Robert Reid Explained

Robert or Bob Reid may refer to:

Art and architecture

• Robert Reid (architect) (1774–1856), Scottish architect
• Robert Payton Reid (1859–1945), Scottish academic painter
• Robert Reid (American painter) (1862–1929), American impressionist painter
• Robert Russell Reid (1927–2022), Canadian typographer and designer

Business

• Robert Reid (antiquarian) (1773–1865), Scottish businessman and topographer
• Sir Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
• Sir Robert Reid (railwayman) (1921–1993), chairman of British Rail
• Sir Bob Reid (businessman) (born 1934), Chairman of the British Railways Board
• Robert Reid (author) (born 1966), American author

Engineering and science

• Robert Carstairs Reid (1845–1894), Scottish civil engineer
• Robert Reid (chemical engineer) (1924–2006), American chemical engineer in thermodynamics

Politics and government

• Robert R. Reid (1789–1841), U.S. representative, territorial governor of Florida
• Robert Dyce Reid (1829–1900), Australian pastoralist and member of the Victorian Legislative Council
• Robert Reid (Kirkcaldy Burghs MP) (1831–1875), British member of parliament for Kirkcaldy Burghs, 1874–1875
• Robert Reid (New Zealand politician) (1839–1897)
• Robert Reid (Australian politician, born 1842) (1842–1904), merchant and member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Australian Senate
• Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn (1846–1923), British Liberal politician, Lord Chancellor
• Sir Robert Reid (civil servant) (1883–1964), British colonial administrator in India

Sports

• Bob Reid (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1998), Scottish footballer who played for Burnley, Huddersfield Town, and Southend United
• Robert Reid (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1913–1918)
• Robert Reid (cross-country skier) (1898–1990), American Olympic skier
• Bob Reid (Australian footballer) (1924–2005), Australian rules footballer
• Robert Reid (ice hockey) (1932–2007), Australian ice hockey player
• Robert Reid (basketball) (1955–2024), American basketball player
• Robert Reid (co-driver) (born 1966), Scottish world champion rally co-driver

Others

• Robert Reid (bishop) (died 1558), Scottish abbot and bishop, founder of the University of Edinburgh
• Robert Reid (pipemaker) (1784–1837), Northumbrian smallpipes creator
• Robert Reid (soldier) (1842–1929), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Robert Reid (judge) (1855–1923), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Robert Lovell Reid (1921–1996), Australian agriculturalist
• James Reid (actor) (Robert James Reid, born 1993), Australian-born Filipino actor and musician

See also

• Robert Read (1814–1896), Canadian businessman and politician
• Robert Reed (disambiguation)
• Bert Reid (disambiguation)
• Bobby Reid (disambiguation)
• Robert Reid-Pharr, American literary and cultural critic