Meaning of Robert

The names of some famous persons by the name Robert (or its variants) are:

Robert Hofstadter, born on 5 February, a famous physicist. Robert Hofstadter's background: The winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physics 'for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons.'

Robert Mario De Niro, Jr., born on 17 August, a famous actor. Robert Mario De Niro, Jr.'s background: A two-time Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film actor, director, and producer, widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time.

Robert Floyd Curl, Jr., born on 23 August, a famous chemist. Robert Floyd Curl, Jr.'s background: An emeritus professor of chemistry at Rice University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for the discovery of fullerene (with the late Richard Smalley, also of Rice University, and Harold Kroto of the University of Sussex).