Robert White
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Robert White may refer to:
- Robert White (engraver)Robert White (engraver)Robert White was an English draughtsman and engraver. A Londoner, he was a pupil of David Loggan, and became a leading portrait engraver. White was celebrated for his original portraits, drawn in pencil on vellum in the manner of Loggan...
(1645–1703), English draughtsman and portrait engraver - Robert White (guitarist)Robert White (guitarist)Robert Willie White was an African-American musician. Of note for being one of the main guitarists for Motown Records' in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers, White is best known for performing the familiar guitar riff on The Temptations' number-one hit single "My Girl", but played the guitar on...
(1936–1994), Motown session guitarist - Robert J. WhiteRobert J. WhiteRobert Joseph White was an American surgeon, best known for his head transplants on monkeys.-Biography:...
(1925–2010), American surgeon, pioneering brain/head transplant surgeon - Robert John WhiteRobert John WhiteRobert John White, known as John White, is an Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.White was Mayor of Coleraine from 1977 to 1980, having been Deputy Mayor from 1973. He was elected to the council at every election from 1973 to 1993....
, British politician - Robert White (politician)Robert White (politician)Robert White was the Democratic Attorney General of West Virginia from 1877-1881.White was born February 7, 1833, in Romney, Virginia to John B. White and Frances A. Streit. He attended common schools in Virginia, worked six years in his father's county clerk's office, and studied law at...
(1833–?), Attorney General of West Virginia, 1877–1881 - Robert Michael White (1924–2010), United States Air Force veteran and test pilot
- Robert White (ambassador)Robert White (ambassador)Robert E. White served as U.S. ambassador under different administrations. He is currently president of the Center for International Policy....
(born 1926), former U.S. ambassador - Robert White (composer)Robert White (composer)Robert White probably born in Holborn, a district of London, was a catholic English composer whose liturgical music to Latin texts is considered particularly fine...
(c. 1538–1574), English composer - Robert White, founder of Durell SoftwareDurell SoftwareDurell Software is a UK software developer based in Taunton, Somerset in the United Kingdom. The company is a provider of back office administration and accounting software to Independent Financial Advisers, Mortgage and General Insurance Brokers. Durell was formerly a leading video games...
- Robert White, episode writer for several animated shows including He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Robert White (sculptor)Robert White (sculptor)Robert Winthrop White was a highly-respected American sculptor and educator who lived for much of his life in St. James, Long Island, New York...
(1921–2002), American sculptor - Robert White (bishop), Primus of the Scottish Episcopal ChurchPrimus of the Scottish Episcopal ChurchThe Primus, styled The Most Reverend the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, is the presiding bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. The current Primus is the Most Revd David Chillingworth who became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church on 13 June 2009...
, 1747–1761 - Rob White (Formula One)Rob White (Formula One)Robert "Rob" White is a Formula One engineer from England. As of 2011, he is deputy managing director at Renault Sport F1.-Profile:...
(born 1965), English Formula One engineer - Robert Howard WhiteRobert Howard WhiteRobert "Bob" Howard White, QSO, CStJ, JP was a New Zealand politician.He served in the RNZAF and was Mayor of Papatoetoe from 1965 to 1986....
(1914–2006), New Zealand politician, mayor of Papatoetoe - Robert White (cricketer)Robert White (cricketer)Robert Allan White is an English professional cricketer.White received his upper school education at Stowe School in Buckinghamshire before attending Durham and Loughborough Universities. He currently plays cricket for Northamptonshire. He is a right-handed batsman and can bowl off breaks...
(born 1979), cricketer - Robert White (geophysicist), FRS, Earth Sciences, Cambridge Univ
- Robert Meadows White (1798–1865), Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-SaxonRawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-SaxonThe Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by Richard Rawlinson of St. John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke College. 'Bosworth' was added to commemorate Joseph...
at the University of Oxford - Robert W. White (golfer)Robert W. White (golfer)Robert W. "Bob" White was born in St Andrews, Scotland and emigrated in 1894 to the United States to study agronomy. He worked as a professional and greenkeeper at several clubs including Shawnee Country Club in 1914. White helped many young men from the British Isles find work in the United...
(1874–?), golf course architect and first president of the Professional Golfer's Association - Robert White (American football), head college football coach for the Kentucky State University Thorobreds
- Robert Smeaton WhiteRobert Smeaton WhiteRobert Smeaton White was a Canadian journalist and political figure. He represented Cardwell from 1888 to 1895, Mount Royal from 1925 to 1935 and Saint-Antoine—Westmount from 1935 to 1940 as a Conservative member....
(1856–1944), Canadian journalist and political figure - Robert W. White (mayor)
See also
- Bob White (disambiguation)Bob White (disambiguation)Bob White may refer to:* Bob White , leader in the Canadian trade union and labour movement* Bob White , Cambridge University professor* Bob White , former English first class cricketer...
- Robert WightRobert WightRobert Wight was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who spent 30 years in India. He studied botany in Edinburgh under John Hope. He was the director of the Botanic Garden in Madras. He made use of local artists to make illustrations of the plants around him...
(1796–1872), Scottish surgeon and botanist