Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.
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Directors, broadcasters, animators and makers whose work shaped what audiences watched.
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.
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American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer.
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Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
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English poet and playwright (1812–1889)
Robert Browning
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets.
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American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer.
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American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)
Robert Fulton
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat.
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English poet and novelist (1895-1985)
Robert Graves
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic.
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