Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Robert Baldwin

b. 1804

Co-Premier of Province of Canada (1842–1843; 1848–1851)

Robert Ballard

b. 1942

Retired US Navy officer and professor of oceanography (born 1942)

Robert Bárány

b. 1876

Austria-born otologist (1876–1936)

Robert Barbieri

b. 1984

Italy international rugby union player

Robert Beadell

b. 1925

American composer (1925–1994)

Robert Beaser

b. 1954

American composer (born 1954)

Robert Bernstein (comics)

b. 1919

American writer (1919–1988)

Robert Beverley Jr.

American historian (died 1722)

Robert Borden

Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920

Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)

b. 1941

British politician (1941–1981)

Robert Bridges

British poet (1844-1930)

Robert Brooks (American football)

b. 1970

American football player (born 1970)

Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

Scottish botanist (1773–1858)

Robert Browning

b. 1812

English poet and playwright (1812–1889)

Robert Buckley

b. 1981

American actor (born 1981)

Robert Burgess (sociologist)

b. 1947

British sociologist (1947–2022)

Robert Byrd

American politician (1917–2010)

Robert Byrne (chess player)

b. 1928

American chess grandmaster (1928–2013)

Robert Campin

French painter (c. 1375 – 1444)

Robert Capa

Hungarian-American photographer (1913–1954)

Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell

b. 1934

British judge (1934–2023)

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

English government minister (1563–1612)

Robert Charlebois

b. 1944

Canadian musician, actor, and author (born 1944)

Robert Charroux

French writer