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 Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester

First Name Robert
Last Name Leicester
Born on November 19, 1563
Died on July 13, 1626 (aged 62)

Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, second son of Sir Henry Sidney, was a statesman of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. He was also a patron of the arts and a poet. His mother, Mary Sidney née Dudley, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth I and a sister of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, an advisor and favourite of the Queen.

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Robert Hamilton, 7th of Fairholm and of Milburne

First Name Robert
Last Name Milburne
Born on November 30, 1575
Died on January 1, 1646 (aged 70)
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Robert W. Cone

First Name Robert
Last Name Cone
Born on March 19, 1957
Died on September 18, 2016 (aged 59)

Robert William Cone was a United States Army four-star general who last served as the commanding general of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). He assumed command of TRADOC on 29 April 2011. He previously served as the commander of Fort Hood and III Corps on 22 September 2009, with which he deployed to Iraq in February 2010, and served as the Deputy Commanding General for Operations, United States Forces – Iraq, until February 2011. Prior to that, he served as the Special Assistant to the Commanding General of TRADOC. He retired in 2014.

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Robert Farquhar

First Name Robert
Last Name Farquhar
Born on September 3, 1723
Died on April 30, 1783 (aged 59)
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Robert George Maunsell

First Name Robert
Last Name Maunsell
Died on October 3, 1838
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Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston

First Name Robert
Last Name Kingston
Born on January 17, 1754
Died on January 17, 1799 (aged 45)

Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston was an Anglo-Irish peer. He was styled Viscount Kingsborough between 1768 and 1797.

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Robert Hedges Maunsell-Eyre

First Name Robert
Last Name Maunsell-Eyre
Born on January 1, 1812 (age 214)
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Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand

First Name Robert
Last Name Holand
Born on November 30, 1282
Died on November 30, 1327 (aged 45)

Robert de Holland, 1st Baron Holand was an English nobleman, born in Lancashire.

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Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan

First Name Robert
Last Name Meulan
Born on January 1, 1142
Died on July 1, 1207 (aged 65)

Robert de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, was the son of Waleran IV de Beaumont and Agnes de Montfort.

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Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven

First Name Robert
Last Name Kesteven
Born on October 20, 1660
Died on July 26, 1723 (aged 62)
Born in United Kingdom

Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC, styled 17th Baron Willoughby de Eresby between 1666 and 1701, and known as 4th Earl of Lindsey between 1701 and 1706, and as 1st Marquess of Lindsey between 1706 and 1715, was a British statesman and nobleman.

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