Robert Harris
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Robert Harris or Rob Harris may refer to:
- Robert Harris (MP for Steyning), MP for SteyningSteyning (UK Parliament constituency)Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832...
- Robert Harris (President of Trinity)Robert Harris (President of Trinity)Robert Harris was an English clergyman, known as a Puritan preacher, member of the Westminster Assembly, and President of Trinity College, Oxford.-Life:...
(1581–1658), English Puritan - Robert Harris (Anguilla)Robert Harris (Anguilla)Robert Harris was the Governor of Anguilla for the period December 1996 – 27 January 2000.- References :...
(born 1941), governor of Anguilla - Robert Harris (footballer)Robert Harris (footballer)Robert "Bob" Harris is a Scottish footballer who plays for Blackpool. His position is left back.Harris started at Clyde before making over 100 first team appearances for Queen of the South for whom he played in the 2008 Scottish Cup Final...
(born 1987), Scottish football player - Robert Harris (NP)Robert Harris (NP)Robert Harris was a civil engineer and railroad executive who became president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Northern Pacific Railway.-Life:Robert Harris was born on July 29, 1830, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire...
(1830–1894), American railroad president - Robert Harris (novelist)Robert Harris (novelist)Robert Dennis Harris is an English novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter.-Early life:Born in Nottingham, Harris spent his childhood in a small rented house on a Nottingham council estate. His ambition to become a writer arose at an early age, from visits to the local...
(born 1957), British novelist - Robert Harris (Royal Navy officer)Robert Harris (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Penruddock Harris KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.-Naval career:...
(1844–1926), British admiral - Robert Harris (painter)Robert Harris (painter)Robert Harris was a Welsh-born Canadian painter most noted for his portrait of the Fathers of Confederation....
(1848–1919), Canadian painter - Robert Harris (Pennsylvania)Robert Harris (Pennsylvania)Robert Harris was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Robert Harris was born at Harris Ferry, Pennsylvania...
(1768–1851), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania - Robert Harris (poet)Robert Harris (poet)Robert Harris was an Australian poet-Life:Robert Harris was born in Melbourne. He was educated in Dovetown High School. He enlisted in the Australian Navy in 1968 during the Vietnam War. During the 1970s he spent time in a commune. He was married but separated from his wife in the 1980s with no...
(1951–1993), Australian poet - Robert Harris (artist) (born 1952), American artist
- Robert Harris (American football)Robert Harris (American football)Robert Harris is a former American football defensive end and defensive tackle in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at Southern University.Harris also played for the Minnesota Vikings and New...
(born 1969), former American football player - Robert A. HarrisRobert A. HarrisRobert A. Harris is a film historian and preservationist who specializes in restoring the large-format widescreen films of the 1950s. He has restored and reconstructed a number of classic films including Lawrence of Arabia , Spartacus , My Fair Lady , Vertigo Rear Window , as well as The...
, American film preservationist - Robert Alton HarrisRobert Alton HarrisRobert Alton Harris was an American career criminal and murderer who was executed in San Quentin's gas chamber in 1992. This marked the first execution in the state of California since 1967. Harris had killed two teenage boys in 1978...
(1953–1992), American murderer - Robert H. HarrisRobert H. HarrisRobert H. Harris was an American character actor born in New York City, New York.-Career:...
(1911–1981), American actor - Robert J. HarrisRobert J. HarrisRobert J. Harris was a lawyer, professor, and mayor of the city of Ann Arbor in the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:...
(1930–2005), lawyer, professor, and mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan - Robert J. Harris (writer)Robert J. Harris (writer)Robert J. Harris is a Scottish academic and author of children's fantasies and historical novels, best known for his collaborations with Jane Yolen. He also designed the fantasy board game Talisman. Recently Bob released his sequel to Talisman, Mythgardia...
, Scottish academic and author - R. Laird HarrisR. Laird HarrisRobert Laird Harris was an Presbyterian minister, church leader, and Old Testament scholar.-Biography:Harris was born near Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. from the University of Delaware , a Th.B. and a Th.M. from Westminster Theological Seminary, an A.M. from University...
(1911–2008), American church leader - Robert M. Harris, Author of the 2010 Wikimedia Study of Controversial Content
- Robert O. HarrisRobert O. HarrisRobert Orr Harris was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, son of Benjamin Winslow Harris.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Harris attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire....
(1854–1926), U.S. congressman from Massachusetts - Robert S. HarrisRobert S. HarrisRobert S. Harris, nicknamed RoSHa, is the designer and programmer of several 1980s-era games, including War Room and Killer Bees. He was born in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS Math in 1979....
, Video game programmer - Rob Harris (skysurfer) (1966–1995), American skysurfer
- Rob Harris (curler)Rob Harris (curler)Robert "Rob" Harris is a Canadian curler.Harris played second for Mark Dacey's men's team from 2002 to 2007 and from 1998 to 1999. Harris also played Mixed with Dacey around this time...
(born 1963), Canadian curler - Rob Harris (referee)Rob Harris (referee)Robert J. Harris is an English former football referee who operated in the Football League and Premier League. He was for a time regarded as the best linesman on the Premier League, but following his promotion to a Premier referee two controversial incidents at West Ham and Tranmere disrupted his...
(born c. 1957), English football referee
See also
- Bob Harris (disambiguation)