Robert, Bob or Bobby Smith, or variants thereof, may refer to:

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Business

  • Robert MacKay Smith (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes
  • Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist
  • Robert Hall Smith (1888–1960), American railroad executive, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1946–1958
  • Robert H. Smith (philanthropist) (1928–2009), American builder and developer who developed much of the Crystal City, Virginia neighborhood just south of Washington, D.C.
  • Robert P. Smith (philanthropist) (1940–2019), American financial pioneer, philanthropist and author
  • Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944), British businessman, governor of the BBC
  • Robert F. Smith (investor) (born 1962), American businessman and investor; founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners

Entertainment

Acting

  • Robert Wilton Smith (1881–1957), known as Robb Wilton, English comedian and comic actor
  • Robert Smith (American actor) (1912–2001), American actor
  • Robert Grant Smith (1914–2001), American aeronautical engineer and actor after whom the R.G. Smith Award is named
  • Robert O. Smith (1942–2010), American voice actor
  • Robert Smith (Canadian actor) (1966–2020), Canadian actor and voice actor

Music

  • Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), Scottish composer, known for his collection Scotish [sic] Minstrel, a selection from the vocal melodies of Scotland ancient and modern
  • Robert Bache Smith (1875–1951), American librettist and lyricist
  • Robert Curtis Smith (1930–2010), American Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
  • Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer) (1936–2013), American musician, lead singer of the (Detroit) Spinners
  • Robert Weston Smith (1938–1995), known as Wolfman Jack, American disc jockey famous for his gravelly voice
  • Bob Smith (1942–1991), founder, singer, keyboardist and drummer for Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
  • Robert Dean Smith (born 1956), American operatic tenor
  • Robert W. Smith (musician) (1958–2023), American composer, arranger and teacher
  • Robert Smith (musician) (born 1959), English musician, lead singer and guitarist of The Cure
  • Robert L. Smith (sound engineer) (born 1965), American recording engineer and record producer in New York City
  • Rob Smith (Irish musician) (born 1982), Irish singer-songwriter and DJ
  • Rob Smith (British musician), English contemporary DJ, musician, and remixer
  • Rob Sonic, American rapper and record producer

Writing

  • Robert Paul Smith (1915–1977), American author
  • Robert W. Smith (writer) (1926–2011), American martial artist and historian
  • Robert Kimmel Smith (1930–2020), American novelist and children's author
  • Bob Smith (born 1941), American author who wrote the memoir Hamlet's Dresser
  • Rob Magnuson Smith, British-American novelist, short story writer, and university lecturer

Stage name

  • Robert Emil Schmidt (1917–1998), nicknamed Buffalo Bob Smith, American host of TV show Howdy Doody
  • Bob and Roberta Smith, pseudonym for British artist Patrick Brill (born 1963)

Other entertainment

  • Robert Emmet Smith (1914–1988), American film art director and production designer
  • Bob Smith (comics) (born 1951), American comic book inker
  • Bob Smith (comedian) (1958–2018), American comedian and author
  • Normal Bob Smith (born 1969), American graphic artist, writer, and atheist activist
  • Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970), American humorist who writes children's books under the name Obert Skye
  • Bob Smith (Atari), American video game developer and producer
  • Bob Kupa'a Smith (1928–2020), American host of the television show Wordsmith

History

  • Robert Smith (professor) (1919–2009), expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria
  • Robert Bruce Smith IV (1945–2014), American music and history expert
  • Robert J. A. Smith (born 1951), vice-president of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London
  • Robert W. Smith (historian), scholar of history and the classics at the University of Alberta
  • Robert Chester Smith (1912–1975), American art historian

Journalism

  • Robert Smith (journalist, born 1940), journalist for The New York Times
  • Robert Smith (journalist, born 1967), correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR)
  • Rob Smith (journalist), BBC South East TV presenter

Law

  • Robert Percy Smith (1770–1845), British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India
  • Robert L. Smith (judge) (1918–1999), Nebraska Supreme Court judge
  • Robert Ellis Smith (1940–2018), American attorney and author
  • Robert S. Smith (born 1944), New York State Court of Appeals associate judge

Military

  • Robert A. Smith (1814–1879), birth name of British soldier and churchwarden Robert Smith-Dorrien
  • Robert Smith (Medal of Honor) (1847–1930), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Robert Smith (Australian Army officer) (1881–1928), Australian wool merchant and army officer
  • Robert H. Smith (naval officer) (1898–1943), United States Navy submariner for whom the destroyer/minelayer USS Robert H. Smith was named
  • Robert T. Smith (1918–1995), American World War II flying ace
  • Robert G. Smith (colonel) (1854–1923), American colonel of the Spanish–American War

Politics and government

Australia

  • Robert Murray Smith (1831–1921), politician in colonial Victoria and agent-general for Victoria (Australia)
  • Robert Burdett Smith (1837–1895), solicitor and politician in colonial New South Wales
  • Robert Harrison Smith (1848–1911), member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly
  • Bob Rowland Smith (1925–2012), National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
  • Bob Smith (Australian politician) (born 1948), Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Canada

  • Robert Smith (Ontario politician) (1819–1900), Canadian member of parliament for Peel, Ontario
  • Robert Smith (Canadian judge) (1858–1942), Canadian member of parliament for Stormont, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • Robert Smith (Newfoundland politician) (1879–1972), Newfoundland politician and merchant
  • Robert Smith (British Columbia politician), Irish-born member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1871–1878)
  • Robert Black Smith (1872–1931), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 1917–1925
  • Robert Knowlton Smith (1887–1973), Canadian member of parliament for Cumberland 1925–1935
  • Robert Melville Smith (1887–1950), deputy minister of the Department of Highways of Ontario 1934–1943

New Zealand

  • Robert William Smith (politician) (1871–1958), member of parliament

United Kingdom

  • Robert Smith (MP for Wycombe), member of parliament (MP) for Wycombe from 1318 to 1322
  • Robert Smith (MP for Derby), MP for Derby in 1420 and 1421
  • Robert Smith (MP for Devizes) (fl. 1414–1421), MP for Devizes
  • Robert Smith (fl. 1545), MP for Carlisle
  • Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (1752–1838), MP for Nottingham
  • Robert Percy Smith (1770–1845), British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India
  • Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800–1873), known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, British Liberal Party politician and MP
  • Robert Smith (trade unionist) (1862–1934), general secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers and British Labour Party politician
  • Sir Robert Smith, 1st Baronet (1880–1957), Scottish Unionist politician and MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central
  • Robert Smith (colonial administrator) (1887–1959), British governor of North Borneo
  • Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 1958), Liberal Democrat politician and MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
  • Bobby Smith (activist) (born 1982), British political and fathers' rights activist

United States

  • Robert Smith (American cabinet member) (1757–1842), secretary of state and of the Navy
  • Robert Barnwell Smith (1800–1876), known as Robert Barnwell Rhett, U.S. senator and representative from South Carolina
  • Robert Smith (Illinois politician) (1802–1867), U.S. representative from Illinois
  • Robert Hardy Smith (1813–1878), Alabama politician and officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
  • Robert Burns Smith (1854–1908), governor of Montana
  • Robert Lloyd Smith (1861–1942), educator, businessman, and politician in the Texas Legislature
  • Robert B. Smith (Virginia mayor), mayor of Newport News, Virginia 1956–1958
  • Robert Solwin Smith (1924–2013), American ambassador to the Côte d'Ivoire
  • Robert P. Smith (ambassador) (1929–2012), American diplomat
  • Bob Smith (Oregon politician) (1931–2020), U.S. representative from Oregon
  • Robert L. Smith (politician) (1931–2024), Republican politician from Idaho
  • Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician) (born 1941), U.S. senator from New Hampshire
  • Bob Smith (New Jersey politician) (born 1947), New Jersey state senator
  • Robert C. Smith (political scientist) (1947–2023), political science professor at San Francisco State University
  • Robert J. Smith II (born 1963), American attorney and New Jersey state legislator

Religion

  • Robert Smith (bishop) (1732–1801), English-born American clergyman, planter and prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina
  • Robert Payne Smith (1818–1895), Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Dean of Canterbury
  • Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899), lay leader in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom
  • Robert H. Smith (theologian) (1932–2006), American Lutheran clergyman, theologian, author and lecturer
  • Robert Smith (priest) (1932–2010), American Catholic priest, author, and educator
  • Robert P. Smith (pastor) (1863–1945), American educator, pastor, and writer

Science, engineering and medicine

  • Robert William Smith (surgeon) (1807–1873), Irish surgeon and pathologist
  • Robert Angus Smith (1817–1884), Scottish chemist, discoverer of acid rain
  • Robert Murdoch Smith (1835–1900), Scottish engineer, archaeologist and diplomat
  • Robert Smith (surgeon) (1840–1885), Sierra Leonean medical doctor and the first African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Bob Smith (doctor) (1879–1950), American physician and surgeon who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Robert Allan Smith (1909–1980), Scottish physicist
  • Robert J. Smith (anthropologist) (1927–2016), Cornell University anthropologist
  • Robert H. T. Smith (born 1935), Australian-Canadian professor of geography
  • Robert L. Smith (academic), American engineer, academic and author
  • Robert Smith (aerospace engineer), American business executive and aerospace engineer

Sports

Association football

  • Robert Smith (footballer, born 1848) (1848–1914), Scottish international footballer born in Aberdeen
  • Robert Smith (Darwen footballer), English footballer for Darwen in the 1890s
  • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1870), English footballer born in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
  • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1900s), Scottish footballer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife
  • Robert Smith (footballer, born 1912), English football player and manager born in Atherton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester)
  • Bob Smith (footballer) (1923-?), English professional footballer born in Walkden, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester)
  • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2010), English footballer born in Lingdale, North Yorkshire
  • Bobby Smith (Irish footballer) (1922–1992), Irish football player
  • Bobby Smith (Canadian soccer) (born 1940), Canadian soccer player
  • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2019), English footballer born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire
  • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1944), English footballer and manager born in Prestbury, Cheshire
  • Rob Smith (footballer, born 1950), English footballer born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire
  • Bobby Smith (American soccer) (born 1951), American soccer player born in Trenton, New Jersey
  • Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1953) (1953–2010), Scottish footballer born in Dalkeith, Midlothian
  • Rob Smith (soccer) (born 1973), American soccer player born in Wilmington, Delaware

Australian rules football

  • Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1877) (1877–1939), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
  • Bob Smith (Australian footballer, born 1906) (1906–1987), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
  • Rob Smith (Australian footballer) (1951–2013), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne

Gridiron football

  • Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1925) (1925–2002), American football defensive back
  • Bob Smith (fullback) (1929–2005), American football fullback
  • Bob Smith (halfback) (1933–2014), American football halfback
  • Bobby Smith (defensive back) (born 1938), American football defensive back
  • Bob Smith (American football coach) (born 1940), college football coach
  • Bobby Smith (running back) (born 1942), American football running back
  • Bob Smith (defensive back, born 1945), American football defensive back
  • Rob Smith (American football, born 1957), college football coach
  • Rob Smith (Canadian football) (born 1958), Canadian football offensive lineman
  • Robert Smith (defensive end) (born 1962), American football defensive end
  • Robert Smith (running back) (born 1972), American football running back and sprinter
  • Rob Smith (American football, born 1984), American football player
  • Robert Smith (safety) (born 1992), American football safety
  • Robbie Smith (Canadian football) (born 1997), Canadian football defensive lineman

Baseball

  • Bob Smith (catcher) (1907–unknown), Negro league baseball player
  • Bob Smith (infielder) (born 1974), infielder for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
  • Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1890) (1890–1965), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher for the White Sox, 1913–1915
  • Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895) (1895–1987), MLB pitcher for the Braves, Cubs, and Reds, 1923–1937
  • Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1928) (1928–2003), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cubs, and Indians, 1958–1959
  • Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1931) (1931–2013), MLB pitcher for the Red Sox, Cardinals, Pirates, and Tigers, 1955–1959
  • Bobby Smith (baseball) (1934–2015), MLB outfielder, 1957–1965
  • Robert Smith (baseball) (1936–2021), International Baseball Federation president; instrumental in baseball becoming an Olympic sport
  • Rob Smith (baseball), American college baseball coach

Basketball

  • Bobby Smith (basketball) (1937–2020), American basketball player
  • Bingo Smith (1946–2023), American basketball player
  • Robert Smith (basketball) (born 1955), American basketball player, NBA

Cricket

  • Robert Smith (Australian cricketer) (1868–1927), Australian cricketer; played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1890
  • Robert Smith (Derbyshire cricketer) (1848–1899), English cricketer; played first class cricket for Derbyshire 1871–84, captain 1876–83
  • Robert Smith (South African cricketer) (1923–2001), South African cricketer
  • Robert Smith (Wellington cricketer) (1946–2024), New Zealand cricketer
  • Robert Smith (Otago cricketer) (born 1974), Australian cricketer who played in New Zealand
  • Robert Smith (Cumberland cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer; played for Cumberland in 2001

Equestrian sports

  • Robert Augustus Smith (1869–1942), American racehorse trainer
  • Robert Smith (equestrian) (born 1961), British Olympic equestrian

Hockey

  • Bob Smith (ice hockey) (born 1946), Canadian minor pro hockey player
  • Bobby Smith (ice hockey) (born 1958), all-star NHL hockey player
  • Rob Smith (field hockey) (born 1961), Canadian field hockey Olympian
  • Robbie Smith (field hockey), British field hockey player

Martial arts

  • Robert Smith (boxer) (1908–?), South African Olympic boxer
  • Robby Smith (born 1987), American Greco-Roman wrestler

Water sports

  • Bob Smith (rower) (1909–1993), New Zealand rower
  • Robert Smith (canoeist) (1929–2001), Canadian sprint canoer
  • Robert J. Smith (sailor), in the 1973 Star World Championships

Other sports

  • Bob Smith (coach) (1912–1994), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
  • Robert Smith (bowler) (born 1974), American professional ten-pin bowler
  • Bobby Smith (javelin thrower) (born 1982), American javelin thrower
  • Rob Smith (racing driver) (born 1992), British racing driver
  • Robbie Smith (rugby union) (born 1998), Scottish rugby union player
  • Robert Smith (rugby union, born 1870) (1870–1904), Irish rugby union player
  • Robert Smith (rugby union, born 1907) (1907–1958), Scottish rugby union player
  • Robert Smith (sport shooter), English sport shooter
  • Bobby Smith (pole vaulter), winner of the 1949 and 1950 NCAA DI outdoor pole vault championship
  • Robert Smith (sprinter) (born 1972), American NCAA champion sprinter and football player
  • Bob Smith (sprinter), American sprinter, 1948 200 m All-American for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish track and field team<!-- MOS:DABRED https://tilastopaja.eu/beta/athletes/men/880798, https://productivitypublications.com/books/robert-smith-interview/ -->
  • Bob Smith (sprinter, born 1921), American sprinter, 1942 and 1943 All-American for the Washington Huskies track and field team<!-- MOS:DABRED http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=6189&Gender=M -->

Other

  • Robert Smith (Oxford), 15th-century Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
  • Robert Smith (mathematician) (1689–1768), English mathematician and music theorist
  • Robert Smith (architect) (1722–1777), American architect
  • Robert Cross Smith (1795–1832), English astrologer
  • Robert Benjamin Smith (1948–2024), American mass murderer
  • Robert J. Smith, an Australian-Canadian mathematician who later changed their name to Stacey Smith?<!-- AFAICT, the person's notable publications are authored as "Robert J. Smith". -->
  • Robert W. Smith (chess player) (born 1956), New Zealand chess FIDE Master
  • Robert Rowland Smith (born 1965), British lecturer, writer on various subjects such as philosophy, politics, psychology and art
  • Robert Smith (murderer) (1849–1868), the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland

See also

  • Robert Smyth (disambiguation)
  • Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland business school
  • Robert Smit (died 1977), murdered South African politician
  • Roberts-Smith (disambiguation)