Robert King

Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob, or Bobby King may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Robert A. King (composer) (1862–1932), American composer who wrote under pseudonyms including Mary Earl and Betty Chapin
• Bobby King (musician) (1941–1983), American blues guitarist and singer
• Bobby King (born 1944), American singer
• Robbie King (musician) (1947–2003), Canadian musician
• Robert King (conductor) (born 1960), English founder and conductor of the period music orchestra The King's Consort
• Bob King (children's musician) (fl. 1970s), Canadian children's musician and songwriter
• Rob King (born 1970), American composer

Other artists and entertainers

• Bob King (editor) (born 1949), American editor-manager of Classic Images and Films of the Golden Age
• Bob P. King (born 1953), American photographer, writer, and amateur astronomer
• Robert King (writer) (born 1955), American film and television writer and producer; co-creator of the TV series The Good Wife
• Robert King (photojournalist) (born 1969), American independent photojournalist
• J. Robert King, American novelist and game designer

Law and politics

American

• Robert Emmet King (1848–1921), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky (1896)
• Robert T. King (Vermont politician) (1917–1970), Vermont Republican politician
• Robert Bruce King (born 1940), American judge
• Robert R. King (born 1942), American politician; United States special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues 2009
• Robert L. King (born 1946), American political figure

Australian

• Robert John King (1839–1899), Australian politician
• Robert King (Queensland politician) (1848–1905), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Robert Arthur King (1886–1960), Australian politician
• Robert King (Victorian politician) (1920–1991), Australian politician
• Bob King (Queensland politician) (born 1938), Australian politician

Irish

• Robert King (Roundhead) (c. 1599–1657), Irish soldier and statesman
• Robert King, 2nd Baron Kingston (died 1693), Irish nobleman
• Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet (died 1707), Anglo-Irish politician
• Robert King, 1st Baron Kingsborough (1724–1755), Irish landowner and politician
• Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston (1754–1799), Anglo-Irish peer
• Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton (1773–1854), Irish peer and politician
• Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston (1796–1867), Irish peer, soldier and Whig politician
• Robert King, 6th Earl of Kingston (1804–1869), Anglo-Irish politician and peer

Others in law and politics

• Robert King (jurist) (1600–1676), English jurist and academic

Religion

• Robert King (bishop) (died 1558), English churchman and bishop of Oxford
• Robert King (dean of Kildare) (1723–1787), Irish Anglican priest
• Robert King (archdeacon of Kilmacduagh) (fl. 1815–1830), Anglican Archdeacon in Ireland
• Robert King (church historian) (1815–1900), Irish clergyman, schoolteacher and church historian

Sports

Association football (soccer)

• Robert King (footballer) (1862–1950), English international footballer
• Bob King (New Zealand footballer) (fl. 1948), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
• Robbie King (footballer) (born 1986), English footballer

Cricket

• Robert Turner King (1824–1884), English cricketer
• Jasper King (Robert Jasper Stuart King, 1909–1992), English cricketer
• Robert King (cricketer, born 1978), English cricketer

Other sports

• Robert A. King (American football) (fl. 1890), American football coach
• Bob King (Australian footballer) (1894–1979), Australian rules football player
• Bob King (high jumper) (1906–1965), American high jumper
• Bob King (American football coach) (1913–1994), active 1958–1972
• Bob King (basketball) (1923–2004), American basketball coach in 1960s and 1970s
• Bob King (bowls) (1934–2022), Australian lawn bowler
• Robbie King (darts player) (born 1993), Australian darts player

Others

• Robert King (British Army officer) (1904–1983), British general
• Robert Hillary King (born 1942), American Black Panther member and activist
• Bob King (labor leader) (born 1946), American president of the UAW, 2010–2014
• Robert King (economist) (born 1951), American economist
• and Elias lest favorite uncle

See also

• Bert King (disam uncbiguation)