Robert or Bob Reid may refer to:

Art and architecture

  • Robert Reid (architect) (1774–1856), Scottish architect
  • Robert Payton Reid (1859–1945), Scottish academic painter
  • Robert Reid (American painter) (1862–1929), American impressionist painter
  • Robert Russell Reid (1927–2022), Canadian typographer and designer

Business

  • Robert Reid (antiquarian) (1773–1865), Scottish businessman and topographer
  • Sir Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
  • Sir Robert Reid (railway executive, born 1921) (1921–1993), chairman of British Rail
  • Sir Bob Reid (businessman) (1934–2025), chairman of the British Railways Board
  • Robert Reid (author) (born 1966), American author

Engineering and science

  • Robert Carstairs Reid (1845–1894), Scottish civil engineer
  • Robert Reid (chemical engineer) (1924–2006), American chemical engineer in thermodynamics

Politics and government

  • Robert R. Reid (1789–1841), U.S. representative, territorial governor of Florida
  • Robert Dyce Reid (1829–1900), Australian pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
  • Robert Reid (Kirkcaldy Burghs MP) (1831–1875), British member of parliament for Kirkcaldy Burghs, 1874–1875
  • Robert Reid (New Zealand politician) (1839–1897)
  • Robert Reid (Australian politician, born 1842) (1842–1904), merchant and member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Australian Senate
  • Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn (1846–1923), British Liberal politician, Lord Chancellor
  • Sir Robert Reid (civil servant) (1883–1964), British colonial administrator in India

Sports

  • Bob Reid (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1998), Scottish footballer who played for Burnley, Huddersfield Town, and Southend United
  • Robert Reid (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1913–1918)
  • Robert Reid (cross-country skier) (1898–1990), American Olympic skier
  • Bob Reid (Australian footballer) (1924–2005), Australian rules footballer
  • Robert Reid (ice hockey) (born 1932), Australian ice hockey player
  • Robert Reid (basketball) (1955–2024), American basketball player
  • Robert Reid (co-driver) (born 1966), Scottish world champion rally co-driver

Others

  • Robert Reid (bishop) (died 1558), Scottish abbot and bishop, founder of the University of Edinburgh
  • Robert Reid (pipemaker) (1784–1837), Northumbrian smallpipes creator
  • Robert Reid (soldier) (1842–1929), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Robert Reid (judge) (1855–1923), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
  • Robert Lovell Reid (1921–1996), Australian agriculturalist
  • James Reid (actor) (Robert James Reid, born 1993), Australian-born Filipino actor and musician

See also

  • Robert Read (1814–1896), Canadian businessman and politician
  • Robert Read (cricketer) (1870–1945), New Zealand cricketer
  • Bob Reade (1932–2020), American football player and coach
  • Sir Robert Rede (died 1519), English judge
  • Robert Reed (disambiguation)
  • Bert Reid (disambiguation)
  • Bobby Reid (disambiguation)
  • Robert Reid-Pharr, American literary and cultural critic