Robinson

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Places

Robinson is the name of some places:

• Robinson, Illinois
• Robinson, North Dakota
• Robinson, Texas
• Robinson, name of a hill in the Lake District
• H.B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant

Robinson is the name of one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge

People

Alphabetical

Robinson also is or was a surname of several persons:

• Abraham Robinson American mathematician
• Andrew (Andy) Robinson, American actor (born 1942)
• Andy Robinson, English rugby union coach and former player (born 1964)
• W. Andrew Robinson, British author and editor (born 1957)
• Arthur H. Robinson, American geographer and cartographer (1915–2004)
• Arthur N.R. Robinson, former President (1997–2003) and Prime Minister (1986–1991) of Trinidad and Tobago (1926)
• Charles Robinson III, actor in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
• Charles Mulford Robinson, city planner and journalist (1869-1917)
• David Maurice Robinson, American basketball player (1965)
• Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (1904–1987)
• Edward G. Robinson, a Romanian-American actor (1893–1973)
• Edwin Arlington Robinson, an American poet (1869–1935)
• Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon aka Viscount Goderich, British statesman and prime minister (1782–1859)
• Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire (born 1947)
• George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, British politician (1827–1909)
• Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, British colonial administrator (1824–1897)
• J. G. Robinson, British locomotive engineer
• Jack Robinson, mythical character representing a short period of time in English language usage
• Jack Robinson (footballer), English football player, famous goalkeeper
• Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, first African American Major League Baseball player (1919–1972)
• Joan Robinson, economist
• John Robinson was a name of several persons
• Julia Robinson (née Bowman), American mathematician, first female president of the AMS (1919–1985)
• Kim Stanley Robinson, American science fiction writer (born 1952)
• Leonard A. Robinson The Scout Movement Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1976
• Mary Robinson, first female President of Ireland (born 1944)
• Mary Robinson (née Darby), English poet (1756 or 1758–1800)
• Neville Robinson, British physicist (1925–1996).
• Paul Robinson was a name of several persons
• Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician (1911–1995)
• Ray Charles Robinson, American pianist and inventor of soul music (1930–2004)
• Robert Robinson, British radio and TV presenter
• Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel prize for Chemistry winner (1947)
• Samuel Robinson was an alias of South American philosopher and educator Simón Rodríguez (1769–1854)
• Sugar Ray Robinson was an alias of an American boxer Walker Smith Jr. (1921–1989)
• Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron of Grantham, English diplomatist and politician (c. 1695–1770)
• Tony Robinson, British television comedy actor and political campaigner (born 1946)
• Travis Robinson, Independent American Film Actor, and (Youngest) Senior Mexico(1985)
• William Robinson, English practical gardener and journalist (1838–1935)
• William Robinson, American civil engineer who developed electric signals for railroads (1840–1921)
• William Heath Robinson, a British cartoonist and illustrator (1872–1944)
• William (Smokey) Robinson, African American pop-singer (born 1940)
• Travis Robinson, (Youngest) Senior Mexico(2003)

By Profession

Entertainers

• Andrew (Andy) Robinson, American actor (born 1942)
• W. Andrew Robinson, British author and editor (born 1957)
• William (Smokey) Robinson, African American pop-singer (born 1940)

Mathematicians

• Abraham Robinson American mathematician
• Julia Robinson (née Bowman), American mathematician, first female president of the AMS (1919–1985)
• Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician (1911–1995)

Sports

• Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, first African American Major League Baseball player (1919–1972)

Royalty

• Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon aka Viscount Goderich, British statesman and prime minister (1782–1859)
• Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire (born 1947)
• George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, British politician (1827–1909)
• Hercules Robinson, 1st Raron Rosmead, British colonial administrator (1824–1897)
• Travis Robinson, Senior Mexico, held in Mexico City, Mexico (2003)

Additional

In addition to that:

• Robinson Crusoe is the main character and title of the novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
• The Swiss Family Robinson is a novel, published in 1812, about a Swiss family shipwrecked on the way to Australia. It was written by Johann David Wyss.
• Robinson list is a name used for a list that contains addresses or phone numbers of people who do not want to be contacted by marketers.
• Mrs. Robinson is a song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1968. The song is featured in the film The Graduate, in which Mrs. Robinson is one of the main characters.
• Robinson is an aircraft manufacturer.
• Robinson & Co. is a department store chain in Singapore and Malaysia.
• USS Robinson is the name of two US Navy destroyers.

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