Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson or Andersen may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- Robert Anderson (editor and biographer), Scottish literary scholar and editor
- Robert Anderson (poet), English poet
- Robert Rowand Anderson, Scottish architect
- Robert Anderson (silent film actor), Danish-born American actor
- Robert Alexander Anderson (composer), American composer
- Robert Anderson (filmmaker), Canadian filmmaker
- Robert Anderson (playwright), American playwright and screenwriter
- Robert Anderson (singer), African-American gospel singer and composer
- Robert Theodore Anderson, American organist, composer, and pedagogue
- Robert G. W. Anderson, historian, former director of the British Museum
- Robert Anderson (artist), American portrait artist
- Robert Mailer Anderson, American novelist
- Robert T. Anderson (poet), Canadian poet
Law and politics
- Robert Anderson (mayor), mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
- Robert Stirling Hore Anderson, Irish-born Australian colonial politician
- Robert M. Anderson (politician), lieutenant governor of California
- Robert H. Anderson (politician), American politician in New York
- Sir Robert Anderson, 1st Baronet, Irish businessman and Lord Mayor of Belfast
- Robert Anderson (Scotland Yard official), lawyer, British intelligence officer and London CID chief, in charge during the Jack the Ripper murders
- Robert Alexander Anderson (politician), Canadian politician in British Columbia
- Robert King Anderson, Canadian politician, physician and teacher
- Robert Newton Anderson, MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Londonderry
- Robert P. Anderson, United States judge in Connecticut
- Robert B. Anderson (Texas politician), businessman, politician, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Robert B. Anderson (South Carolina politician), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
- Robert Banneka Anderson Sr., member of the South Carolina General Assembly
- Robert Anderson (diplomat), United States ambassador to Morocco
- Robert A. Anderson, American politician and businessman
- Robert Anderson (New Zealand politician), New Zealand politician
- Robert T. Anderson (politician), American politician, lieutenant governor of Iowa
- Robert Anderson (Australian Aboriginal elder), Australian Aboriginal elder and union official
Military
- Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War), Revolutionary War general and lieutenant governor of South Carolina
- Robert Anderson (Union officer), Union commander at Fort Sumter at the start of the American Civil War
- Robert H. Anderson (Confederate officer), Confederate officer in the American Civil War
- Robert Anderson (Medal of Honor), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- Robert Anderson (Australian general), Australian World War I brigadier general
Sports
- Robert Anderson (MCC cricketer), English cricketer, played for Hertfordshire 1835–36 and MCC 1837–41
- Robert Anderson , American cricketer
- Robert Anderson (New Zealand cricketer), New Zealand cricketer, played nine Tests and two One Day Internationals for New Zealand
- Robert Anderson (rugby union), Australian rugby player
- Robert Anderson (Australian rules footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Robert Kiplagat Andersen, Kenyan-born middle-distance runner who ran internationally for Denmark
- Robbie Anderson (American football), American football wide receiver
- Robbie Anderson (footballer), English footballer
Other
- Robert Anderson (mathematician), English mathematician and silk-weaver
- Robert Anderson (inventor), Scottish inventor
- Robert Anderson (banker), banker and community leader in Hollywood, Florida
- Robert Anderson (New Zealand philanthropist), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist
- Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman and philanthropist
- Robert Marshall Anderson, Episcopal bishop of Minnesota
- Robert Leroy Anderson, American murderer and self-proclaimed serial killer
- Robert Anderson (murderer), American murderer executed for killing a 5-year-old girl in Texas
- Robert M. Anderson (mathematician), professor of economics and of mathematics
- Robert Henry Anderson, Australian botanist
- Robert P. Anderson, American zoologist
- Robert Wherry Anderson, British journalist
- Robert S. Anderson, American geomorphologist
- Robert J. Anderson (public health administrator), director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Robert Anderson (sex offender), American sex offender
- Robert Ball Anderson, African-American homesteader and landowner in Nebraska
- Robert Anderson Middle School, school in Anderson, South Carolina.