List of Famous people named Robert

Sir Robert James Sainsbury, was the son of John Benjamin Sainsbury, and along with his wife Lisa began the collection of modern and tribal art housed at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich.

Lieutenant-General Robert Balfour of Balbirnie was a son of John Balfour of Balbirnie and Mary Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Ellon. He was an officer in the 2nd Dragoons and the Fife Light Horse. His younger brother James was a Member of Parliament and grandfather of Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1905.

Robert George William Trefusis, 17th Baron Clinton of Trefusis in Cornwall and Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe in Devon, was an English peer.

Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American conservative politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Leader, and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who prevented expansion of the New Deal. Often referred to as "Mr. Republican", he cosponsored the Taft–Hartley Act of 1947, which banned closed shops and other labor practices.

Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, was a British diplomat and public servant.