Robert Williams
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Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to:
Architecture
Robert Edmund Williams (1874–1960), Canadian-American architect
Robert Williams (architect) (1848–1918), Welsh architect and social campaigner
Arts
Film
R. J. Williams (born 1978), American former child actor and later internet entrepreneur
Rob Williams (filmmaker), American film director
Robert B. Williams (actor) (1904–1978), American film actor
Robert Guillaume (1927–2017), American film actor whose birth name is Robert Williams
Robert Williams (actor, born 1894) (1894–1931), American stage and film actor
Music
Bob Williams (singer) (1918–2003), American singer and one of the Williams Brothers
Chocolate Williams (Robert Williams Jr., 1916–1984), American jazz bassist and blues vocalist
Meek Mill (Robert Rihmeek Williams, born 1987), American rapper
Rob Williams (1979–2009), partner of business Dolphin Music
Robbie Williams (born 1974), British pop singer and former member of Take That
Robert Pete Williams (1914–1980), American blues guitarist
Robert S. Williams (born 1949), American bassoon player of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Robert Williams (drummer) (born 1955), American drummer with Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, and solo
Robert Williams (singer) (1949–2022), Greek singer and composer
Writing
Rob Williams (comics), British comic writer
Robert Moore Williams (1907–1977), American science fiction novelist
Robert Williams (artist) (born 1943), American cartoonist and painter
Robert Williams (poet) (1744–1815), Welsh poet
Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) (1767–1850), Welsh-language poet
Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) (1830–1877), Welsh-language poet
Robert Folkestone Williams (1809–1870), English novelist, poet, journalist and professor
Tad Williams (Robert Williams, born 1957), American fantasy and science fiction writer
Killings
Robert E. Williams (murderer) (1936–1997), American murderer executed in Nebraska
Robert W. Williams (murderer) (1952–1983), American murderer executed in Louisiana
Robert Williams (robot fatality) (1953–1979), the first person to be killed by a robot
Military
Robert B. Williams (general) (1901–1977), World War II major general in the United States Army Air Forces
Robert H. Williams (soldier) (1908–1983), American Marine brigadier general
Robert Williams (adjutant general) (1829–1901), American brigadier general and Adjutant General of the US Army
Robert Williams (Medal of Honor) (1837–unknown), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
Robert Williams (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1827) English rear-admiral in the Royal Navy
Politics
Robert Arthur Williams (1933–2024), consultant and political figure in British Columbia, Canada
Australia
Robbie Williams (politician) (1962–2007), Australian politician
Robert Williams (Victorian politician) (1870–1938), Australian politician
Robert Wynn Williams (1864–1929), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Australia
UK
Robert Williams (1735–1814) (1735–1814), MP for Dorchester, 1807–1812
Robert Williams (1767–1847) (1767–1847), MP for Dorchester, 1812–1835
Robert Williams (1811–1890) (1811–1890), MP for Dorchester, 1835–1841
Robert Williams (died 1763) (1695–1763), MP for Montgomeryshire, 1740–1741 and 1742–1747
Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead (1848–1943), Conservative MP for West Dorset, 1895–1922
Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet (c. 1627–1678), MP for Carnarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Carnarvon Boroughs, 1659
Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet (1764–1830) of Penryn, MP for Carnarvonshire, 1790–1826, and for Beaumaris, 1826–1831
US
Bob Williams (Washington politician) (1942–2022), member of the Washington House of Representatives
Bob Williams (West Virginia politician) (born 1951), American politician and state senator
Robert Williams (Florida politician), state legislator and headed Florida Board of Archives and History
Robert F. Williams (1925–1996), American political and civil rights activist
Robert L. Williams (1868–1948), American politician, governor of Oklahoma
Robert P. Williams (1841–1910), state treasurer of Missouri, 1901–1905
Robert Q. Williams (born 1964), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Robert R. Williams (philosopher) (1939–2018), American philosopher
Robert R. Williams (politician) (died 1966), mayor of Miami, 1937–1939
Robert Williams (Mississippi politician) (1773–1836), governor of the Mississippi Territory
Robert Williams (Virginia politician) (c. 1740–c. 1793), American lawyer, patriot, planter and politician
Religion
Robert Dewi Williams (1870–1955), Welsh schoolteacher, Presbyterian minister, and author
Robert Williams (American priest) (1955–1992), first openly gay male priest in the American Episcopal Church
Robert Williams (antiquary) (1810–1881), Welsh Anglican clergyman and Celtic scholar
Robert Williams (archdeacon of Carmarthen) (1863–1938), Welsh historian and Anglican priest
Robert Williams (archdeacon of Gower) (born 1951), Welsh Anglican priest
Science
Bobby G. Williams (born 1951), Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer; namesake of asteroid 5642 Bobbywilliams
Robert H. Williams (physicist), environmental scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute
Robert Hardin Williams (1909–1979), American endocrinologist and diabetologist
Robert R. Williams (1886–1965), American chemist who first synthesized vitamin B1
Robert Statham Williams (1859–1945), American bryologist
Robert Williams (astronomer) (born 1940), director of STScI 1993–98; president of IAU, 2009–2012
Robert Williams (English chemist) (1926–2015), professor of Oxford University
Robert Williams (geometer) (born 1942), American designer, mathematician, and architect
Robert Williams (pathologist) (1916–2003), Welsh pathologist
Robert Williams (physician, died 1845) (1787?– 1845), English physician
Robert Williams (psychologist) (1930–2020), president of the Association of Black Psychologists
Robin Williams (mathematician) (1919–2013), New Zealand mathematician, university administrator and civil servant
Robin Williams (physicist) (Robert Hughes Williams, born 1941), Welsh physicist and academic
Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park (1860–1938), Scottish mining engineer, explorer, and railway developer
Robert W. Williams (professor), American professor of genetics, genomics and informatics
Sports
American football
Bob Williams (1950s American football coach), at Livingston State Teachers College, now University of West Alabama, 1952
Bob Williams (coach, born 1877) (1877–1957), American college football coach
Bob Williams (quarterback) (1930–2016), football player for Notre Dame
Bobbie Williams (born 1976), American football guard
Bobby Williams (born 1958), tight end, coach
Bobby Williams (defensive back) (1942–2012), American pro football player, St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Lions
Robert Williams (defensive back, born 1962), former American football cornerback
Robert Williams (defensive back, born 1977), former American football cornerback
Robert Williams (quarterback) (c. 1938–1990), football player for Notre Dame, 1956–1958
Baseball
Bob Williams (baseball) (1884–1962), baseball player for the New York Highlanders/Yankees
Bobby Williams (baseball) (1895–1978), American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues
Robert Williams (baseball) (1917–2000), American baseball pitcher and infielder in the Negro leagues
Robert Fulton Williams (1917–1999), American baseball pitcher
Basketball
Bob Williams (basketball, born 1931) (1931–2021), American basketball player, played collegiately at Florida A&M
Bob Williams (basketball, born 1953), American basketball coach, most recently with UC Santa Barbara
Rob Williams (basketball) (1961–2014), American basketball player, played collegiately for Houston
Robert Williams (Grambling State basketball), American college basketball player for Grambling State
Robert Williams III (born 1997), American basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers, played collegiately for Texas A&M
Cricket
Robbie Williams (cricketer) (born 1987), English cricketer for Middlesex
Robert Williams (English cricketer) (born 1970), English former cricketer
Robert Williams (South African cricketer) (1912–1984), South African cricketer
Football and rugby
Bobbie Williams (rugby union) (1865–1967), Welsh international rugby union player
Bobby Williams (Scottish footballer) (died 1916), Scottish footballer
Bob Williams (rugby) (1886–1969), Australian rugby league footballer
Bob Williams (Australian rules footballer) (1913–2004), Australian rules footballer with Hawthorn
Bobby Williams (footballer, born 1932), English footballer for Chester City
Bobby Williams (footballer, born 1940), English footballer
Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1979), English footballer for Warrington Town
Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1984), English footballer for Limerick
Robert Williams (footballer, born 1927), English footballer for Wrexham and Shrewsbury Town
Robert Williams (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2003), English footballer for Mansfield Town
Other sports
Bob Williams (pole vaulter), American pole vaulter, 1965 All-American for the Maryland Terrapins track and field team
Bob Williams (rower) (1931–2017), Canadian rower
Rob Williams (rower, born 1960), British rower
Rob Williams (rower, born 1985), British Olympian
Robbie Williams (snooker player) (born 1986), English snooker player
Robert Williams (archer) (1841–1914), American archer
Robert Rhyne Williams (born 1991), American tennis player
Other
Robert A. Williams Jr.
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