Robert - Famous people named Robert Page 3

Columnist

Age :56 (deceased)

Robert Benchley was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor.

Chemist

Age :64 (deceased)

Robert Boyle was a 17th-century Irish chemist and physicist who is known as the 'Father of Chemistry' and was one of the most influential scientists of his time.

Poet

Age :77 (deceased)

Robert Browning was a major English poet of the Victorian age, known for his dramatic monologues and psychological portraiture.

Illustrator

Age :81

R. Crumb is a renowned American cartoonist known for his nostalgic and satirical artwork.

Movie Actor

Age :60

Robert Downey Jr. is an acclaimed actor, famous for portraying Tony Stark/Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes, and Charlie Chaplin.

Guitarist

Age :74

Robert Fripp is an English musician, best known as the founder and leader of the progressive rock band King Crimson.

Inventor

Age :49 (deceased)

Robert Fulton is best known as the inventor of the first operational steamboat. He also developed an early submarine, canal designs, and patented machines for sawing marble and twisting hemp into rope.

Poet

Age :90 (deceased)

Robert Graves (1895-1985) is best known for his memoir Goodbye to All That and his novel I, Claudius.

Fiction Writer

Age :80 (deceased)

One interesting fact about Robert A. Heinlein is that four of his novels won Hugo Awards and seven of his works were awarded 'Retro Hugos' fifty years after publication.

Physicist

Age :67 (deceased)

Robert Hooke was an English physicist and polymath known for discovering Hooke's law and making significant contributions to multiple scientific disciplines.

Sailor

Robert Jenkins, English merchant captain, known for "Jenkins' Ear" incident, sparking the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.

Blues Singer

Age :27 (deceased)

Robert Johnson, a blues icon, revolutionized the genre with his emotive Delta blues style, leaving a lasting impact on music history.

Business Figure

Age :79

Robert L. Johnson is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of the BET channel and as the country’s first African American billionaire.

Senator

Age :42 (deceased)

Robert Francis (Bobby) Kennedy was a U.S. senator, attorney general, and trusted adviser to his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He delivered an improvised speech in Indianapolis, Indiana, after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Publisher

Age :68 (deceased)

Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovakia-born British publisher who built an international communications empire and was considered one of the richest men in Great Britain. However, his financial risks led him into grand fraud and an apparent suicide.

Inventor

Age :71 (deceased)

Robert Moog, an American engineer, revolutionized music with his invention of the Moog synthesizer, an iconic electronic instrument that transformed music creation and influenced numerous genres.

Columnist

Age :77 (deceased)

Robert Novak was an American syndicated columnist, journalist, television personality, author, and conservative political commentator.

Physicist

Age :62 (deceased)

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American scientist who played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Explorer

Age :63 (deceased)

Robert E. Peary was a famous U.S. Arctic explorer known for setting records in reaching the northernmost point of Greenland and claiming to have reached the North Pole.

Political Figure

Age :62 (deceased)

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, was a British prime minister and founder of the Conservative Party. He is most famous for creating the British Police Force.

Novelist

Age :88 (deceased)

Robert Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher known for his philosophical novels Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals.

Illustrator

Age :58 (deceased)

Robert L. Ripley was an American cartoonist who founded 'Believe It or Not!,' a popular newspaper cartoon presenting bizarre facts and oddities.

Explorer

Age :43 (deceased)

Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and explorer who led the ill-fated second expedition to reach the South Pole.

Soldier

Age :25 (deceased)

Robert Gould Shaw was a Union army officer who commanded a prominent regiment of African American troops during the American Civil War.

Senator

Age :63 (deceased)

Robert Taft was a prominent Republican leader in the U.S. Senate known as 'Mr. Republican' for his conservative beliefs.