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 Franke

First Name Robert

Last Name Franke

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Robert Ramsay of Cammo

First Name Robert

Last Name Cammo

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Robert M. Laughlin

Robert Moody Laughlin

First Name Robert

Last Name Laughlin

Died on May 28, 2020 (aged 50)

Born in United States of America, New Jersey

Robert Moody Laughlin was an American anthropologist and linguist, and a curator at the Smithsonian Institution. His research focused on the indigenous Maya peoples of Chiapas, Mexico and the Tzotzil language. In 1975, he published The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán, containing 30,000 entries. He also published works on other aspects of Tzotzil culture, such as folktales and ethnobotany, and helped to found a local writer's cooperative, Sna Jtz'ibajom, and a theatre troupe. His work is credited with helping to standardize how the Tzotzil language is written and with reviving interest in indigenous languages in the region. Laughlin died of COVID-19 in Arlington, Virginia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Virginia.

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