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Noblemen

  • Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd Lord Boyd, was a Scottish statesman.-Biography:Robert Boyd was knighted, and was created a Peer of Parliament by James II of Scotland at some date between 1451 and 18 July 1454 . In 1460 he was one of the Regents during the minority of James III...

     (d. c1470), Scottish statesman
  • Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd was a Scottish nobleman who supported various factions attempting to dominate Scottish politics during the reign of King James V and the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots.-Biography:...

      (d. c. 1550), Scottish nobleman, grandson of the 1st Lord Boyd
  • Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd was a Scottish noble and courtier.-Biography:Robert was the only son and heir of Robert, 4th Lord Boyd, was born about 1517, and first appears in the historical recoded on 5 May 1534, when he was appointed Bailie and Chamberlain of Kilmarnock in place of his father...

     (died 1590), Scottish nobleman
  • Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd
    -Biography:Robert Boyd was born November 1595 and educated at University of Saumur. In June 1611 he inherited the title of Lord Boyd on the death of his grandfather Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord Boyd. He died 28 August 1628, aged 33.-Family:...

     (1595–1628)
  • Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd
    Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd , was a Scottish noble and politician.-Biography:Robert Boyd was the only son and heir by second wife of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1618. He was made J.P. for Cuningham on 25 November 1634...

     (c. 1618–1640)

Scientists

  • Robert Boyd (stenographer)
    Robert Boyd (stenographer)
    Robert Boyd , of Russell, Ontario, Canada, was the inventor of a system of shorthand, Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand. The system was first published in 1903, with a later publication in 1912....

     (born 1870), inventor of Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand
  • Robert A. Boyd
    Robert A. Boyd
    Robert A. Boyd, CM, OQ was a Canadian electric engineer and utility executive. He successfully led the construction of first phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project, a large dam complex built in northern Quebec by Hydro-Québec during the 1970s and early 1980s.Born in Sherbrooke in the Eastern...

     (1918-2006), leader of the James Bay hydroelectric project
  • Robert W. Boyd (physicist)
    Robert W. Boyd (physicist)
    Robert W. Boyd is an American physicist noted for his work in optical physics and especially in nonlinear optics. He is currently Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa and on the Faculty at the University of Rochester.-Biography:Robert Boyd was...

    , scientist and author of Nonlinear Optics
  • Robert Boyd (physicist) (1922–2004)
  • Robert Boyd (paediatrician)
    Robert Boyd (paediatrician)
    Sir Robert David Hugh Boyd FRCP, FFPH, FRCPCH, FMedSci is a British paediatrician and head of research and Development for Greater Manchester NHS. From 1989 to 1993 he was Dean of the Medical School and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Manchester...

     (born 1938)

Sportsmen

  • Bob Boyd (baseball player)
    Bob Boyd (baseball player)
    Robert Richard Boyd was an American first baseman in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball.-Career:...

  • Bob Boyd (basketball)
  • Bob Boyd (American football) (born 1928), American football player for the Los Angeles Rams
  • Bobby Boyd
    Bobby Boyd
    Robert Dean Boyd is a former NFL cornerback who played for the Baltimore Colts in a nine-year career from 1960 to 1968. A quarterback in college at the University of Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson, Boyd was a two-time Pro Bowler, was voted First Team All-Pro three times, and led the NFL with 9...

     (born 1937), American football player for the Baltimore Colts
  • Robert Boyd (golfer)

Others

  • Robert Boyd (university principal)
    Robert Boyd (University Principal)
    Robert Boyd of Trochrig was a Scottish theological writer, Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1615 to 1621 and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1622 to 1623.-Life:...

     (1578-1627), Principal of the University of Edinburgh
  • Robert Boyd (British Army officer)
    Robert Boyd (British Army officer)
    Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd KB was a British Army officer.Boyd was baptized on 20 April 1710 at Richmond, Surrey and attended Glasgow University before entering the army in his father Ninian's profession of civilian storekeeper...

     (1710–1794), governor of Gibraltar
  • Robert Boyd (journalist), winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
    Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
    The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting has been awarded since 1948 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs. The Pulitzer Committee issues an official citation explaining the reasons for the award....

  • Robert Boyd (writer)
    Robert Boyd (writer)
    Robert Boyd , was a writer on diseases of the insane, and in 1870 became president of the Medico-Psychological Association ....

    , writer on diseases of the insane
  • Robert Boyd (comics), comics editor and critic
  • Dice
    Dice (rapper)
    -Biography:Dice began his career in 1992, signing with World One Records, who released his debut album, The 40 Made Me Do It through Raw Dogg Records. After touring with Ultramagnetic MCs, Ice Cube and Da Lench Mob, Dice began his association with Reel Life Productions, although he did not sign a...

    , a rapper from Detroit whose real name is Robert Boyd

See also

  • Robert Boyd Brazier
    Robert Boyd Brazier
    Robert Boyd Brazier was an Aviation Radioman in the United States Navy. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in the Battle of Midway, in which he was mortally wounded.-Navy career:...

    , naval officer
  • Robert Boyd Publications
    Robert Boyd Publications
    Robert Boyd Publications is a book publishing company based in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. It concentrates on books covering the history of Oxfordshire in general and Oxford in particular, including "The Changing Faces of ..." book series....

    , publisher
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