Roberts (surname)

Roberts derives from the Saxon/Norman given name Robert, meaning "bright fame" – from the Germanic elements "hrod" meaning fame and "beraht" meaning bright. Robert may also mean "Son of Robert".^{[citation needed]}

It is a surname in Norman, English, Scottish, Huguenot, Welsh and German. Alternative spellings are Robarts, Robins, Robart, Ropartz, Robberts, Ropert and Ruppert.^{[citation needed]}

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Abraham Roberts, British general, father of Earl Roberts
Abraham Roberts, British architect
Adam Roberts, British science fiction writer
Alasdair Roberts, Scottish folk musician
Albert H. Roberts, American politician
Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricketer
Alf Roberts, fictional character from Coronation Street
Allene Roberts, American actress
Alphonso Theodore Roberts, cricketer and activist from Trinidad and Tobago
Alton Wayne Roberts, Ku Klux Klan member
Amos Roberts, Australian rugby league player
Andrew Roberts, British historian
Andy Roberts, Antiguan cricketer
Andy Roberts (musician), Liverpool musician
Anita Roberts (1942-2006), American molecular biologist
Anne Roberts, Canadian politician
Anthony Ellmaker Roberts, American politician
Ashley Roberts, American burlesque dancer
Arthur Roberts, British music hall entertainer
Arthur Spencer Roberts, British painter
Audrey Roberts, fictional character from Coronation Street
Austin Roberts (1883-1948), South African zoologist

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Barbara Roberts, American politician
Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate Black Bart
Ben Roberts, British poker player
Ben Roberts, television actor
Benjamin Titus Roberts, American Methodist minister
Bernadette Roberts, Catholic contemplative
Bernard Roberts, British pianist
Billy Roberts, American songwriter (Hey Joe)
Bip Roberts, American baseball player
Bob Roberts (1879-1930), American recording artist.
Brad Roberts, Canadian musician
Brian Roberts, (born 1977), American baseball player
Brian Roberts, American soccer player
Brian L. Roberts, American CEO
Brigham Henry Roberts, American Latter Day Saints leader and historian
Buddy Roberts, American wrestler

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C. R. Roberts, American football player
Cecil Roberts, one of several people including
- Cecil Roberts, British novelist
- Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America
Charlie Roberts, English footballer
Charles Roberts, one of several people including
- Charles B. Roberts, U.S. Congressman from Maryland.
- Charles S. Roberts, American boardgame creator, founder of Avalon Hill
- Charles Roberts, Canadian football player
- Charles G.D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author
Chris Roberts, Anglo-American computer games designer
Christian Roberts, Welsh footballer
Christopher Trevor-Roberts, British teacher
Cokie Roberts, American broadcast journalist
Colin Roberts, British former musician, now journalist and industry professional.
Cord Roberts, a fictional character from the soap opera One Life to Live
Curt Roberts, Major League baseball second baseman

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Dale Roberts, English footballer
Dan Roberts, Musician
Daniel John Roberts, American playwright
Danny Roberts, Australian actor
Danny Roberts, American
Darrell Roberts, American guitarist
Dave Roberts, American baseball player
Dave Roberts, American actor
David Roberts, one of several people including
- David Roberts, the 36th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
- David Roberts, Scottish painter
- David Roberts, Welsh swimmer
- David Roberts, British diplomat
- David Roberts, English footballer
- David Roberts, current editor of Guinness Book of British Hit Singles
- David Thomas Roberts, American ragtime composer
Dean Roberts, New Zealand musician
Deborah Roberts, American broadcaster
Delaney Roberts, America's Next Top Model
Dick Roberts, banjo player
Dickie Roberts, fictional character in the 2003 film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Doris Roberts, American actress
Dread Pirate Roberts, fictional character from The Princess Bride
Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, British administrator in Hong Kong

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Ed Roberts (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Ed Roberts (activist), in disability rights
- Ed Roberts (computers) (fl. c. 1980; given name "H. Edward"), engineer & entrepreneur
- Edward Glenn Roberts, Jr., race driver Fireball Roberts
- Edward B. Roberts, American technology writer, academic and investor
- Edward D. Roberts, American politician
- Edward Roberts, Canadian politician
- Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Kentucky-born author
Emma Roberts, American actress
Eric Roberts, American actor, brother of Julia Roberts
Eva Roberts, Hungarian porn actress
Evan Roberts, one of several people including
- Evan Roberts (radio personality), American radio personality
- Evan Roberts (minister) (fl. 1900s), British (Wales)

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Floyd Roberts, American racing driver
Frank Crowther Roberts, British general
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, British general
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, British Army officer, son of Earl Roberts
Frederick Madison Roberts, American politician

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Gareth Roberts, British television writer
Gareth Roberts, Welsh footballer
Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player
Gene Roberts, one of several people including
- Gene Roberts, name used by actress Meg Randall, before 1949
- Gene Roberts, NFL football player.
- Gene Roberts, mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Genevieve Roberts, British journalist
George Roberts, one of several people including
- George Roberts, American
- George B. Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad 1880–1896
- George Henry Roberts (1869–1928), British Labour MP, Minister of Labour
- George Philip Bradley Roberts (1906–1997), British World War II general
- George R. Roberts (born 1945), American financier
Gilroy Roberts, engraver for the United States Mint
Gordon Ray Roberts, American soldier
Graham Roberts, British actor
Grant Roberts, American baseball player
Greg Roberts (Designer), American Game Designer
Gregory David Roberts, Australian criminal and writer

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Hank Roberts, jazz cellist
Harry Roberts, one of several people including
- Harry Roberts, Swedish inventor
- Harry Roberts, British murderer
Herbie Roberts, English footballer
Howard Roberts, American jazz guitarist
Hugh Roberts, British Director of the Royal art collection

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Iain Roberts, New Zealand skeleton racer
Ian Roberts, one of several people including
- Ian Roberts, Australian Rugby League player
- Ian Roberts, US actor and comedian
- Ian Roberts, Canadian Olympian Equestrian
- Ian Roberts, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge
- Ian Roberts, DJ on Manchester's Magic 1152
- Ian Roberts, South African actor
Isaac Roberts, British astronomer
Issachar Jacox Roberts, American Baptist missionary
Ivor Roberts, British actor and television presenter
Ivor Roberts, British ambassador to Italy

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J. O. M. Roberts, Himalayan mountaineer-explorer
Jake "The Snake" Roberts, American wrestler
James J. Roberts, newsman and poet
James Reynolds Roberts, British soldier
Jane Roberts, American psychic
Jane Roberts, Lady Roberts, British Royal librarian
Janet Louise Roberts, British author
Jason Roberts, one of several people including
- Jason Roberts, American author
- Jason Roberts, Grenadian football player
Jeremy Dale Roberts, British composer
Jimmy Roberts, one of several people including
- Jimmy Roberts, NBC sports broadcaster
- Jimmy Roberts (singer), featured performer on the Lawrence Welk Show
- Jimmy T. Roberts, cult leader
Joan Roberts, (born 1918), American actress
John Roberts, one of several people including
- John G. Roberts, Jr., 17th Chief Justice of the United States
- John Roberts, a CNN television journalist. Formerly worked for CBS News, and formerly a Canadian television host known as J.D. Roberts.
- John Roberts, a former Member of the Parliament of Canada
- John B. Roberts II, a member of the Reagan political office who played a small role in the Iran-Contra affair
- John Milton Roberts, anthropologist
- John Roberts, Oxford historian and author
- John Roberts, a television host on the SPEED Channel
- Saint John Roberts, one of the Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
- John C. Roberts, founder of Australian construction firm Multiplex
- John E. Roberts, a physicist
- John Roberts, military officer who led a top secret attack during the Korean War
- John Roberts, co-organizer and only financer of the 1969 Woodstock Festival
- John Maddox Roberts, American science fiction writer
Jonathan Roberts (1771-1854), American farmer, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania
Jonathan Roberts, (fl. 1990s), American author, screenwriter, and TV producer
Jonathan M. Roberts, writer
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809-1876), first President of Liberia
Julia Roberts, American actress
Julia Roberts (QVC presenter)
Julie Roberts, American country singer
Juliet Roberts, British singer

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Kane Roberts, American guitarist
Kate Roberts (1891-1985), Welsh novelist
Katherine Roberts, writer
Katherine Roberts (TV personality)
Kathryn Roberts, British folk musician
Keith Roberts, British science fiction writer
Kelso Roberts, Canadian politician
Ken Roberts (born 1946), Canadian children's writer
Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957), American historical novelist
Kenny Roberts, American motorcycle racer

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Lawrence Roberts, one of several people including
- Lawrence Roberts, American basketball player
- Lawrence Roberts (astronaut)
- Larry Roberts, American Internet developer
Leon Roberts, American baseball player
Les Roberts, one of several people including
- Les Roberts (mystery novel writer), American mystery novel writer
- Les Roberts (epidemiologist), American epidemiologist
Leslie Roberts
- Leslie Roberts Canadian television journalist
- Leslie Roberts Canadian writer and journalist, grandfather of previous
Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian rules footballer
Lincoln Roberts, cricketer from Trinidad and Tobago
Lisa Roberts, American actress Lisa Roberts Gillan, sister of Julia and Eric Roberts
Loren Roberts, American golfer
Luckey Roberts, (1887-1968), American musician
Luke Roberts, Australian cyclist
Lynette Roberts, British poet
Lynne Roberts, American actress

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Marcus Roberts, American jazz pianist
Margaret Roberts, Maiden name of former British Prime Minister.
Marietta Roberts, Canadian politician
Mark Roberts, British streaker
Mark Roberts, British singer and guitarist
Mark Roberts, Australian Football League player
Mark D. Roberts, theoretical physicist
Mary Roberts, one of several people including
- Mary Roberts, professional female bodybuilder
- Mary Roberts, Georgian era poet
Matana Roberts, American jazz saxophonist
Matt Roberts, American guitarist
Michael Roberts, American Idiot
Michael Roberts, one of several people including
- Michael Roberts (1902-1948), British poet, writer, critic and broadcaster
- Michael Roberts, (1908-1997), British historian
- Michael Roberts, (1959-), Australian rules]] footballer
Michelle Roberts, Australian politician
Mike Roberts, American sports broadcaster
Monty Roberts, horse trainer
Morganna Roberts, American baseball personality Morganna

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Nash Roberts, American meteorologist
Neil Roberts, Australian rules footballer
Dr. Neil Roberts, fictional character from The O. C.
Nicola Roberts, British singer
Nickla Roberts, American wrestling valet
Niniwa Roberts, New Zealand field hockey player
Nora Roberts, American romantic novelist

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Ollie P. Roberts, who claimed to be Billy the Kid
Oral Roberts, American evangelist
Oran M. Roberts, (1879-1883), governor of Texas
Owen Josephus Roberts (1875–1955), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

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Paddy Roberts, Canadian politician
Paddy Roberts (songwriter), South African-British songwriter
Pat Roberts, American politician
Patricia Roberts, American politician Patricia Roberts Harris
Paul Craig Roberts, American journalist
Paul William Roberts, Canadian writer
Pennant Roberts, British television director
Pernell Roberts, American actor
Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, British Army officer

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Rachel Roberts, one of several people including
Ralph Roberts, one of several people including
- Ralph J. Roberts, co-founder of Comcast Communications
- Ralph J. Roberts, American geologist
- Ralph R Roberts a car designer who worked for the Chrysler Corporation
- Ralph R Roberts, a 20th century US politician
- Ralph Roberts, an athlete representing New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Ralph Roberts, the author of a guide to the Leisure Suit Larry computer game.
Richard Roberts, one of several people including
- Richard Roberts (engineer) (1789–1864), British engineer
- Richard J. Roberts (born 1943), British biochemist
- Richard Roberts (sea captain), commanded the first trans-Atlantic steamship crossing
- Richard Roberts (evangelist), American
- Richard P. Roberts (died 1863), Union Army officer killed at Gettysburg
Rick Roberts, one of several people including
- Rick Roberts (hockey player), Canadian field hockey player
- Rick Roberts (actor), Canadian actor
- Rick Roberts (musician), American rock musician.
Robert Roberts (1780-1860), abolitionist, author of The House Servant's Directory
Robert Richford Roberts, American Methodist bishop
Rev. Lord Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno, British Liberal Democrat Peer
Robin Roberts, one of several people including
- Robin Roberts, baseball player.
- Robin Roberts, ABC Good Morning America anchor and former ESPN anchor
Roger Roberts, Baron Roberts of Llandudno, British politician
Roy Roberts, one of several people including
- Roy Roberts, American character actor
- Roy 'Hog' Roberts, controversial inmate executed in Missouri
- Roy Roberts, North Carolina blues artist.
Russell Roberts, British comedian Russ Abbot
Ryan Roberts, Graphic Designer (South Africa) Ryan Roberts

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Sailor Roberts, American poker player
Sam Roberts, Canadian rock musician
Samuel B. Roberts, US Navy coxswain
Sandra Roberts, American murder victim
Sandy Roberts, Australian sports broadcaster
Scawen Roberts, British game developer, for games such as Live for Speed, Black & White and HIND: The Russian Combat Helicopter Simulation
Scott W. Roberts, American popularizer of astronomy
Sebastian Roberts, British teacher
Seth Jane Roberts, American psychic
Sheldon Roberts, American semiconductor pioneer
Stan Roberts, Australian trumpet player
Stan Roberts, Canadian politician
Steve Roberts, British comics artist
Steven V. Roberts, American journalist
Stuart Roberts, New Zealand cricketer
Summer Roberts, fictional character from The O. C.

T

Tanya Roberts, American actress
Tawny Roberts, American porn actress
Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine
Terry Roberts, Australian politician
Thomas Roberts, one of several people including
- Thomas Roberts (news anchor), American news anchor
- Thomas J. "Long Tom" Roberts, fictional character, companion of Doc Savage
- Thomas T. Roberts (American arbitrator)
Tom Roberts (1856–1931), Australian artist
Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)
Tony Roberts Australian writer (history)
Tony Roberts (actor)
Tony Roberts (footballer)
Troy Roberts, American soccer player
Joe Roberts, Irish Cricketer

V

Veronica Roberts, British actress

W

Wayne Roberts, Canadian journalist
Wilfrid Roberts, British politician
Will Roberts, Welsh painter
William Roberts, one of several people including
- William Roberts (painter), a vorticist painter of the early 20th century.
- William Roberts (physician), was the first to discover, in 1874 that certain molds prevented bacterial growth.
- William Roberts (screenwriter)
- William Roberts (athlete), a British athlete, gold medal in 4x100m relay at the 1936 Olympics.
- William Roberts (Veteran), a British veteran of the First World War
- William Roberts, Alberta (Canada) Politician, NDP MLA
- William R. Roberts, American politician
- William R. Roberts, record setting hockey player in Virginia.
Winifred Roberts, British painter Winifred Nicholson

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Xavier Roberts, American creator of Cabbage Patch Dolls

Z

Zizi Roberts (born 1979), Liberian soccer player

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