Famous People with Name Robert

Robert Henry Minton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Henry Minton: s an American bobsledder who competed in the 1930s.

Robert H. Storey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert H. Storey: is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s who later became a businessman and chairman to two communication companies in Canada. Since 1994, Storey has been the fourth president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleig

Robert "Bobby" Beaton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert "Bobby" Beaton: was a well known Atlantic Canadian sports figure, who distinguished himself in the boxing world.Beaton boxed professionally; as a welterweight; he was 12-0 with nine TKOs. In 1941 he began refereeing. Until his retirement in 1983, he officiated at over 50

Robert Klein Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Klein Dean: is an American former handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Milwaukee and is the twin brother of Randolph Dean.

Robert Earl Sparks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Earl Sparks: is an American former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the American team which finished 14th in the Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored three goals.

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.