Roberts (surname)
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Roberts is a surname of North Welsh
origin, deriving from the Anglo Saxon/Norman
given name Robert
, meaning "bright fame" – from the Germanic
elements "hrod" meaning fame and "beraht" meaning bright. Roberts may mean either "servant of Robert" or "son of Robert"; the latter is more common in Wales, while the former is more common in England. Although the name Robert was known in England before the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was mainly introduced into England by the Normans. Today the surname Roberts is common in both England
, Wales
and the Isle of Man
, with the biggest concentration by far occurring in North Wales. In colloquial North-Walian Welsh "Roberts" is often pronounced as "Robaits". The name is uncommon in Scotland
and Ireland
.
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
origin, deriving from the Anglo Saxon/Norman
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
given name Robert
Robert
The name Robert is a Germanic given name, from hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". It is also in use as a surname.After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form had existed before the Norman Conquest...
, meaning "bright fame" – from the Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...
elements "hrod" meaning fame and "beraht" meaning bright. Roberts may mean either "servant of Robert" or "son of Robert"; the latter is more common in Wales, while the former is more common in England. Although the name Robert was known in England before the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was mainly introduced into England by the Normans. Today the surname Roberts is common in both England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
and the Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...
, with the biggest concentration by far occurring in North Wales. In colloquial North-Walian Welsh "Roberts" is often pronounced as "Robaits". The name is uncommon in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
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- Abraham RobertsAbraham RobertsGeneral Sir Abraham Roberts GCB was a British Army General who served nearly 50 years in India.Roberts had two sons, both who obtained the highest ranks in the British Army...
, British general, father of Earl Roberts - Abraham Roberts (1774-1850), English architect
- Adam RobertsAdam Roberts (disambiguation)Adam Roberts may refer to:* Adam Roberts * Adam Roberts , British scholar of international relations*Adam Roberts * Amateur Gourmet, American food and humor blogger...
, one of several people - Alasdair Roberts (musician), Scottish folk musician
- Alasdair Roberts (academic)Alasdair Roberts (academic)Alasdair S. Roberts is a Canadian professor at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, and author of articles and books on public policy issues, especially relating to government secrecy and the exercise of government authority.-Education:...
, law professor and author - Albert H. RobertsAlbert H. RobertsAlbert Houston Roberts was Governor of Tennessee from 1919 to 1921.-Biography:A native of the Alpine community in Overton County, Tennessee, Roberts was a graduate of Hiwassee College in Madisonville, Tennessee. He taught school at the Alpine Institute in the 1890s and later served as county...
, American politician - Alby RobertsAlby RobertsAlbert William Roberts was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Tests from 1930 to 1937....
, New Zealand cricketer - Alf RobertsAlf RobertsAlfred Sidney "Alf" Roberts was a fictional character in the British ITV soap Coronation Street. He ran a grocery shop at No. 15 and was heavily involved in local politics, including two spells as mayor of Weatherfield...
, fictional character from Coronation Street - Alfred RobertsAlfred RobertsAlfred Roberts was an English grocer, lay preacher, alderman and Mayor of Grantham. He was the father of Margaret Thatcher, the future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
, politician and father of Margaret Thatcher - Alice RobertsAlice RobertsAlice May Roberts is an English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author.Best known for her TV appearances in the BBC series Coast, Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, and The Incredible Human Journey, she has also appeared as an expert osteoarchaeologist on...
, English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist and presenter - Allene RobertsAllene RobertsAllene Roberts was born in Fairfield Highlands, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. She starred in twelve movies between 1947 and 1954 and appeared on TV in Four Star Playhouse, The Adventures of Superman and Dragnet....
, American actress - Alphonso Theodore RobertsAlphonso Theodore Roberts-Early years:Born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on September 18, 1937, Roberts attended St. George's Anglican School and then St. Vincent Boy's Grammar School. While at the Grammar School, Roberts excelled in both soccer and cricket and, upon the recommendation of cricket great Sir Everton...
, cricketer and activist from Trinidad and Tobago - Alton Wayne RobertsAlton Wayne RobertsAlton Wayne Roberts was a Klansman convicted of depriving slain activists Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney of their civil rights in 1964. He personally shot two of the three civil rights workers before his accomplices buried their bodies in a dam.-External links:...
, Ku Klux Klan member - Amos RobertsAmos RobertsAmos Roberts is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for English club Wigan Warriors of Super League. A country New South Wales representative prolific try-scoring back, he previously played in Australasia's National Rugby League for the St...
, Australian rugby league player - Andrew Roberts (historian), English historian
- Andy Roberts (cricketer), Antiguan cricketer
- Andy Roberts (musician)Andy Roberts (musician)Andrew "Andy" Roberts is an English musician.He gained a violin scholarship to Felsted School. He then attended Liverpool University. He has played with The Liverpool Scene, Plainsong, The Scaffold, Roy Harper, Chris Spedding, Pink Floyd, Hank Wangford, Kevin Ayers, Vivian Stanshall and Grimms...
, English musician - Anita RobertsAnita RobertsAnita B. Roberts was a molecular biologist who made pioneering observations of a protein, TGF-β, that is critical in healing wounds and bone fractures and that has a dual role in blocking or stimulating cancers...
(1942–2006), American molecular biologist - Anne RobertsAnne RobertsAnne Roberts is a journalism instructor and former Vancouver city councillor. She was elected as a member of the winning majority of Coalition of Progressive Electors in 2002....
, Canadian politician - Anthony Ellmaker RobertsAnthony Ellmaker RobertsAnthony Ellmaker Roberts , was an American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1855 to 1859, an abolitionist and close associate of Thaddeus Stevens.-Early life:...
, American politician - Ashley RobertsAshley RobertsAshley Maria Roberts is an American dancer, showgirl, recording artist, model, actress, fashion designer and television personality, best known as a former member of the modern burlesque group the Pussycat Dolls...
, American burlesque dancer - Arthur Roberts (comedian), English music hall entertainer
- Arthur Roberts (physicist)Arthur Roberts (physicist)Arthur Roberts was a physicist and a composer.He is remembered for several humoristic and satirical songs on scientific subjects, which he sung to piano accompaniment.-Songs:His best-known songs are preserved in a 78rpm vinyl record made in 1947...
(1912–2004), American physicist and composer - Arthur Spencer RobertsArthur Spencer RobertsArthur Spencer Roberts was a British painter interested mainly in animal and wildlife subjects, but who also produced portraits and paintings of military scenes...
, English painter - Audrey RobertsAudrey RobertsAudrey Roberts is a long-standing fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actress Sue Nicholls, the character first appeared during the episode aired on 16 April 1979....
, fictional character from Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... - Austin RobertsAustin RobertsAustin Roberts was a South African zoologist. He is best known for his Birds of South Africa, first published in 1940. He also studied the mammalian fauna of the region: his work The mammals of South Africa was published posthumously in 1951...
(1883–1948), South African zoologist
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- Barbara RobertsBarbara RobertsBarbara Kay Roberts is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, she served as the 34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995. She is the first and, to date, only woman to be elected to that office. A Democrat, Roberts was also the first woman to serve as majority...
, American politician - Barbara Millicent RobertsBarbieBarbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
- Bartholomew RobertsBartholomew RobertsBartholomew Roberts , born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off America and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. He is estimated to have captured over 470 vessels...
, Welsh pirate Black Bart - Ben Roberts, British poker player
- Ben RobertsBen Roberts (actor)Ben Roberts is an actor most famous for his portrayal of Chief Inspector Derek Conway in The Bill. He recently made an appearance in Casualty.He appears in the 2010 Mike Leigh film, Another Year....
, television actor - Benjamin Titus Roberts, American Methodist minister
- Bernadette RobertsBernadette RobertsBernadette Roberts is a former Carmelite nun and a contemplative in the Catholic tradition.-Life:Since early childhood Bernadette Roberts had a number of mystical or contemplative revelations of God — as present in nature, as within her, and as entirely transcendent. Roberts entered the Carmelite...
, Catholic contemplative - Bernard RobertsBernard RobertsBernard Roberts is a notable English pianist. His treatment of the cycle of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas has been particularly highly acclaimed.He is also noted for his recordings of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach...
, English pianist - Betty RobertsBetty RobertsBetty Cantrell Roberts was a politician and judge in the U.S. state of Oregon. She was the 83rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, the highest state court in Oregon. She was the first woman on the Oregon Supreme Court, and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals...
, American politician - Bill Roberts (athlete) (1912–2001), British sprinter, 4x100m relay Olympic gold winner in 1936
- Billy RobertsBilly RobertsBilly Roberts is an American songwriter and musician credited with composing the 1960s rock music standard "Hey Joe"...
, American songwriter (Hey JoeHey Joe"Hey Joe" is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and as such, has been performed in a multitude of musical styles by hundreds of different artists since it was first written. "Hey Joe" tells the story of a man who is on the run and planning to head to Mexico...
) - Bip RobertsBip RobertsLeon Joseph "Bip" Roberts is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and outfielder who played from 1986 to 1998 for the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and Oakland Athletics.-Career:He was a speedy second baseman, largely associated...
, American baseball player - Bob RobertsBob RobertsBob Roberts is a 1992 film written and directed by Tim Robbins. It is a satirical mockumentary, chronicling the rise of Bob Roberts, a conservative politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election...
(1879–1930), American recording artist. - Brad RobertsBrad RobertsBradley Kenneth "Brad" Roberts is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies. He sings in the bass-baritone range.-Career:...
, Canadian musician - Brian RobertsBrian RobertsBrian Michael Roberts is an American Major League Baseball All Star second baseman, nicknamed B-Rob.He made his Major League debut in and has spent his entire professional career with the Baltimore Orioles organization, located in Baltimore, Maryland.-Early life, education and college-baseball...
, (born 1977), American baseball player - Brian RobertsBrian Roberts (soccer)Brian Roberts is a retired American soccer defender who played for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer.-Player:...
, American soccer player - Brian L. RobertsBrian L. RobertsBrian L. Roberts is Chairman/CEO of Comcast, an American company providing cable, entertainment, and communications products and services. He is the son of Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts.-Life and career:...
, American CEO - Brigham Henry RobertsBrigham Henry RobertsBrigham Henry Roberts was a Mormon leader, historian, and politician who published a six-volume history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was denied a seat as a member of United States Congress because of his practice of plural marriage.- Early life :Roberts was born in...
, American Latter Day Saints leader and historian - Buddy Roberts, American wrestler
- Byron Roberts (producer)Byron Roberts (producer)Byron Roberts , son of Moses L and Esther Silverman, was a Producer, Production Manager, Second Unit Director and Assistant Director, most notably of Logan’s Run and Baby Face Nelson with Mickey Rooney and Carolyn Jones...
(1910–2003), American motion picture producer - Byron RobertsByron RobertsByron Roberts, also known as Byron A. Roberts, is the vocalist/lyricist and founder of the British symphonic extreme metal band Bal-Sagoth.Originally hailing from Yorkshire, England, and also holding full Canadian citizenship, due to many years spent living in Ontario and Quebec, Roberts graduated...
, English heavy metal musician
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- C. R. RobertsC. R. RobertsC. R. Roberts is a former American football player who played fullback for the USC Trojans and the San Francisco 49ers.-High school career:Roberts graduated from Oceanside High School in Northern San Diego County.-College career:...
, American football player - Cecil Roberts, one of several people including
- Cecil RobertsCecil RobertsCecil Edric Mornington Roberts was an English journalist , poet, dramatist and novelist.Roberts worked as a journalist on the Liverpool Post during World War I, as literary editor and then as a war correspondent. From 1920 for five years he edited the Nottingham Journal...
, English novelist - Cecil RobertsCecil Roberts (unionist)Cecil Roberts is a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America . He is also a vice president of the AFL-CIO, and sits on the AFL-CIO's executive council.-Early life:Roberts was born on Halloween in 1946...
, president of the United Mine Workers of America
- Cecil Roberts
- Charlie RobertsCharlie RobertsCharles "Charlie" Roberts was an English footballer.-Playing career:Born in Darlington, Roberts started his football career with Bishop Auckland, but soon moved to Grimsby Town....
, English footballer - Charles Roberts, one of several people including
- Charles B. Roberts, U.S. Congressman from Maryland.
- Charles S. RobertsCharles S. RobertsCharles Swann Roberts was a wargame designer, railroad historian, and businessman. He is renowned as "The Father of Board Wargaming", having created the first modern wargame in 1952, and the first wargaming company in 1954...
, American boardgame creator, founder of Avalon HillAvalon HillAvalon Hill was a game company that specialized in wargames and strategic board games. Its logo contained its initials "AH", and it was often referred to by this abbreviation. It also published the occasional miniature wargaming rules, role-playing game, and had a popular line of sports simulations... - Charles Roberts, Canadian football player
- Charles G.D. RobertsCharles G.D. RobertsSir Charles George Douglas Roberts, was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was "almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature......
, Canadian poet and author
- Chris Roberts, one of several people
- Christian RobertsChristian RobertsChristian Roberts is a Welsh midfielder who currently plays for Haverfordwest County after retiring from professional football in September 2008, finishing his career with Swindon Town....
, Welsh footballer - Christopher Trevor-RobertsChristopher Trevor-RobertsChristopher Trevor-Roberts was a teacher who taught all four children of Queen Elizabeth II.Christopher Trevor-Roberts is credited with helping Prince Charles overcome his aversion to mathematics...
, British teacher - Clifford RobertsClifford RobertsClifford Roberts was an American investment dealer and golf administrator.-Biography:Born in Morning Sun, Iowa, Roberts had a troubled family life as a boy, and left school in the ninth grade. He worked at a great variety of jobs all around the United States, and eventually chose the investment...
, Augusta National chairman - Cokie RobertsCokie RobertsMary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts , best known as Cokie Roberts, is an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author. She is a contributing senior news analyst for National Public Radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current This Week with Christiane...
, American broadcast journalist - Cord RobertsCord RobertsCordero "Cord" Roberts is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. The role was originated in 1986 by John Loprieno, who left the series in 1992 and then returned from 1993 through 1997...
, a fictional character from the soap opera One Life to Live - Craig RobertsCraig Roberts (wrestler)Craig Roberts was a male wrestler from Canada, who was born in Everett, Washington . He represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Roberts won a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Games, and a gold in 1990 in the 68 kg event for the Commonwealth title.-References:*...
(1968–2006), Canadian wrestler - Curt RobertsCurt RobertsCurtis Benjamin Roberts was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He was signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent before the 1951 season, and played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1956. A native of Pineland, Texas, he stood 5'8" and weighed...
, Major League baseball second baseman
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- Dale Roberts (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dan RobertsDan RobertsDan Roberts is the bassist for the Canadian rock band, Crash Test Dummies, and brother of their lead singer, Brad Roberts.-Biography:...
, Musician - Daniel John Roberts (born 1969), American playwright
- Daniel Roberts (fighter)Daniel Roberts (fighter)Daniel Lamar Roberts is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Currently he is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, fighting in their welterweight division and training out in San Francisco....
, American mixed martial arts fighter - Danny Roberts (Australian actor) (born 1965)
- Danny Roberts (The Real World) (born 1977), American best known for appearing on The Real World: New Orleans
- Darrell RobertsDarrell Roberts-Career:In 2001 Darrell Roberts joined the Heavy Metal band W.A.S.P. In 2006 he left the band and went on to join Los Angeles based heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. Roberts was replaced by Jason Hook in 2009, but is anticipating the release of a solo album due out in 2009. In late 2009 he...
, American guitarist - Dave Roberts (outfielder), American baseball outfielder
- Dave Roberts (pitcher)Dave Roberts (pitcher)David Arthur Roberts was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for eight teams from 1969 to 1981. He was second in the National League with a 2.10 earned run average in for the San Diego Padres, after which he was traded to the Houston Astros, where he spent the...
, American major league baseball pitcher - David Roberts (disambiguation), one of several people including
- David Roberts (mayor)David Roberts (mayor)David Roberts was the 36th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, serving from 2001 to 2009. Roberts declined to seek re-election in 2009, retiring from a political career of 25 years.-Early life:...
, the 36th mayor of Hoboken, New JerseyHoboken, New JerseyHoboken is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 50,005. The city is part of the New York metropolitan area and contains Hoboken Terminal, a major transportation hub for the region... - David Roberts (painter)David Roberts (painter)David Roberts RA was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced during the 1840s from sketches he made during long tours of the region . These, and his large oil paintings of similar subjects, made him...
, Scottish painter - David Roberts (swimmer)David Roberts (swimmer)David Evan Roberts CBE , is a Welsh swimmer. An eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, he is one of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians ever.-Swimming career:...
, Welsh swimmer - David Thomas RobertsDavid Thomas RobertsDavid Thomas Roberts is an American composer and musician, known primarily as a modern ragtime composer. Roberts is also a painter in a primitivist style....
, American ragtime composer
- David Roberts (mayor)
- Dean RobertsDean RobertsDean Roberts is a musician from New Zealand. During the mid 1990s he was a member of the trio Thela with Rosy Parlane and Dion Workman. After Thela disbanded, Roberts recorded 3 solo albums under the name White Winged Moth, followed by a series of releases under his own name.Along with Martin...
, New Zealand musician - Deborah Roberts, American broadcaster
- Dick RobertsDick RobertsCharles "Dick" Roberts, was a professional banjo and guitar player.Roberts was born in Virginia. He substituted for Harper Goff with the Firehouse Five Plus Two when the latter had to leave the band because of his increasing engagements with Walt Disney's cartoon and movie productions...
, banjo player - Doris RobertsDoris RobertsDoris Roberts is an American character actress of film, stage and television. She has received five Emmy Awards. She began her career in 1952, and may be best-known as Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996–2005....
, American actress - Dread Pirate RobertsDread Pirate RobertsThe Dread Pirate Roberts is a fictional character in the novel The Princess Bride and its film adaptation.-Role in The Princess Bride:...
, fictional character from The Princess BrideThe Princess BrideThe Princess Bride is a 1973 fantasy novel written by William Goldman. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, while in the UK it is/was published by Bloomsbury Publishing.... - Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, British administrator in Hong Kong
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- Ed Roberts, one of several people including:
- Ed Roberts (activist)Ed Roberts (activist)Edward Verne Roberts was an American activist. He was the first student with severe disabilities to attend the University of California, Berkeley. He was a pioneering leader of the disability rights movement.-Early life:...
, in disability rights - Ed Roberts (computer engineer) (1941–2010), American engineer & entrepreneur
- Edward Glenn Roberts, Jr., race driver Fireball RobertsFireball RobertsEdward Glenn Roberts, Jr. , nicknamed "Fireball", was one of the pioneering race car drivers of NASCAR.-Background:...
- Edward B. RobertsEdward B. RobertsEdward B. Roberts is an American technology writer and academic figure, and a high-tech entrepreneur and investor. His Entrepreneurs in High-Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond won the Association of American Publishers Award for Outstanding Book in Business and Management.Roberts is Founder...
, American technology writer, academic and investor - Edward D. RobertsEdward D. RobertsEdward D. Roberts was California State Treasurer, 1911–1915.-External links:*...
, American politician - Edward RobertsEdward Roberts-External links:**...
, Canadian politician
- Ed Roberts (activist)
- Eleazar RobertsEleazar RobertsEleazar Roberts was a Welsh musician, translator, writer and amateur astronomer. Roberts family moved to Liverpool in England while he was an infant, but despite this he retained a strong link to his country of birth and was a fluent Welsh speaker. He wrote for several Welsh journals and travelled...
, Welsh musician and translator - Elizabeth Madox RobertsElizabeth Madox RobertsElizabeth Madox Roberts was a Kentucky novelist and poet, primarily known for her novels and stories about the Kentucky mountain people, including The Time of Man , The Great Meadow and A Buried Treasure . All of her writings are characterized by her distinct, rhythmic prose...
, Kentucky-born author - Emma RobertsEmma RobertsEmma Rose Roberts is an American actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and niece of Julia Roberts. Roberts became known for her role as Addie Singer in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. She released her debut album, which also served as the show's...
, American actress - Eric RobertsEric RobertsEric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
, American actor, brother of Julia Roberts - Evan Roberts, one of several people including
- Evan Roberts (radio personality)Evan Roberts (radio personality)Evan Roberts is an American sports radio personality. He currently hosts the midday show with Joe Benigno on WFAN in New York City.Roberts grew up in Cedarhurst, New York and graduated from Lawrence High School in 2001....
, American radio personality - Evan Roberts (minister)Evan Roberts (minister)Evan John Roberts , was a leading figure of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival who suffered many setbacks in his later life.His obituary in The Western Mail summed up his career thus:- Early life :...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1900s), British (Wales)
- Evan Roberts (radio personality)
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- Floyd RobertsFloyd RobertsFloyd Roberts is a former Championship Car racing driver from Jamestown, North Dakota. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 1938 with a record speed of . He led for 92 laps. The following year, 1939, driving the same car, he was killed in a crash on the backstretch after hitting a wooden fence at near...
, American racing driver - Frank Crowther RobertsFrank Crowther RobertsMajor-General Frank Crowther Roberts VC DSO OBE MC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Roberts was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate and the...
, British general - Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl RobertsFrederick Roberts, 1st Earl RobertsField Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, KStJ, PC was a distinguished Indian born British soldier who regarded himself as Anglo-Irish and one of the most successful British commanders of the 19th century.-Early life:Born at Cawnpore, India, on...
, British field marshal - Frederick Hugh Sherston RobertsFrederick Hugh Sherston RobertsFrederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC , son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was born in Umballa, India, and received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and...
, British Army officer, son of Earl Roberts - Frederick Madison RobertsFrederick Madison RobertsFrederick Madison Roberts was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner who was the first known man of African American descent elected to the California State Assembly...
, American politician
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- Gareth RobertsGareth Roberts (writer)Gareth John Pritchard Roberts is a British television screenwriter and novelist, best known for his work related to the science-fiction television series Doctor Who...
, British television writer - Gareth RobertsGareth Roberts (footballer)Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...
, Welsh footballer - Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
- Gene Roberts, one of several people including
- Gene Roberts, name used by actress Meg RandallMeg RandallMeg Randall was a film actress. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Randall signed a movie contract with Universal Pictures in 1949 and, that same year, appeared in the film noir classic Criss Cross and played Babs Riley in the comedy film The Life of Riley. Randall was credited as Gene...
, before 1949 - Gene RobertsGene Roberts (American football)Eugene O. "Choo-Choo" Roberts was an American football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1947 to 1950. He set the NFL and the New York Giants single game rushing record with 218 yards on November 12, 1950 against the Chicago Cardinals...
, NFL footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player.
- Gene Roberts, name used by actress Meg Randall
- George Roberts, one of several people including
- George RobertsGeorge Roberts (trombonist)George Roberts is an American trombonist.Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, George began his career after service in the US Navy with the Ray Robbins Band, and then quit to join Gene Krupa in 1947, where he was in the same section with Urbie Green...
, American - George Henry RobertsGeorge Henry RobertsGeorge Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...
(1869–1928), British Labour MP, Minister of Labour - George Philip Bradley RobertsGeorge Philip Bradley RobertsMajor-General George Philip Bradley Roberts CB, DSO, MC, , better known as "Pip", was a British commander of an armoured division during the Second World War.-Military career:...
(1906–1997), British World War II general - George R. RobertsGeorge R. RobertsGeorge R. Roberts is an American financier and was one of the three original partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. , which he co-founded alongside Jerome Kohlberg and first cousin Henry Kravis in 1976.-Biography:...
(born 1945), American financier
- George Roberts
- Gilroy RobertsGilroy RobertsGilroy Roberts was a sculptor, gemstone carver, and the ninth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint between 1948 and 1964. He designed the obverse of the United States Kennedy half dollar, which was first issued in 1964. After he retired from the U.S...
, engraver for the United States Mint - Gordon Ray Roberts, American soldier
- Graham RobertsGraham RobertsGraham Roberts was an English actor most famous for his work on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, including 31 years playing George Barford, the gamekeeper in Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. He was born and raised in Chester, and was educated at King's School in the city...
, English actor - Grant RobertsGrant RobertsGrant William Roberts is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. A right-handed relief pitcher, Roberts pitched for the New York Mets from to . His career was derailed by injuries and a violation of baseball's steroid policy.-Early life and career:Roberts graduated from Grossmont High School...
, American baseball player - Greg Roberts (Designer)Greg Roberts (Designer)Greg Roberts , is an American artist and entrepreneur who is best known as a pioneering designer of interactive experiences, and for creating some of the first interface designs for broadband internet services....
, American Game Designer - Gregory David RobertsGregory David RobertsGregory David Roberts is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980, and fled to India where he lived for ten years.-Life:Roberts had become addicted to heroin after his marriage ended,...
, Australian criminal and writer
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- Hank RobertsHank RobertsHank Roberts is an American jazz cellist and vocalist. He plays the electric cello, and his style is a mixture of rock, jazz, avant garde, folk and classical influences...
, jazz cellist - Harry Roberts, one of several people including
- Harry RobertsHarry Roberts (inventor)Harry Roberts is the co-inventor of julmust and co-founder of Roberts AB in Örebro in 1910, Sweden. After studying chemistry in Germany during the late 19th century he invented the soft drink together with his father Robert Roberts....
, Swedish inventor - Harry RobertsHarry Roberts (murderer)Harry Maurice Roberts is a career criminal who instigated the Shepherd's Bush Murders in which three police officers were shot dead in 1966. The killings happened after the plain-clothed officers approached the van which Roberts and two other men were sitting in, in Braybrook Street, near Wormwood...
, British murderer
- Harry Roberts
- Herbie RobertsHerbie RobertsHerbert "Herbie" Roberts was an English football player.-Playing career:Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, Roberts first played as an amateur for his local club Oswestry Town, whilst working as a policeman. A tall, but quiet and unassuming right half, he was signed by Herbert Chapman's Arsenal in...
, English footballer - Howard RobertsHoward RobertsHoward Roberts was an American jazz guitarist, educator and session musician.-Biography:Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and began playing guitar at age 8. By the time he was 15 he was playing professionally locally....
, American jazz guitarist - Hugh RobertsHugh RobertsSir Hugh Ashley Roberts, GCVO, FSA, is an art historian and curator.He was a director of the Royal Collection, the art collection of the British Royal Family, and is a Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art, whose office is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of works of...
, British Director of the Royal art collection - Hannah RobertsHannah RobertsHannah Roberts is a British cellist best known for her duets with her husband, pianist Simon Parkin. They are well known as Simon's music is often played on the BBC....
Cellist
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- Iain RobertsIain RobertsIain Roberts is a British-born, New Zealand skeleton racer, who has competed since 2004. His best World Cup finish was 18th in Igls in January 2010....
, New Zealand skeletonSkeleton (sport)Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...
racer - Ian Roberts (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Isaac RobertsIsaac RobertsIsaac Roberts was a Welsh engineer and business man best known for his work as an amateur astronomer, pioneering the field of astrophotography of nebulae. He was a member of the Liverpool Astronomical Society in England and was a fellow of the Royal Geological Society...
, British astronomer - Issachar Jacox RobertsIssachar Jacox RobertsIssachar Jacox Roberts was an American Baptist missionary in 19th century China. Roberts was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, and graduated from Furman University, a Baptist school in Greenville, South Carolina...
, American Baptist missionary - Ivor RobertsIvor Roberts (actor)Ivor Roberts was an English television continuity announcer and television actor who often appeared in comedic roles....
, English actor and television presenter - Ivor RobertsIvor Roberts (ambassador)Sir Ivor Anthony Roberts, KCMG, MA Oxford, FCIL is President of Trinity College, Oxford and was formerly British Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Ireland, and Italy...
, British ambassador to Italy - Iwan RobertsIwan RobertsIwan Wyn Roberts is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker for a number of English league clubs. The most notable period of his club career was with Norwich City...
, Welsh international footballer
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- J. O. M. RobertsJ. O. M. RobertsJames Owen Merion Roberts was one of the greatest Himalayan mountaineer-explorers of the twentieth century, a highly decorated Army officer who achieved his greatest renown as "the father of trekking" in Nepal...
, Himalayan mountaineer-explorer - Jake "The Snake" RobertsJake RobertsAurelian Jake Smith, Jr. is a second-generation American professional wrestler, the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith...
(born 1955), American professional wrestler - James J. RobertsJames J. RobertsJames J. Roberts is an American writer, journalist, radio and television news anchor, documentarian, commentator and poet. Born in Connecticut, his reporting and poetry is characterized by strongly delineated contrasting of political sloganeering to modern social and political realities.Primarily...
, newsman and poet - James Reynolds RobertsJames Reynolds RobertsJames Reynolds Roberts VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
, British soldier - Jamie RobertsJamie RobertsJamie Roberts is a Welsh international rugby union footballer currently playing for Cardiff Blues in the RaboDirect Pro12. He also plays for the Wales and the British and Irish lions.Roberts' position of choice is as a centre....
, Welsh Rugby player - Jane RobertsJane RobertsJane Roberts was an American author, poet, psychic and spirit medium, who said she had "channeled" a personality she called "Seth". Her publication of the Seth texts, known as the "Seth Material", established her as one of the preeminent figures in the world of paranormal phenomena...
, American psychic - Jane Roberts, Lady Roberts, British Royal librarian
- Jason Roberts, one of several people including
- Jason RobertsJason Roberts (author)Jason Roberts is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. He is best known for the bestselling A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler , a biography of James Holman, the blind adventurer of the early 19th century...
, American author - Jason RobertsJason Roberts (footballer)Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE is an English-born Grenadian footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts began playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not...
, Grenadian football player - Jason RobertsJason Roberts (weightlifter)Jason Bryce Roberts is an Australian weightlifter. He competed for Australia at 1990 Commonwealth Games in the Heavyweight division, winning three Silver Medals in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall events....
, Australian weightlifter
- Jason Roberts
- Jeremy Dale RobertsJeremy Dale RobertsJeremy Dale Roberts is an English composer.His compositions have been performed worldwide at the Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals, the Venice Biennale, the Diorama de Geneve, and the festivals of Avignon and Paris...
, English composer - Jimmy Roberts, one of several people including
- Jimmy RobertsJimmy RobertsJimmy Roberts is a sportscaster for NBC. Roberts joined NBC in May 2000 after serving as a sports reporter for almost 12 years at ESPN, where he won 11 Sports Emmy Awards.-Early life and career:...
, NBC sports broadcaster - Jimmy Roberts (singer)Jimmy Roberts (singer)Jimmy Roberts was an American singer. He was a featured performer on the TV variety program The Lawrence Welk Show during its entire broadcast run from 1955 to 1982....
, featured performer on the Lawrence Welk Show - Jimmy T. RobertsJimmy T. RobertsJimmie T. "Jim" Roberts is the founder of a religious movement known as the Brethren ....
, cult leader
- Jimmy Roberts
- Joan Roberts, (born 1918), American actress
- John RobertsJohn Roberts (disambiguation)-Politicians and government officials:* John Roberts, 1st Earl of Radnor , known as for most of his life as Lord Roberts was an English politician and soldier during the English Civil War English and English Restoration....
, one of several people including- John G. Roberts, Jr. (born 1955), 17th Chief Justice of the United StatesChief Justice of the United StatesThe Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight are the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States...
- John Roberts, a CNN television journalist. Formerly worked for CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
, and formerly a Canadian television host known as J.D. Roberts. - John Roberts, a former Member of the Parliament of CanadaParliament of CanadaThe Parliament of Canada is the federal legislative branch of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in the national capital, Ottawa. Formally, the body consists of the Canadian monarch—represented by her governor general—the Senate, and the House of Commons, each element having its own officers and...
- John RobertsJohn Roberts (historian)John Morris Roberts CBE was a British historian, with significant published works, well known also as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West .-Biography:...
, Oxford historian and author - John RobertsJohn Roberts (SPEED Channel host)John Roberts is host of the Speed Channel shows NASCAR RaceDay, and NASCAR Victory Lane. John was born in Washington, D.C.. His career started in 1986 at WHSV TV in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He then worked at WBTV in Charlotte before moving to Fox Network owned Speed Channel to host NASCAR RaceDay...
, a television host on the Speed ChannelSPEED ChannelSpeed , is a cable and satellite television network broadcast to various parts of North America, but primarily the United States... - Saint John RobertsSaint John RobertsSaint John Roberts was a Benedictine monk and priest, and was the first Prior of St. Gregory's, Douai, France...
, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and WalesForty Martyrs of England and WalesThe Forty Martyrs of England and Wales are a group of men and women who were executed for treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1535 and 1679... - John C. RobertsJohn Roberts (businessman)John Charles Roberts AO was an Australian businessman who was the founding chairman and an executive director of construction company Multiplex.-Early life and career:...
, founder of Australian construction firm MultiplexMultiplex (company)Brookfield Multiplex is a global contracting and development company that designs, builds and maintains property and infrastructure assets.- History :Brookfield Multiplex was founded as Multiplex in 1962 in Perth, Western Australia by John Roberts... - John RobertsJohn Roberts (urban planner)John Roberts was founder of TEST Transport & Environment Studies consultancy, London. Roberts was one of the pioneers of sustainable transport planning in the UK. He was one of the first to introduce the idea of traffic calming from continental Europe. Roberts founded TEST in 1972 and led over...
, founder of TEST Transport & Environment Studies consultancy - John Maddox RobertsJohn Maddox RobertsJohn Maddox Roberts is an author who has written many science fiction and fantasy novels, including his successful historical fiction, such as the SPQR series and Hannibal's Children....
, American science fiction writer - John Milton RobertsJohn Milton RobertsJohn M. Roberts was an American anthropologist who developed the field of expressive culture in a series of studies on games in culture, and published over 50 articles on these subjects. His complete list of publications can be found in the biography by Goodenough...
, anthropologist - John Q. RobertsJohn Q. RobertsJohn Q. Roberts was a United States Navy officer who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in combat during World War II.-Biography:...
(1914–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
- John G. Roberts, Jr. (born 1955), 17th Chief Justice of the United States
- Jonathan RobertsJonathan RobertsJonathan Roberts was a United States Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania from 1811 to 1814 and 1814 to 1821 respectively.-Life and career:...
(1771–1854), American farmer, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania - Jonathan RobertsJonathan Roberts (writer)Jonathan Roberts is an American screenwriter, television producer and author. He is best known for co-writing Disney's The Lion King.-Life and career:...
, (fl. 1990s), American author, screenwriter, and TV producer - Jonathan M. RobertsJonathan M. RobertsJonathan M. Roberts, Esq. authored the book Antiquity Unveiled which was published in 1892. It claims to be an account of spirit messages proving Christianity "an offspring of more ancient religions". He studied and practised law prior to becoming an editor...
, writer - Joseph Jenkins RobertsJoseph Jenkins RobertsJoseph Jenkins Roberts was the first and seventh President of Liberia. Born free in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Roberts emigrated to Liberia in 1829 as a young man. He opened a trading store in Monrovia, and later engaged in politics...
(1809–1876), first President of Liberia - Julia RobertsJulia RobertsJulia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
(born 1967), American actress - Julia Roberts (QVC presenter)Julia Roberts (QVC presenter)Julia Roberts is a British television home shopping host on the shopping channel QVC.-Biography:Roberts started her career as a cabaret dancer, supporting Cannon and Ball on a summer season in Guernsey, and then followed their act on to television...
- Julian RobertsJulian RobertsRichard Julian Roberts FSA was a British librarian, bibliographer, and scholar.Julian Roberts was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he started reading Classics, but switched to English in his first year.- Biography :In the early 1950s, Roberts began...
, English librarian and bibliographer - Julie RobertsJulie RobertsJulie Roberts is an American country music singer. Signed to Mercury Nashville in 2004, Roberts made her debut that year with the single "Break Down Here", a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts and the first track from her self-titled debut album...
, American country singer - Juliet RobertsJuliet RobertsJuliet Roberts is a British jazz, rock and house music singer of Grenadian descent.-Career:She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 Top 10 hit single, "It's Over" by the Funkmasters...
, British singer
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- Kane RobertsKane RobertsKane Roberts,born Robert William Athas is a heavy metal guitarist best known for his tenure in Alice Cooper's band during the late 1980s...
, American guitarist - Kate Roberts (1891–1985), Welsh novelist
- Katherine RobertsKatherine RobertsKatherine Roberts is an English author, best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. She was born in Torquay, England and spent most of her childhood in Devon and Cornwall, England...
, English writer - Katherine Roberts (TV personality)Katherine Roberts (TV personality)Katherine Roberts is a golf fitness instructor to the pros. She made her TV debut with Rick Smith, famous swing coach of PGA touring pro Phil Mickelson on the reality series The Big Break, as a co-host for Season 1 of the show....
- Kathryn RobertsKathryn RobertsKathryn Roberts is an English folk singer, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire.Her first released recordings were on the album Intuition, a collection of songs by various South Yorkshire folk artists which also included her friend Kate Rusby...
, English folk musician - Keith RobertsKeith RobertsKeith John Kingston Roberts , was an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of Science Fantasy magazine, "Anita" and "Escapism.Several of his early stories were written using the pseudonym...
, British science fiction writer - Kelso RobertsKelso RobertsArchibald Kelso Roberts was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Member of Provincial Parliament for the Toronto riding of St...
, Canadian politician - Ken Roberts, one of several people including:
- Ken Roberts (announcer)Ken Roberts (announcer)Ken Roberts was an American radio and television announcer known for his work during the Golden Age of Radio and for his work announcing the daytime television soap operas The Secret Storm, Texas and Love of Life, each for a two-decade span.-Early life and education:Roberts was born on February...
(1910–2009), American radio and television announcer - Ken Roberts (author) (born 1946), Canadian children's writer
- Ken Roberts (footballer)Ken Roberts (footballer)Kenneth Owen Roberts was a professional footballer with Wrexham and Aston Villa who later achieved managerial success with Chester.-Playing career:...
(born 1936), English football coach
- Ken Roberts (announcer)
- Kennedy RobertsKennedy RobertsKennedy Roberts , is a politician and diplomat from Grenada. He has served as a member of the Senate of Grenada, and has been cultural attached to that nation's embassy in Cuba. He was born in Petite Martinique to Conrad and Cora Roberts, and is a member of the New National Party...
Grenadian Entrepreneur - Kenneth Roberts (author) (1885–1957), American historical novelist
- Kenny RobertsKenny RobertsKenneth Leroy Roberts is a former motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. He was also a two-time winner of the A.M.A. Grand National Championship...
, American motorcycle racer
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- Lawrence Roberts, one of several people including
- Lawrence RobertsLawrence Roberts (basketball)Lawrence Edward Roberts III is an American professional basketball player. Roberts played for two years as a power forward for Lamar High School, alongside Emeka Okafor of Bellaire High School...
, American basketball player - Larry RobertsLawrence Roberts (scientist)Lawrence G. Roberts received the Draper Prize in 2001 and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002 "for the development of the Internet" along with Leonard Kleinrock, Robert Kahn, and Vinton Cerf....
, American Internet developer
- Lawrence Roberts
- Leon RobertsLeon RobertsLeon Kauffman Roberts is a former major league outfielder who played for the Detroit Tigers , Houston Astros , Seattle Mariners , Texas Rangers , Toronto Blue Jays , and Kansas City Royals...
, American baseball player - Les Roberts, one of several people including
- Les Roberts (mystery novel writer)Les Roberts (mystery novel writer)Les Roberts is also the name of the primary author of two studies in the Lancet reporting nearly 100,000 civilian casualties in the Iraq War in 2004 and 2006...
, American mystery novel writer - Les Roberts (epidemiologist)Les Roberts (epidemiologist)Les Roberts is an American epidemiologist. He was the first winner of the Center for Disease Control's Paul C. Schnitker Award for contributions to global health. He became prominent in the news just before the 2004 U.S. presidential election for his study estimating that 100,000 Iraqi civilians...
, American epidemiologist
- Les Roberts (mystery novel writer)
- Leslie RobertsLeslie RobertsLeslie Roberts is a Canadian journalist and TV personality, primarily from his position as the executive editor and anchor for Global Ontario's News Hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m. He also anchors the GTA's only one hour local news at 11pm. He was also the host and successor to Bill Carroll's 10 a.m. -...
Canadian television journalist - Lewis Roberts-ThomsonLewis Roberts-ThomsonLewis Roberts-Thomson is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.He was drafted by the Swans from the NSW-ACT U18s with the 29th selection in the 2001 AFL Draft...
, Australian rules footballer - Lincoln RobertsLincoln RobertsLincoln Roberts is a former West Indian cricketer who played 1 Test for West Indies and 51 first class games for Trinidad and Tobago.Roberts made his first class debut in 1996 after impressive one day form...
, cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago - Lisa Roberts, American actress Lisa Roberts GillanLisa Roberts GillanLisa Roberts Gillan is an American actress. She is the sister of actors Eric Roberts and Julia Roberts, and the aunt of actress Emma Roberts.-Early life:Roberts was born in Decatur, Georgia. Her mother, Betty Lou...
, sister of Julia and Eric Roberts - Loren RobertsLoren RobertsLoren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...
(born 1955), American golfer - Luckey RobertsLuckey RobertsCharles Luckeyeth Roberts, better known as Luckey Roberts was an American composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles.-Biography:...
, (1887–1968), American musician - Luke RobertsLuke RobertsLuke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....
, Australian cyclist - Lynette RobertsLynette RobertsLynette Roberts was a Welsh poet, born Evelyn Beatrice Roberts in Buenos Aires to parents of Welsh extraction.-Life:...
, British poet - Lynne RobertsLynne RobertsLynne Roberts, born Theda May Roberts was an American film actress who appeared exclusively in B-movies.-Career:...
, American actress
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- Marcus RobertsMarcus RobertsMarcus Roberts is an American jazz pianist who has achieved fame as a stride pianist committed to celebrating classic standards and jazz traditions. Roberts has also distinguished his solos by accompanying himself with walking basslines...
, American jazz pianist - Margaret RobertsMargaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
, Maiden name of former British Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
. - Marietta RobertsMarietta RobertsMarietta Roberts is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990....
, Canadian politician - Mark RobertsMark Roberts (disambiguation)Mark Roberts may refer to:* Mark Roberts , American stage, film and television actor* Mark Roberts , English archaeologist* Mark Roberts , Australian rules footballer...
, one of several people including: - Mark Roberts, English streaker
- Mark RobertsMark Roberts (singer)Mark Roberts sang and played the guitar during his teenage years in the local Welsh band, Y Cyrff. He then met Cerys Matthews and formed Catatonia along with Paul Jones....
, British singer and guitarist - Mark RobertsMark Roberts (Australian footballer)Mark Roberts played over 200 games of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. Nicknamed the "Fridge", he played 18 games in 2 seasons with Sydney Swans, 59 games in four seasons with Brisbane Bears and 125 with the North Melbourne Kangaroos...
, Australian Football League player - Mary Roberts, one of several people including
- Mary RobertsMary Roberts (bodybuilder)Mary Roberts was one of the top professional female bodybuilders of the 1980s. Her career peaked in 1985, when she won the Women's Pro World Championship and placed second in the Ms...
, professional female bodybuilderFemale bodybuildingFemale bodybuilding is the female component of competitive bodybuilding. It began in the late 1970s when women began to take part in bodybuilding competitions.-Beginnings:...
- Mary Roberts
- Matana RobertsMatana RobertsMatana Roberts is a jazz saxophonist, composer and improviser based in New York City. She is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians...
, American jazz saxophonist - Matt RobertsMatt RobertsMatthew "Matt" Roberts is an English television presenter, best known for work on BBC Sport's Moto GP coverage.-Early life:Roberts attended All Saints High School in Huddersfield as well Greenhead College and Huddersfield University....
, American guitarist - Michael Roberts, one of several people including:
- Michael RobertsMichael Roberts (writer)Michael Roberts , originally named William Edward Roberts, was an English poet, writer, critic and broadcaster, who made his living as a teacher.-Life:...
(1902–1948), English poet, writer, critic and broadcaster - Michael RobertsMichael Roberts (historian)Michael Roberts was an English historian specializing in the early modern period and particularly known for his studies of Swedish history.Roberts was born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire and educated at Brighton College...
, (1908–1997), English historian - Michael RobertsMichael Roberts (footballer)Michael Roberts is a former Australian rules footballer and now television sports journalist and reporter with the Nine Network and Triple M. He is also affectionately known as 'Robbo' or 'Snickers'.- Football career :...
, (1959-), Australian rules footballer
- Michael Roberts
- Michelle RobertsMichelle RobertsMichelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she currently represents the Electoral district of Midland in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly....
, Australian politician - Mike RobertsMike Roberts (sports broadcaster)Mike Roberts is an American radio sportscaster in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he provides play-by-play for University of New Mexico Lobo basketball and football games on KKOB ....
, American sports broadcaster
- Monty RobertsMonty RobertsMarvin Earl "Monty" Roberts is a horse trainer whose 1996-1997 autobiography, The Man Who Listens to Horses, became a best-seller...
, horse trainer - Morganna Roberts, American baseball personality MorgannaMorgannaMorganna Roberts is an entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1970 through the 1990s...
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- Nash RobertsNash RobertsNash Charles Roberts Jr. was a New Orleans, Louisiana-based meteorologist widely known for the accuracy of his hurricane forecasts....
, American meteorologist
- Neil Roberts, one of several people including
- Neil Roberts (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Dr. Neil RobertsDr. Neil RobertsDr. Neil Roberts is a fictional character on the FOX series, The O.C., portrayed by Michael Nouri.A plastic surgeon in wealthy Newport Beach, California, Neil is the father of Summer Roberts. He was married to Summer's mother until his daughter was 13 years old, when Summer's mother left for...
, fictional character from The O. C.
- Nicola RobertsNicola RobertsNicola Maria Roberts is a British recording artist and entrepreneur. In 2002 Roberts auditioned for the reality televisions series and competition Popstars The Rivals which saw her finish in the final line-up of a girl group named Girls Aloud...
, English pop singer, member of Girls Aloud - Nickla RobertsNickla RobertsNickla Ann Roberts is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name, "The Perfect 10" Baby Doll...
, American wrestling valet - Niniwa RobertsNiniwa RobertsNiniwa Kiri Rata Roberts-Lang is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who was a member of the squad that finished sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and twelfth at the 2008 Summer Olympics ....
, New Zealand field hockey player - Nora RobertsNora RobertsNora Roberts is a bestselling American author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series, and has also written under the pseudonym Jill March...
, American romantic novelist
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- Ollie P. RobertsOllie P. RobertsBrushy Bill Roberts , a.k.a. Ollie P. Roberts or Ollie L. Roberts, attracted attention by claiming to be the infamous western outlaw Billy the Kid...
, who claimed to be Billy the KidBilly the KidWilliam H. Bonney William H. Bonney William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. est. November 23, 1859 – c. July 14, 1881, better known as Billy the Kid but also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier... - Oral RobertsOral RobertsGranville "Oral" Roberts was an American Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University....
(1918–2009), American evangelist - Oran M. RobertsOran M. RobertsOran Milo Roberts , was the 17th Governor of Texas from January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Roberts County, Texas, is named after him....
, (1879–1883), governor of Texas - Owen Josephus RobertsOwen Josephus RobertsOwen Josephus Roberts was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court for fifteen years. He also led the fact-finding commission that investigated the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the time of World War II, he was the only Republican appointed Judge on the Supreme Court of the United...
(1875–1955), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
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- Paddy Roberts, one of several people
- Pat RobertsPat RobertsCharles Patrick "Pat" Roberts is the senior United States Senator from Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, he has served since 1997...
, American politician - Patricia Roberts, American politician Patricia Roberts HarrisPatricia Roberts HarrisPatricia Roberts Harris served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the administration of President Jimmy Carter...
- Paul Craig RobertsPaul Craig RobertsPaul Craig Roberts is an American economist and a columnist for Creators Syndicate. He served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as a co-founder of Reaganomics. He is a former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and...
, American journalist - Paul William RobertsPaul William RobertsPaul William Roberts is a Canadian writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario.Born in Wales and educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he gained a second in English Language and Literature, Roberts moved permanently to Canada in 1980...
, Canadian writer - Pennant RobertsPennant RobertsPennant Roberts was a British director noted for his work on British television.Roberts was born at Weston-super-Mare to Welsh parents...
, British television director - Pernell RobertsPernell RobertsPernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. was an American stage, movie and television actor, as well as a singer. In addition to guest starring in over 60 television series, he was widely known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son, Adam Cartwright, on the western series Bonanza, a role he played from...
(1928–2010), American actor - Peter Scawen Watkinson RobertsPeter Scawen Watkinson RobertsPeter Scawen Watkinson Roberts VC, DSC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, British Army officer
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- Rachel Roberts, one of several people including
- Rachel Roberts (British actress)Rachel Roberts (British actress)Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress noted for her fervour and passion; Roberts is best remembered for her forthright screen performances in two key films of the 1960s, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and This Sporting Life, in both of which she played the older mistress of the central male...
- Rachel Roberts (Canadian actress)
- Rachel Roberts (British actress)
- Ralph Roberts, one of several people including
- Ralph J. RobertsRalph J. RobertsRalph Joel Roberts is the co-founder of Comcast Communications and was its chief executive officer for 46 years. As of 2011 he serves as founder and chairman emeritus of Comcast's board of directors. His son, Brian L...
, co-founder of Comcast Communications - Ralph J. RobertsRalph J. Roberts (geologist)Ralph J. Roberts was an American geologist and research scientist with the USGS. He is credited with the discovery of the Carlin and Battle Mountain Gold Belts, which make up the richest gold-mining region in Nevada as well as the United States....
, American geologist - Ralph R Roberts a car designer who worked for the Chrysler Corporation
- Ralph R Roberts, a 20th century US politician
- Ralph J. Roberts
- Rhydian RobertsRhydian RobertsRhydian James Roberts , popularly known as Rhydian, is a classically trained Welsh baritone and crossover artist. He rose to fame on The X Factor in 2007...
(born 1983), Welsh singer - Richard Roberts, one of several people including:
- Richard Roberts (engineer)Richard Roberts (engineer)Richard Roberts was a British engineer whose development of high-precision machine tools contributed to the birth of production engineering and mass production.-Early life:...
(1789–1864), British engineer - Richard J. RobertsRichard J. RobertsSir Richard "Rich" John Roberts is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing.When he was 4, his family moved to Bath. In...
(born 1943), British biochemist - Richard Roberts (evangelist)Richard Roberts (evangelist)Richard Roberts is an American evangelist. Roberts is chairman and chief executive officer of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. Since his healing ministry began in 1980, he has preached on six continents. Holding his first overseas crusade in South Africa in 1982, he has since traveled...
(born 1948), American
- Richard Roberts (engineer)
- Rick Roberts, one of several people including
- Rick Roberts (hockey player)Rick Roberts (hockey player)Rick Roberts is a former field hockey defender from Canada.Roberts started playing hockey in Victoria at age thirteen. He is nicknamed "Rico". He is married to former Women's National Team player Lisa Faust...
, Canadian field hockey player - Rick Roberts (actor)Rick Roberts (actor)Rick Roberts is a Canadian actor. His most substantial role to date is as Donald D'Arby in the series Traders, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award. He played Elizabeth Berkley's husband in the Lifetime made-for-television movie Student Seduction. Roberts has also appeared in L.A...
, Canadian actor - Rick Roberts (musician)Rick Roberts (musician)Rick Roberts is a country rock and classic rock singer-songwriter who recorded with many influential artists over several genres in the 1970s. He is best known for his work with The Flying Burrito Brothers on their 1971 self-titled album, and as a founding member and lead singer of Firefall from...
, American rock musician
- Rick Roberts (hockey player)
- Robert Roberts, one of several people including:
- Robert Richford RobertsRobert Richford RobertsRobert Richford Roberts distinguished himself as an American Methodist Circuit Rider, Pastor, Presiding Elder, and Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1816. He was the first married man in America to serve as Bishop of the M.E. Church.-Birth and Early Life:Roberts was born in...
, American Methodist bishop
- Robert Richford Roberts
- Rev. Lord Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno, British Liberal Democrat Peer
- Robin Roberts, one of several people including
- Robin RobertsRobin Roberts (baseball player)Robin Evan Roberts was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies . He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles , Houston Astros , and Chicago Cubs...
, baseball player - Robin Roberts, ABC Good Morning AmericaGood Morning AmericaGood Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
anchor and former ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
anchor
- Robin Roberts
- Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of LlandudnoRoger Roberts, Baron Roberts of LlandudnoRoger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno is a Welsh Liberal Democrat politician.Roberts was educated at John Bright Grammar School in Llandudno, the University College of North Wales and Handsworth Methodist College, Birmingham...
, British politician - Roy RobertsRoy Roberts (disambiguation)Roy Roberts may refer to:* Roy Roberts , American character actor* Roy A. Roberts , Kansas City Star editor* Roy 'Hog' Roberts , controversial inmate executed in Missouri* Roy Roberts Roy Roberts may refer to:* Roy Roberts (1906-1975), American character actor* Roy A. Roberts (1887-1967), Kansas...
, one of several people including- Roy RobertsRoy RobertsRoy Roberts was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen.-Biography:...
, American character actor - Roy 'Hog' RobertsRoy 'Hog' RobertsRoy Michael "Hog" Roberts was executed in Missouri by lethal injection for the murder of a guard named Tom Jackson. A new investigation has been opened to see about the possibility that Roberts was innocent of the crime.-See also:* List of individuals executed in Missouri* Capital punishment in...
, controversial inmate executed in Missouri - Roy RobertsRoy Roberts (blues artist)Roy Roberts is an American blues artist, music producer, and singer-songwriter. Roy Roberts grew up in a small town in Livingston, Tennessee, listening to blues and R&B on radio stations...
, North Carolina blues artist
- Roy Roberts
- Russell RobertsRuss AbbotRuss Abbot is an English musician, comedian and actor who first came to public notice during the 1970s as the singer and drummer with British comedy showband the Black Abbots, later forging a prominent solo career as a television comedian with his own weekly show on British television.Continuing...
, British comedian - Ryan RobertsRyan RobertsRyan Alan Roberts is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks. A right-handed batter, Roberts is 5' 11" tall and weighs 190 pounds. He is married to actress Kim Camille. Roberts has over 30 tattoos.-College career:After graduating from L. D...
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- Sailor RobertsSailor RobertsBryan W. "Sailor" Roberts was an American professional poker player.Before becoming a poker professional Roberts was a rounder and traveled the country looking for games along with other legends such as Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim...
, American poker player - Sam RobertsSam RobertsSam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
, Canadian rock musician - Samuel B. RobertsSamuel B. RobertsSamuel Booker Roberts, Jr. was a U.S. Navy coxswain who was killed in the Battle of Guadalcanal, and became the namesake of three U.S. Navy warships....
, US Navy coxswain - Sandy RobertsSandy RobertsSandy Roberts is the weeknight sports presenter of Seven News Melbourne.Roberts grew up on a sheep farm in Lucindale, South Australia. After completing school he moved to Adelaide where he worked as a sports writer for the Adelaide Advertiser...
, Australian sports broadcaster - Sebastian RobertsSebastian RobertsMajor-General Sir Sebastian John Lechmere Roberts KCVO OBE was the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Military career:...
, British teacher - Seth Jane Roberts, American psychic
- Sheldon RobertsSheldon RobertsC. Sheldon Roberts is a semiconductor pioneer, and member of the Traitorous Eight who founded Silicon Valley.He earned a Bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1948, and a Master's degree in 1949 and Ph.D...
, American semiconductor pioneer - Stan RobertsStan RobertsStan Roberts was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba between 1958 and 1962, and ran for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party in 1961...
, Canadian politician - Stephen Roberts, one of several people
- Steven Roberts, one of several people including
- Steven V. RobertsSteven V. RobertsSteven V. Roberts is an American journalist, writer, political commentator.Roberts grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey and graduated from Bayonne High School. He attended Harvard where he served as editor of the student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. After graduating with a B.A...
, American journalist
- Steven V. Roberts
- Stuart Roberts, New Zealand cricketer
- Summer RobertsSummer RobertsSummer Roberts is a fictional character on the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Rachel Bilson.-Background:Summer Roberts grew up in Newport Beach, California, with her wealthy father, Dr. Neil Roberts...
, fictional character from The O. C.
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- Tanya RobertsTanya RobertsTanya Roberts is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, The Beastmaster, A View to a Kill, Sheena and That '70s Show. Roberts was groomed as a Hollywood sex symbol during the early 1980s.- Early life :Blum was born in The Bronx, New York City, of Irish and Jewish descent...
, American actress - Tawny RobertsTawny RobertsTawny Roberts is an American pornographic actress.-Awards:*2003 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet*2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Actress, Video – Unlovable...
, American porn actress - Terrence RobertsTerrence RobertsTerrence James Roberts was one of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who, in 1957, were the first black students ever to attend classes at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas...
, one of the Little Rock NineLittle Rock NineThe Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then... - Terry RobertsTerry RobertsThe Hon Terry Roberts was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council between 1985 and 2006. At the time of his death, he was a Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation and Correctional Services in the South Australian government.Roberts was born and educated in Millicent, South...
, Australian politician - Thomas Roberts, one of several people including
- Thomas Roberts (footballer)Thomas Roberts (footballer)Thomas Roberts was a professional footballer who played 120 games in The Football League as an inside forward and wing half for Bristol Rovers between 1925 and 1930....
, English footballer who played for Bristol Rovers - Thomas Roberts (news anchor)Thomas Roberts (news anchor)Thomas Roberts is an American journalist who, since April 2010, has served as a news anchor for MSNBC, a cable-news channel.-Early life and education:...
, American news anchor - Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts, fictional character, companion of Doc Savage
- Tom RobertsTom RobertsThomas William Roberts , usually known simply as Tom, was a prominent Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School.-Life:...
(1856–1931), Australian artist - Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)Tom Roberts is an Ohio Democratic politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly. When Ed Orlett resigned from the Ohio House of Representatives in 1986, House Democrats appointed Roberts to serve the remainder of his term...
- Tommy RobertsTommy RobertsWilliam Thomas 'Tommy' Roberts was an English professional footballer who played for Soho Villa, Leicester Fosse, Preston North End, Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur, Dick Kerrs X1, Chorley and England at international level.- Football career :Roberts began his career at non League Soho Villa and later...
, English professional footballer - Tony Roberts (actor)Tony Roberts (actor)David Anthony "Tony" Roberts is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in several Woody Allen movies, usually cast as Allen's best friend.-Early life:...
- Tony Roberts (footballer)Tony Roberts (footballer)Anthony Mark "Tony" Roberts is a Welsh footballer who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge as a goalkeeper.Roberts was formerly the goalkeeping coach at Championship side Queens Park Rangers until he was suspended by John Gregory...
- Troy RobertsTroy RobertsTroy Roberts is an American soccer player currently playing for Rochester Rhinos in the USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...
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- Wayne RobertsWayne RobertsWayne Roberts is a Canadian food policy analyst and writer, widely respected for his role as the manager of the [Toronto Food Policy Council] from 2000-2010. The TFPC is a citizen body of 30 food activists and experts that enjoys an international reputation for its innovative approach to food...
, Canadian journalist - Wilfrid RobertsWilfrid RobertsWilfrid Hubert Wace Roberts was a British Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party.-Early life:...
, British politician - Will RobertsWill RobertsWill Roberts was a Modern painter from Wales.Roberts was born in Ruabon, Denbighshire, the son of a railwayman of the Great Western Railway. The family moved to Neath in Glamorgan in 1918 and he studied at the local Swansea School of Art. In 1945, Roberts met the Polish artist Josef Herman...
, Welsh painter - William Roberts, one of several people including
- William Roberts (painter)William Roberts (painter)William Roberts was a British painter of groups of figures and portraits, and was a war artist.-Education and early career:Son of an Irish carpenter and his wife, Roberts was born in Hackney, London...
, a vorticist painter of the early 20th century. - William Roberts (physician)William Roberts (physician)Sir William Roberts FRS was a physician in Manchester, England.Roberts was born on 18 March 1830 at Bodedern on the Isle of Anglesey the son David and Sarah Roberts, he was educated at Mill Hill School and at University College London. He graduated with a BA at London University in 1851 and became...
, was the first to discover, in 1874 that certain molds prevented bacterial growth. - William Roberts (screenwriter)William Roberts (screenwriter)William Roberts was a screenwriter.His screenplays includeThe Mating Game ,The Magnificent Seven ,The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ,The Bridge at Remagen ,Posse ....
- William Roberts (veteran)William Roberts (veteran)William Roberts was, one of the final surviving British veterans of the First World War.As a fourteen-year-old boy Roberts was present in Hartlepool during the Imperial German Navy's bombardment....
, a British veteran of the First World War - William Roberts (Alberta politician)William Roberts (Alberta politician)William Roberts is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.-Political career:...
, Alberta (Canada) Politician, NDP MLA - William R. RobertsWilliam R. RobertsWilliam Randall Roberts was a diplomat, Fenian Society member, and United States Representative from New York . Born in County Cork, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in July 1849, received a limited schooling, and was a merchant in New York City until 1869, until he retired.In 1865,...
, American politician
- William Roberts (painter)
- Winifred Roberts, British painter Winifred NicholsonWinifred NicholsonWinifred Nicholson was an English painter, a colourist who developed a personalized impressionistic style that concentrated on domestic subjects and landscapes. In her work, the two motifs are often combined in a view out of a window, featuring flowers in a vase or a jug.Nicholson was born in...
See also
- Roberts (disambiguation)
- RobertRobertThe name Robert is a Germanic given name, from hrod "fame" and beraht "bright". It is also in use as a surname.After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form had existed before the Norman Conquest...
- Earl RobertsEarl RobertsEarl Roberts, of Kandahar in Afghanistan and Pretoria in the Transvaal Colony and of the City of Waterford, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1901 for Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts...
- Bob RobertsBob RobertsBob Roberts is a 1992 film written and directed by Tim Robbins. It is a satirical mockumentary, chronicling the rise of Bob Roberts, a conservative politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election...
, film - Mister Roberts (disambiguation), novel and adaptations for stage, film and television
- Barbara Millicent Roberts, the doll BarbieBarbieBarbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....
- Krissy RobertsKrissy RobertsKrissy Roberts is a tiny playscale infant doll in Mattel's Barbie toy line. Blonde-haired and blue-eyed, Krissy debuted in the Barbie line in 1999, joining siblings Skipper, Stacie/Tutti, Todd, and Kelly as the youngest baby sister of the world-famous fashion doll...
, doll - Skipper RobertsSkipper RobertsSkipper Roberts was a doll created by Mattel in 1964 to be Barbie's younger sister, as well as to oppose controversies directed at Barbie. Since Skipper was introduced, she has changed immensely...
, doll - Stacie RobertsStacie RobertsStacie Roberts is one of Barbie's younger sisters. Stacie made her debut in 1992. She is elementary school-aged and was introduced in the early 1990s. Her friends include Janet , Whitney , twin brother Todd , and Lila . She is the fifth child of George and Margaret Roberts.The current Stacie dolls...
, doll - Tutti and Todd RobertsTutti and Todd RobertsTutti Roberts and Todd Roberts were Barbie's younger twin siblings. They debuted in 1966 were available in the US and Europe from 1966 to 1971, and remained on the European market until 1980 when they were discontinued. They appeared to be small school children and had bendable bodies...
, dolls - Robarts (disambiguation)
- Robartes
- Robards (disambiguation)
- Robert (surname)
- Roberto
- Robertson (disambiguation)