Bob (first name)

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Bob is an English male given name .

Origin and meaning

Bob is short for Robert . The name is mainly common in the USA and Canada.

variants

First name

family name

  • Bobbie

Name bearer

First name

  • Bob Backlund (born 1949), American wrestler
  • Bob Barker (born 1923), American television presenter
  • Bob Benny (1926–2011, actually Emilius Wagemans ), Belgian singer
  • Bob Boilen (* 1953), American radio presenter, musician and author
  • Bob Breunig (born 1953), American football player
  • Bob Bryan (* 1978), American tennis professional
  • Bob Bryar (* 1979), American drummer with My Chemical Romance
  • Bob Burnquist (* 1976), Brazilian professional cat
  • Bob Dole (born 1923), American politician
  • Bob Dunn (1908–1971), American western swing guitarist
  • Bob Dylan (* 1941), American folk and rock musician
  • Bob Ezrin (* 1949), Canadian musician and record producer
  • Bob Fosse (1927–1987), American choreographer and director
  • Bob Freedman (1934–2018), American jazz musician and arranger
  • Bob Fuller (1898-), American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
  • Bob Geldof (* 1951), Irish musician
  • Bob Gruen (* 1945), American photographer
  • Bob Gibson (1931–1996), American folk musician
  • Bob Hayes (1942–2002), American track and field athlete and American football player.
  • Bob Hope (1903-2003), British comedian, actor and entertainer
  • Bob Hoskins (1942-2014), British actor
  • Bob Howard (* 1955), American freestyle skier
  • Bob Kerrey (* 1943), American politician, former governor and senator
  • Bob Kindred (1940-2016), American jazz musician
  • Bob Marley (1945–1981), Jamaican singer, guitarist and songwriter
  • Bob McKinlay (1932-2002), Scottish football player
  • Bob Mintzer (* 1953), American saxophonist and clarinetist
  • Bob Moore (born 1932), American musician
  • Bob Murawski (* 1964), American film editor
  • Bob Murray (ice hockey player, 1948) ( Robert John Murray ; * 1948), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bob Murray (ice hockey player, 1954) ( Robert Frederick Murray ; * 1954), Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  • Bob Rafelson (* 1933), American film director
  • Bob Ross (1942–1995), American painter and actor
  • Bob Ross (* 1954), Scottish musician and conductor
  • Bob Saget (* 1956), American actor, comedian and presenter
  • Bob Seger (* 1945), American rock musician
  • Bob Sinclar (* 1969), French record producer and DJ
  • Bob Vila (* 1946), Cuban-American presenter
  • Bob Weinstein (* 1954), American film producer
  • Bob Weir (born 1947), American singer and guitarist
  • Bob Wilber (1928–2019), American jazz musician
  • Bob Wills (1905–1975), American country musician, band leader and founder of western swing
  • Bob Woodward (* 1943), American journalist

Animals

  • Bob the Stray; Cat from the novel of the same name by James Bowen

Fictitious namesake

Others

  • Alice and Bob ("A", "B"), a fictional position in cryptographic usage and in network protocols