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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American finance author and investor (born 1947)
Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Toru Kiyosaki is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and author, known for the Rich Dad Poor Dad series of personal finance books.
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Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)
Robert Musil
Robert Mathias Musil was an Austrian philosophical writer of novels, short stories and plays.
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Welsh textile manufacturer and social reformer (1771–1858)
Robert Owen
Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement.
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English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon, also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was a medieval English polymath, philosopher, scientist, theologian and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism.
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