Robert Anderson is the name of a number of people in various fields:

Arts and entertainment

• Robert Anderson (author) (17501830), Scottish literary scholar and editor
• Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) (18941995), American composer
• Robert Anderson (museum director), Director of the British Museum
• Robert J. Anderson (1933–2008), American actor and television producer
• Robert Woodruff Anderson (b. 1917), American playwright and screenwriter
• Robert Mailer Anderson (b. 1968), American novelist
• Robert Rowand Anderson (18341921), Scottish architect

Law and politics

• Robert Anderson (diplomat), former United States ambassador to Morocco.
• Robert Anderson (New Zealand), former New Zealand politician.
• Robert Anderson (Scotland Yard) (18411918), lawyer, British intelligence officer and London CID chief, in charge during the Jack the Ripper murders
• Robert Alexander Anderson (18581916), Canadian politician
• Robert Bernard Anderson (19101989), businessman and politician
• Robert P. Anderson (1906-1978), United States judge
• Rob Anderson (politician) a provincial level politician from Alberta

Military

• Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War) (17411813), Revolutionary general and Lt. Governor of South Carolina
• Robert Anderson (major) (18051871), Union commander at Fort Sumter at the start of the American Civil War
• Robert Houston Anderson (brigadier general) (1835-1888), Confederate officer in the American Civil War
• Robert Anderson (sailor) (b. 1841), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Robert Anderson (Australian Army officer) (18651940), Australian World War I brigadier general

Sports

• Robert Anderson (American cricketer) (1893-?)
• Robert Anderson (Australian rules footballer) (b. 1959)
• Robert Anderson (cricketer) (b. 1948), New Zealand cricketer
• Robert Andersson, (1886 – 1972), Swedish water polo player, diver, and freestyle swimmer
• Robert Anderson (cricketer born 1811) (1811-1891), English first-class cricketer

Other

• Robert Anderson (child murderer) (19662006), executed for killing a 5-year-old girl in Texas
• Robert Charles Anderson (b. 1944), biochemist and genealogist
• Robert Orville Anderson (19172007) American businessman and philanthropist

See also

• Bob Anderson (disambiguation)

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