Robert, Bob or Bobby Smith, or variants thereof, may refer to:
Business Robert MacKay Smith (1802–1888), Scottish businessman, meteorologist and philanthropist who founded Glasgow University's Mackay Smith Prizes Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist Robert Hall Smith (1888–1960), American railroad executive, president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1946–1958 Robert H. Smith (philanthropist) (1928–2009), American builder and developer who developed much of the Crystal City, Virginia neighborhood just south of Washington, D.C. Robert P. Smith (philanthropist) (1940–2019), American financial pioneer, philanthropist and author Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin (born 1944), British businessman, governor of the BBC Robert F. Smith (investor) (born 1962), American businessman and investor; founder, chairman, and CEO of Vista Equity Partners
Entertainment Acting Robert Wilton Smith (1881–1957), known as Robb Wilton, English comedian and comic actor Robert Smith (American actor) (1912–2001), American actor Robert Grant Smith (1914–2001), American aeronautical engineer and actor after whom the R.G. Smith Award is named Robert O. Smith (1942–2010), American voice actor Robert Smith (Canadian actor) (1966–2020), Canadian actor and voice actor Bob Smith Junior, Ghanaian actor and director
Music Robert Archibald Smith (1780–1829), Scottish composer, known for his collection Scotish [sic] Minstrel, a selection from the vocal melodies of Scotland ancient and modern Robert Bache Smith (1875–1951), American librettist and lyricist Robert Curtis Smith (1930–2010), American Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter Bobby Smith (singer) (1936–2013), American musician, lead singer of the (Detroit) Spinners Robert Weston Smith (1938–1995), known as Wolfman Jack, American disc jockey famous for his gravelly voice Bob Smith (1942–1991), founder, singer, keyboardist and drummer for Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys Robert Dean Smith (born 1956), American operatic tenor Robert W. Smith (musician) (1958–2023), American composer, arranger and teacher Robert Smith (musician) (born 1959), English musician, lead singer and guitarist of The Cure Robert L. Smith (sound engineer) (born 1965), American recording engineer and record producer in New York City Rob Smith (Irish musician) (born 1982), Irish singer-songwriter and DJ Rob Smith (British musician), English contemporary DJ, musician, and remixer Rob Sonic, American rapper and record producer
Writing Robert Paul Smith (1915–1977), American author Robert W. Smith (writer) (1926–2011), American martial artist and historian Robert Kimmel Smith (1930–2020), American novelist and children's author Bob Smith (born 1941), American author who wrote the memoir Hamlet's Dresser Rob Magnuson Smith, British-American novelist, short story writer, and university lecturer
Stage name Robert Emil Schmidt (1917–1998), nicknamed Buffalo Bob Smith, American host of TV show Howdy Doody Bob and Roberta Smith, pseudonym for British artist Patrick Brill (born 1963)
Other entertainment Robert Emmet Smith (1914–1988), American film art director and production designer Bob Smith (comics) (born 1951), American comic book inker Bob Smith (comedian) (1958–2018), American comedian and author Normal Bob Smith (born 1969), American graphic artist, writer, and atheist activist Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970), American humorist who writes children's books under the name Obert Skye Bob Smith (Atari), American video game developer and producer Bob Kupa'a Smith (1928–2020), American host of the television show Wordsmith
History Robert Smith (professor) (1919–2009), expert on the history of the Yoruba people of Nigeria Robert Bruce Smith IV (1945–2014), American music and history expert Robert J. A. Smith (born 1951), vice-president of the Richmond Local History Society in Richmond, London Robert W. Smith (historian), scholar of history and the classics at the University of Alberta Robert Chester Smith (1912–1975), American art historian
Journalism Robert Smith (journalist, born 1940), journalist for The New York Times Robert Smith (journalist, born 1967), correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) Rob Smith (journalist), BBC South East TV presenter
Law Robert Percy Smith (1770–1845), British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India Robert L. Smith (judge) (1918–1999), Nebraska Supreme Court judge Robert Ellis Smith (1940–2018), American attorney and author Robert S. Smith (born 1944), New York State Court of Appeals associate judge
Military Robert A. Smith (1814–1879), birth name of British soldier and churchwarden Robert Smith-Dorrien Robert Smith (Medal of Honor) (1847–1930), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Robert Smith (Australian Army officer) (1881–1928), Australian wool merchant and army officer Robert H. Smith (naval officer) (1898–1943), United States Navy submariner for whom the destroyer/minelayer USS Robert H. Smith was named Robert T. Smith (1918–1995), American World War II flying ace Robert G. Smith (colonel) (1854–1923), American colonel of the Spanish–American War
Politics and government Australia Robert Murray Smith (1831–1921), politician in colonial Victoria and agent-general for Victoria (Australia) Robert Burdett Smith (1837–1895), solicitor and politician in colonial New South Wales Robert Harrison Smith (1848–1911), member of both the Queensland Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly Bob Rowland Smith (1925–2012), National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Bob Smith (Australian politician) (born 1948), Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Canada Robert Smith (Ontario politician) (1819–1900), Canadian member of parliament for Peel, Ontario Robert Smith (Canadian judge) (1858–1942), Canadian member of parliament for Stormont, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Robert Hunter Smith (1876–1939), farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada Robert Smith (Newfoundland politician) (1879–1972), Newfoundland politician and merchant Robert Smith (British Columbia politician), Irish-born member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (1871–1878) Robert Black Smith (1872–1931), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick 1917–1925 Robert Knowlton Smith (1887–1973), Canadian member of parliament for Cumberland 1925–1935 Robert Melville Smith (1887–1950), deputy minister of the Department of Highways of Ontario 1934–1943
New Zealand Robert William Smith (politician) (1871–1958), member of parliament
United Kingdom Robert Smith (MP for Wycombe), member of parliament (MP) for Wycombe from 1318 to 1322 Robert Smith (MP for Derby), MP for Derby in 1420 and 1421 Robert Smith (MP for Devizes) (fl. 1414–1421), MP for Devizes Robert Smith (fl. 1545), MP for Carlisle Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (1752–1838), MP for Nottingham Robert Percy Smith (1770–1845), British lawyer, MP and judge advocate-general of Bengal, India Robert Vernon, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800–1873), known as Robert Vernon Smith until 1859, British Liberal Party politician and MP Robert Smith (trade unionist) (1862–1934), general secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers and British Labour Party politician Sir Robert Smith, 1st Baronet (1880–1957), Scottish Unionist politician and MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central Robert Smith (colonial administrator) (1887–1959), British governor of North Borneo Sir Robert Smith, 3rd Baronet (born 1958), Liberal Democrat politician and MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Bobby Smith (activist) (born 1982), British political and fathers' rights activist
United States Robert Smith (Maryland politician) (1757–1842), secretary of state and of the Navy Robert Barnwell Smith (1800–1876), known as Robert Barnwell Rhett, U.S. senator and representative from South Carolina Robert Smith (Illinois politician) (1802–1867), U.S. representative from Illinois Robert Hardy Smith (1813–1878), Alabama politician and officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War Robert A. Smith (mayor) (1827–1913), politician from Minnesota, mayor of St. Paul Robert Burns Smith (1854–1908), governor of Montana Robert Lloyd Smith (1861–1942), educator, businessman, and politician in the Texas Legislature Robert B. Smith (Virginia mayor), mayor of Newport News, Virginia 1956–1958 Robert Solwin Smith (1924–2013), American ambassador to the Côte d'Ivoire Robert P. Smith (ambassador) (1929–2012), American diplomat Bob Smith (Oregon politician) (1931–2020), U.S. representative from Oregon Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician) (born 1941), U.S. senator from New Hampshire Bob Smith (New Jersey politician) (born 1947), New Jersey state senator Robert C. Smith (political scientist) (1947–2023), political science professor at San Francisco State University Robert J. Smith II (born 1963), American attorney and New Jersey state legislator
Religion Robert Smith (bishop) (1732–1801), English-born American clergyman, planter and prelate of the Episcopal Church who served as the first bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina Robert Payne Smith (1818–1895), Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Dean of Canterbury Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899), lay leader in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom Robert H. Smith (theologian) (1932–2006), American Lutheran clergyman, theologian, author and lecturer Robert Smith (priest) (1932–2010), American Catholic priest, author, and educator Robert P. Smith (pastor) (1863–1945), American educator, pastor, and writer
Science, engineering and medicine Robert William Smith (surgeon) (1807–1873), Irish surgeon and pathologist Robert Angus Smith (1817–1884), Scottish chemist, discoverer of acid rain Robert Murdoch Smith (1835–1900), Scottish engineer, archaeologist and diplomat Robert Smith (surgeon) (1840–1885), Sierra Leonean medical doctor and the first African to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Bob Smith (doctor) (1879–1950), American physician and surgeon who co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous Robert Allan Smith (1909–1980), Scottish physicist Robert J. Smith (anthropologist) (1927–2016), Cornell University anthropologist Robert H. T. Smith (born 1935), Australian-Canadian professor of geography Robert L. Smith (academic), American engineer, academic and author Robert Smith (aerospace engineer), American business executive and aerospace engineer
Sports Association football Robert Smith (footballer, born 1848) (1848–1914), Scottish international footballer born in Aberdeen Robert Smith (Darwen footballer), English footballer for Darwen in the 1890s Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1870), English footballer born in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1900s), Scottish footballer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife Robert Smith (footballer, born 1912), English football player and manager born in Atherton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) Bob Smith (footballer) (1923-?), English professional footballer born in Walkden, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester) Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1933) (1933–2010), English footballer born in Lingdale, North Yorkshire Bobby Smith (Irish footballer) (1922–1992), Irish football player Bobby Smith (Canadian soccer) (born 1940), Canadian soccer player Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2019), English footballer born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire Bobby Smith (footballer, born 1944), English footballer and manager born in Prestbury, Cheshire Rob Smith (footballer, born 1950), English footballer born in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire Bobby Smith (American soccer) (born 1951), American soccer player born in Trenton, New Jersey