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 Arkwright

First Name Robert
Last Name Arkwright
Born on November 30, 1902
Died on November 30, 1970 (aged 68)

Major-General Robert Harry Bertram Arkwright & Bar was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War and later commanded the 2nd Infantry Division.

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Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar

First Name Robert
Last Name Sanquhar
Died on June 29, 1612
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Robert Lucy

First Name Robert
Last Name Lucy
Died on December 23, 1704
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Robert Wilson Kearsley

First Name Robert
Last Name Kearsley
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Robert I, Count of Hesbaye

First Name Robert
Last Name Hesbaye
Born on January 1, 0697
Died on January 1, 0764 (aged 67)

Robert I, Rupert,, Count of Hesbaye and Duke of Neustria, son of Lambert. He was Count palatine under Childeric III.

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Robert Abell

First Name Robert
Last Name Abell
Born on January 1, 1605
Died on January 1, 1663 (aged 58)

Robert Abell was born in about 1605 in Stapenhill, Derbyshire, England. He emigrated to New England in 1630 as part of the first wave of the Great Migration, and was among the early settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, settling first in Weymouth, and subsequently in Rehoboth, where he died on June 20, 1663.

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Robert Greenblatt

First Name Robert
Last Name Greenblatt
Born on August 16, 1960 (age 66)

Robert Greenblatt is an American television executive, former Chairman of NBC Entertainment and former Chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment.

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Robert Simonds

First Name Robert
Last Name Simonds
Born on January 1, 1964 (age 62)

Robert Bruce Simonds Jr. is an American film producer, entrepreneur and the founder, chairman and CEO of STX Entertainment, which creates, produces, distributes, finances and markets film, television, digital media, and live events and virtual reality. The company bridges the gap between China and the US, with additional partnerships around the globe. According to The Wall Street Journal, in its first four years, Simonds more than tripled the company's valuation to an estimated US$3.5 billion. In September 2017, it was reported that STX was close to an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK), and in April 2018, the company announced it had filed for an IPO. In October 2018, it was announced that STX would not go through with the IPO, as market conditions had changed. Prior to STX, Simonds was an independent film producer whose over 30 films have generated more than $6 billion in worldwide box office revenue.

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Robert Le Lorrain

First Name Robert
Last Name Lorrain
Born on November 15, 1666
Died on June 1, 1743 (aged 76)

Robert Le Lorrain (1666–1743) was a French baroque sculptor who was born in Paris. He was born into a family of bureaucrats, the son of Claude Le Lorrain, a business agent of Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's Minister of Finance. Le Lorrain was a student of the French sculptor, painter, and architect, Pierre Paul Puget (1620-1694). At age eighteen, Le Lorrain entered François Girardon's studio; aside from collaborating with him, he was commissioned to instruct Girardon's children in drawing and to supervise his other pupils. Le Lorrain won the Prix de Rome in 1689, On his return to Paris he first joined the Académie de Saint-Luc, and then was received into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in 1701; he became Rector of the Académie in 1737. His major non-royal clients were members of the house of Rohan. His students included Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778) and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785). Robert Le Lorrain died in Paris in 1743.

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Robert Smythson

First Name Robert
Last Name Smythson
Born on January 1, 1535
Died on October 15, 1614 (aged 79)

Robert Smythson was an English architect. Smythson designed a number of notable houses during the Elizabethan era. Little is known about his birth and upbringing—his first mention in historical records comes in 1556, when he was stonemason for the house at Longleat, built by Sir John Thynne. He later designed Hardwick Hall, Wollaton Hall, Burton Agnes Hall, and other significant projects. Historically, a number of other Elizabethan houses, such as Gawthorpe Hall and Chastleton House, have been attributed to him on stylistic grounds.

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