Robert Young
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Robert, Rob, Bob, or Bobby Young may refer to:
Academia
- Robert J. Young (born 1942), Canadian historian
- Robert J. C. Young (born 1950), British post-colonial theorist, cultural critic and historian
- Robert M. Young (academic) (born 1935), American science historian, author and psychoanalyst
- Robert Vaughn Young (1938–2003), American ex-Scientologist and critic of Scientology
- Robert W. Young (1912–2007), American linguist, co-author of the Analytical Lexicon of Navajo
- Rob Young (coastal geologist), professor of coastal geology
- R. V. Young (born 1947), professor in the English Department of North Carolina State University
Sports
- Robert Young (American football) (born 1969), American football player
- Robert HP Young Marathon Man UK (born 1982), British endurance runner
- Robert Young (athlete) (1916–2011), American track athlete
- Robert W. Young (born 1960s), martial artist and executive editor of Black Belt
- Bob Young (American football) (1942–1995), American football player
- Bob Young (American football coach), former American football player and coach
- Bob Young (cricketer) (1933-2014), Scottish cricketer
- Bob Young (footballer, born 1886) (1886–?), Scottish footballer
- Bob Young (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1960), English association football manager
- Bobby Joe Young (born 1959), American boxer from Ohio
- Bobby Young (1925–1985), American baseball player
- Bobby Young (curler), Scottish curler
Music
- Robert Young (musician) (1964/5–2014), lead guitarist with Primal Scream
- Rob Young (sound engineer), Canadian sound engineer
- Bob Young (musician) (born 1945), English musician and author, unofficial member of Status Quo
- Red Top Young (born 1936), American musician
Film and television
- Robert Young (actor) (1907–1998), American actor
- Robert Young (director) (born 1933), British film and television director
- Robert M. Young (director) (born 1924), American director, writer and producer
- Robert "Bob" Young VII (born 1964), contestant on the third season of the Australian version of The Mole
- Bob Young (news anchor) (1923–2011), American host of ABC's Evening News
- Bob Young (TV producer), American television writer and producer, including Dinosaurs and Smart Guy
Writers
- Robert Young, pen name of British writer Robert Payne (1911–1984)
- Robert Clark Young (born 1960), American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, journalist and anti-Iraq War activist
- Robert F. Young (1915–1986), American science fiction writer
- Robert O. Young (born 1952), American author of books relating to alternative medicine and the alkaline diet
- Rob Young (writer) (born 1968), British music author and journalist
Military
- Robert Young (soldier) (1877–1953), New Zealand military officer
- Robert Benjamin Young (1773–1846), British sea captain at the Battle of Trafalgar
- Robert H. Young (1929–1950), U.S. Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert Nicholas Young (1900–1964), Lieutenant General in the United States Army
Politics
- Robert Young (Canadian politician) (1834–1904), Canadian politician and businessman
- Robert Young (Hawaii) (1796–1813), Hawaiian chief
- Robert Young (Islington North MP) (1891–1985), British Member of Parliament for Islington North
- Sir Robert Young (trade unionist) (1872–1957), British Member of Parliament for Newton
- Robert A. Young (1923–2007), member of the US House of Representatives
- Sir Rob Young (diplomat) (born 1945), British diplomat
- Bob Young (mayor) (born c. 1948), former mayor of Augusta, Georgia, former senior executive in cabinet of President George W. Bush, former television news anchor
Religion
- Robert Young (biblical scholar) (1822–1888), Scottish publisher, author of Young's Literal Translation of the Bible
- Robert Young (clergyman) (1796–1865), President of the Methodist Conference in 1856
- Robert Young (priest) (died 1716), Canon of Windsor
- Robert A. Young (1824-1902), American Methodist minister.
- Robert D. Young (1867–1962), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Robert Newton Young (1829–), President of the Methodist Conference in 1886
Other
- Robert Young (longevity claims researcher), Gerontology Research Group and Guinness World Records age claim researcher
- Robert Young (forger) (1657–1700), forger and cheat
- Sir Robert Arthur Young (1871–1959), British physician
- Robert P. Young, Jr. (born 1951), Michigan Supreme Court Justice
- Robert R. Young (1897–1958), American financier and industrialist
- Bob Young (businessman), Canadian founder and CEO of Red Hat
- Robert Brown Young (1851–1914), Canadian-born architect in California
See also
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