwriter who broke with socialist realism in the 1950s–1960s during the Khrushchev Thaw and, along with such poets as Andrey Voznesensky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Bella Akhmadulina, pioneered a newer, fresher, and freer style of poetry in the Soviet Union.
Robert Kovač
Robert Kovač is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He was known for his ability with the ball and skill at dispossessing opponents. His older brother is football manager and former player Niko.