Famous People with Name Robert

Robert Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Allen: is an American professional boxer from Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and fights as a middleweight. Allen was a standout as an amateur, becoming the 1992 United States Amateur Light middleweight champion.

Robert Marroquin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Marroquin: is a undefeated Mexican American boxer in the super bantamweight division and he is signed to Bob Arum's Top Rank. During the his amateur career Marroquin won silver medals at the 2005 National Junior Olympics, 2006 International Aliyev Cup, 2006 Nationa

Robert "The Grinder" Baker            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert "The Grinder" Baker: was a heavyweight boxer whose professional career spanned from 1949 until 1959. Baker was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and originally fought out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Robert Shannon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Shannon: is an American former professional boxer. After beating up one kid, he was invited to his gym, where he began boxing at the age of 12. He would capture a national junior championship at 15, and a world junior championship at the age of 16. Shannon qualifi

Robert Grantley Callender            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Grantley Callender: is a former cricketer. He represented Canada in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. He appeared in 2 matches, taking a wicket against England but failed to score any runs.

Yvon Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Yvon Robert: was a French Canadian professional wrestler who was best known to fans as Yvon "The Lion" Robert.Yvon Robert started wrestling in 1932 at age 17. He got his first stint in American Wrestling Association (Boston). He was trained by Emil Maupas. He was bill

Gilles Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilles Robert: is a politician and teacher in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Prévost in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois. Robert first obtained a bachelor's degree from the Université de Montréal in history in 1977 and later added a certificate in educational sciences from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1995.

Joseph-Edmond Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Edmond Robert: was a farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1908 to 1922 as a Liberal member.He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1908 by-election held after Alfred Girard was named a judge. Robert resigned his seat in 1922 after being named colonization and immigration agent for Quebec.

Hélène Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hélène Robert: is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. She was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2007. Robert ran as a Parti Québécois candidate in Deux-Montagnes in the 1989 provincial election. She centered her local campaign around environmental issues while also highlighting her support for Quebec nationalism. Near the end of the election, she said, "My grandmother was a Canadian, my mother was a French-Canadian and I'm a Quebecoise. I want to make sure that my daughter, too, is a Quebecoise." On election day, she was narrowly defeated by Liberal candidate Jean-Guy Bergeron. Robert later served as president of the Parti Québécois's association in Deux-Montagnes; she offered support to party leader Jacques Parizeau in 1992 when his leadership was questioned by some in the party. She was elected to the Quebec legislature in the 1994 provincial election as the Parti Québécois won a majority government under Parizeau's leadership. On September 26, 1994, she was appointed as the government's regional delegate for the Laurentides. This was not a ministerial position, although she had some oversight powers on regional development projects.

J.J. Michel Robert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

J.J. Michel Robert: is a Quebec jurist and former Canadian politician. Robert served as president of the Young Liberals of Canada from 1963 to 1965, and was a member of the 1982 to 1985 Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada headed by Donald Stovel Macdonald. From 1986 to 1990, he was president of the Liberal Party of Canada. In 1991, he was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada when Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed him to the Security Intelligence Review Committee.