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United Kingdom
- Sir Robert Williams, 2nd BaronetSir Robert Williams, 2nd BaronetSir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet , was a politician in Wales.He was a Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Caernarvon Boroughs, 1659. He was one of the Williams-Bulkeley Baronets; he became a baronet in 1663....
(c. 1627–1678), Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Carnarvon Boroughs, 1659 - Robert Williams (d. 1763) (c. 1695–1763), Member of Parliament for MontgomeryshireMontgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)Montgomeryshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1542, it elects one Member of Parliament , traditionally known as the knight of the shire, by the first-past-the-post system of election.The Montgomeryshire Welsh Assembly...
, 1740–1741 and 1742–1747 - Sir Robert Williams, 9th BaronetSir Robert Williams, 9th BaronetSir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1790 to 1830.Williams was the son of Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet and his wife Emma Rowland....
of Penryn (1764–1830), Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire, 1790–1826, and for Beaumaris, 1826–1831 - Robert Williams (1735–1814), Member of Parliament for DorchesterDorchester (UK Parliament constituency)Dorchester was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dorchester in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 to 1868, when its representation was reduced one member....
1807–1812 - Robert Williams (1767–1847)Robert Williams (1767–1847)Robert Williams was an English banker and politician. He purchased the Bridehead estate near Dorchester, Dorset around 1797. It comprised the manor of Littlebredy, Bridehead being a name fabricated by Williams, and in later years became the main family residence.Williams was the Member of...
, Member of Parliament for Wootton Basset, 1802–1807, Grampound, 1808, Kilkenny, 1809–1812, and Dorchester, 1812–1835 - Robert Williams (1811–1890)Robert Williams (1811–1890)Robert Williams was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Dorchester at the 1835 general election, and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1841 general election.- External links :...
, Member of Parliament for Dorchester, 1835–1841 - Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of BrideheadSir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of BrideheadSir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament for West Dorset at a by-election in May 1895, and held the seat until he stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.He was made a Baronet, in...
(1848–1943), Conservative Member of Parliament for West Dorset, 1895–1922, son of the above - Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park (1860–1938), Scottish mining engineer, explorer of Africa, and railway developer in Angola
- Robert Williams townRobert Williams townVila Robert Williams was the former name of Caála, Cuando Cubango province of Angola, in the then Portuguese Angola . The town of Robert Williams was just west of Nova Lisboa and was remarkable for huge outcroppings of boulders that jutted from the fields just outside of the town...
, former town name in Angola, named after Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park
- Robert Williams town
- Robert William (archdeacon)Robert William (archdeacon)Robert Williams Professor of History, Saint David's College, Lampeter. Vicar Llandilo Fawr. Archdeacon of Carmarthen.-Contributions to the DNB:This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography Robert Williams (1863–1938) Professor of History, Saint David's College, Lampeter....
1863-1938 professor of history and archdeacon. - Bertie Williams (1907–1968), Bristol City, Sheffield United and Wales international footballer
- Robert Williams (chemist) (born 1926), Emeritus Professor of Oxford University
- Robbie WilliamsRobbie WilliamsRobert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
(born 1974), British pop singer - Robbie Williams (footballer born 1979), footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley
- Robbie Williams (footballer born 1984), footballer who plays for Huddersfield Town
- Rob Williams (comics), British comic writer
- Rob Williams (entrepreneur) (1979–2009), sports enthusiast and partner of business Dolphin Music
- Robert Williams (racehorse trainer)
United States
- Robert A. Williams, Jr.Robert A. Williams, Jr.Robert A. Williams, Jr., is an American lawyer who is a notable author and legal scholar in the field of Federal Indian Law, International Law and Indigenous Peoples Rights, and Critical Race and Post Colonial Theory. Williams teaches at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of the...
, Native author and legal scholar - Robert F. WilliamsRobert F. WilliamsRobert Franklin Williams was a civil rights leader, the president of the Monroe, North Carolina NAACP chapter in the 1950s and early 1960s, and author. At a time when racial tension was high and official abuses were rampant, Williams was a key figure in promoting both integration and armed black...
(1925–1996), American civil rights activist - Robert G. WilliamsRobert G. WilliamsEconomist Dr. Robert G. Williams is the founder and primary owner of privately-held business Policy Studies, Inc. of Denver, CO . PSI was founded in 1984 as a consulting firm specializing in child support enforcement, and has grown to become a leading provider of services to the health and human...
, Economist, pioneer of Income Shares child support model, founder of Policy Studies, Inc. - Robert L. WilliamsRobert L. WilliamsRobert Lee Williams was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the third Governor of Oklahoma. Williams would also play a role in the drafting of the Oklahoma Constitution...
(1868–1948), American politician, governor of Oklahoma - Robert Moore WilliamsRobert Moore WilliamsRobert Moore Williams , born in Farmington, Missouri, was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Pseudonyms included John S Browning, H. H. Hermon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis ....
(1907–1977), American writer - Robert P. WilliamsRobert P. WilliamsRobert P. Williams was an American politician. He served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 1901 to 1905.-References:...
, State Treasurer of Missouri, 1901–1905 - Robert R. WilliamsRobert R. WilliamsRobert Runnels Williams was an American chemist, known for being the first to synthesize thiamine . He first isolated thiamine in 1933, and synthesized vitamin B in 1935. Among his awards were the Elliott Cresson Medal in 1940 and the Perkin Medal in 1947.-Life:He was born in Nellore, India to...
(1886–1965), American chemist who first synthesized vitamin B1 - Robert S. WilliamsRobert S. WilliamsRobert S. Williams is an American bassoonist. He has been Principal Bassoonist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since September 1974. Prior to that appointment he was solo bassoonist with the Winnipeg Symphony, Winnipeg CBC Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic and Tucson Symphony...
(born 1949), principal bassoon of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Robert W. WilliamsRobert W. WilliamsRobert Wayne Williams was convicted of the January 5, 1979 murder of Willie Kelly, a 67 year old security guard. He was executed in 1983 by the State of Louisiana by electric chair...
(died 1983), American murderer, first person to be executed in Louisiana since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 - Robert W. "Bo" WilliamsRobert W. "Bo" WilliamsRobert Warren "Bo" Williams is a former Republican mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, having served a single term from 1994-1998....
(born 1938), former mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana - Robert Williams (actor)Robert Williams (actor)Robert Williams was an American stage and film actor.-Career:Born in Morgantown, North Carolina, Williams appeared in his first film The Vengeance of Winona, in 1914. In 1922, he made his Broadway stage debut in the popular stage comedy Abie's Irish Rose...
(1897–1931) - Robert Williams - actor (1904–1978) (1904–1978), acted in A Bird in the HeadA Bird in the HeadA Bird in the Head is the 89th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
, Beer Barrel PolecatsBeer Barrel PolecatsBeer Barrel Polecats is the 88th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
, Black Arrow (serial)Black Arrow (serial)Black Arrow is a Columbia film serial. It was the twenty-fourth of the fifty-seven serials released by Columbia.-Plot:Buck Sherman and Jake Jackson, a couple of evil carpetbaggers, illegally enter a Navajo reservation in to prospect for gold and end up killing Aranho, the Navajos chief...
and Fernwood 2 Night - Robert Williams (American politician)Robert Williams (American politician)Robert Williams was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1803 and the Governor of the Mississippi Territory from 1805 to 1809...
(1773–1836), US Representative from North Carolina - Robert Williams (archer)Robert Williams (archer)Robert W. Williams, Jr. was an American archer who competed in the early twentieth century. He won two silver medals in Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics in Missouri in the double york and American rounds. In the team competition he won the gold medal....
(1841–1914), American archer - Robert Williams (artist)Robert Williams (artist)Robert Williams is an American painter, cartoonist, and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.Williams was part of the Zap Collective, along with other underground cartoonists such as Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton...
(born 1943), underground cartoonist and painter - Robert Williams (geometer)Robert Williams (geometer)Robert Edward Williams is an American designer, mathematician, and architect. He is noted for books on the geometry of natural structure, the discovery of a new space-filling polyhedron, the development of theoretical principles of Catenatic Geometry, and the invention of the Ars-Vivant Wild-life...
(born 1942) American designer, mathematician, and architect - Robert Williams (cornerback)Robert Williams (cornerback)Robert Cole Williams is a former American football defensive back who played professionally in the National Football League....
, former American football cornerback - Robert Williams (drummer)Robert Williams (drummer)Robert Williams is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, John Lydon and Zoogz Rift as well as recording solo.His albums include:*Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band:...
, Captain Beefhearts Magic Band, Hugh Cornwell & solo artist - Robert Williams (general), Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1892 to 1893
- Robert Williams (gay priest)Robert Williams (gay priest)Robert Williams, born July 21, 1955, Abilene, Texas died December 24, 1992, Boston, Massachusetts from the complications of AIDS was the first openly gay male priest whose ordination in the Episcopal Church was acknowledged beforehand by the ordaining diocese and was consequently the subject of...
(1955–1992) - Robert Williams (psychologist) (born 1930, second President of the Association of Black Psychologists
- Robert Williams (robot fatality) (c. 1954–1979), factory worker in Michigan, USA, first person killed by a robot
- Robert Williams (quarterback)Robert Williams (quarterback)Dr. Robert "Bob" Williams is a former American football player for the University of Notre Dame.Williams won three championships with G.A.R. Memorial High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...
, football player for Notre Dame, 1956–1958 - Robert E. Williams (criminal) (d. 1997), convicted and executed murderer in Nebraska; see Capital punishment in Nebraska
- Robert Williams (United States Marine Corps)Robert Williams (United States Marine Corps)Robert Williams was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He would receive the Navy Cross for his actions during the Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu-Tanambogo.His award citation reads:Williams was born in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin....
, U.S. Marine Corps officer, recipient of the Navy Cross - Rob Williams (basketball)Rob Williams (basketball)Robert Aaron Williams , is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 1982 NBA Draft....
(born 1961), American retired basketball player - Rob Williams, radio personality
- Bob Williams (badminton), badminton player in the Thomas CupThomas CupThe Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...
1949 and 1952 - Bob Williams (baseball)Bob Williams (baseball)Robert Elias "Bob" Williams was a catcher with the New York Highlanders and New York Yankees in the American League. He was released by the Yankees in 1913 to the Rochester Club of the International League.-External links:* at Flickr...
, baseball player for the New York Highlanders/Yankees - Bob Williams (basketball), basketball coach at UC Santa Barbara
- Bob Williams (quarterback)Bob Williams (quarterback)Robert "Bob" Allen Williams is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League.-Early years:After graduating from Loyola Blakefield High School in Towson, Maryland, Williams attended Notre Dame, where, as a nineteen year-old junior quarterback, he won the National...
, football player for Notre Dame, 1947–1950 - Bobby WilliamsBobby Williams- External links :* at RollTide.com...
, tight end, coach
See also
- Robbie Williams (disambiguation)
- Robin Williams (disambiguation)Robin Williams (disambiguation)Robin Williams is an American actor and comedian.Robin Williams may also refer to:* Robin Williams , American educator and writer of computer-related books* Robin Williams , American folk musician...
- Williams (surname)Williams (surname)Williams is a patronymic form of the name William that originated in medieval England and later came to be extremely popular in Wales. The meaning is derived from son or descendant of Guillemin, the French form of William. Derived from an Old French given name with Germanic elements; will =...