Bob


Gender:
Origin: English, German
4305 famous people named Bob found on Wikipedia.
92925 male, 322 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 5311-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 75-th in year 1934
Used in: Dutch, English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Robert.

Bob is a male given name or hypocorism, usually of Robert. It is most common in English speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
It most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages, so Richard became Rick, Hick, or Dick, William became Will or Bill, and Robert became Rob, Hob, Dob, Nob, or Bob.
In 1960 nearly 3,000 babies in the United States were given the name Bob compared to fewer than 50 in 2000.

Slang word for "shilling," 1789, but the signification is unknown.

Old English origin, short form of Robert, borne by the character Bob Cratchit in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol. In German: famed, bright, shining.

Famous People: 4305 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Bob Dylan 1941 American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
2 Bob Ross 1942 American painter, art instructor, and television host
3 Bob Newhart 1929 American stand-up comedian and actor
4 Bob Odenkirk 1962 American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer
5 Bob Saget 1956 American stand-up comedian, actor and television host
6 Bob Dole 1923 American politician
7 Bob Barker 1923 American television game show host
8 Bob Denver 1935 Actor
9 Bob Crane 1928 Actor, disc jockey
10 Bob Seger 1945 American singer-songwriter
11 Bob Hoskins 1942 English actor
12 Bob Geldof 1951 Irish singer-songwriter, author and political activist
13 Bob Sapp 1974 American professional wrestler
14 Bob Iger 1951 American businessman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company
15 Bob Knight 1940 American college basketball player, college basketball coach, NCAA Tournament champion
16 Bob Morley 1984 Australian actor
17 Bob Costas 1952 American sportscaster
18 Bob Uecker 1935 American baseball player and actor
19 Bob Fosse 1927 American actor, dancer, choreographer, director, screenwriter and film director
20 Bob Weir 1947 American musician, member of the Grateful Dead
21 Bob Woodward 1943 American journalist
22 Bob Beckel 1948 American political pundit
23 Bob Gaudio 1942 American musician
24 Bob Keeshan 1927 United States Marine
25 Bob Bradley 1958 American soccer player
26 Bob Backlund 1949 Professional wrestler and actor
27 Bob Gunton 1945 American film and television actor
28 Sideshow Bob The Simpsons character
29 Bob Harper 1965 American personal trainer
30 Bob Stoops 1960 American college football player, college football coach
31 Bob Balaban 1945 American actor, author, producer, and director
32 Bob Cousy 1928 American basketball player and coach
33 Bob Kane 1915 American comic book artist, the creator of Batman
34 Bob Corker 1952 Politician, businessman
35 Bob Einstein 1942 American actor
36 Bob McAdoo 1951 Professional basketball player
37 Bob Hawke 1929 23rd Prime Minister of Australia
38 Bob Huggins 1953 NCAA men's basketball coach
39 Bob Lee Swagger 1946 Fictional United States Marine
40 Bob Eubanks 1938 American television/radio personality and game show host
41 Bob Gibson 1935 American professional baseball player, pitcher, coach
42 Bob Monkhouse 1928 English entertainer
43 Bob Probert 1965 Former professional ice hockey player
44 Bob Lazar 1959 American UFO conspiracy theorist
45 Bob McDonnell 1954 American attorney and politician
46 Bob Menendez 1954 United States Senator from New Jersey
47 Bob Ladouceur 1954 American football player and coach
48 Bob Ezrin 1949 Canadian music producer and keyboardist
49 Bob Grant 1932 British actor
50 Bob Mortimer 1959 English comedian and actor
51 Bob Griese 1945 American college football player, professional football player, quarterback, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
52 Bob Orton, Jr. 1950 American professional wrestler
53 Bob Vila 1946 American home improvement television host
54 Bob Kerrey 1943 Politician and United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
55 Killer BOB
56 Bob Rock 1954 Canadian musician and record producer
57 Bob Mould 1960 American musician
58 Bob the Drag Queen 1986
59 Bob Feller 1918 Major League Baseball player
60 Bob Irwin 1939 Australian naturalist
61 Bob Paisley 1919 English footballer and manager
62 Bob Hoover 1922 Test pilot and aerobatics legend, American, born 1922
63 Bob Peterson 1961 American actor, writer and director
64 Bob Whitfield 1971 All-American college football player, professional football player, offensive lineman
65 Bob Guccione 1930 Publisher, businessman, art collector
66 Bob Hayes 1942 Athletics sprinter and American Football wide receiver
67 Bob Pettit 1932 American basketball player and coach
68 Bob Myers 1975 Basketball General Manager
69 Bob Peck 1945 British actor
70 Bob Golic 1957 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman, actor, sports commentator
71 Bob Beamon 1946 American track and field athlete
72 Bob Bryan 1978 American tennis player
73 Bob Wills 1905 American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader
74 Bob Stookey
75 Bob Arum 1931 Attorney and boxing promoter
76 Bob Woodruff 1961 Television journalist, wounded in Iraq War
77 Bob McNair 1937 American businessman
78 Bob Bowman 1964 American swimming coach
79 Bob Kahn 1938 American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist
80 Bob Schieffer 1937 Journalist, Anchor for CBS News
81 Bob Crosby 1913 American dixieland bandleader and vocalist
82 Bob Sanders 1981 American football player, defensive back
83 Bob Crewe 1931 American musician
84 Bob Sinclar 1969 French record producer and DJ
85 Bob Holness 1928 British television presenter and personality, game show host, radio DJ and actor
86 Bob Ryan 1946 Sportswriter from the United States
87 Bob Woolmer 1948 English cricket player
88 Bob Weinstein 1954 American film executive
89 Bob Parsons 1950 United States Marine
90 Bob Burnquist 1976 Brazilian skateboarder
91 Bob Graham 1936 American politician
92 Bob Elliott 1923 American comedian
93 Bob Burns 1950 American musician
94 Bob McGrath 1932 American singer and actor
95 Bob Baffert 1953 American horse owner and trainer
96 Bob Lanier 1948 American basketball player and coach
97 Bob Denard 1929 French mercenary
98 Bob Orton 1929 American professional wrestler
99 Bob Rae 1948 Canadian politician
100 Bob Mackie 1940 American fashion designer
101 Bob James 1939 Smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
102 Bob Guiney 1971 Player of American football
103 Bob Forrest 1961 American singer
104 Bob Zmuda 1949 American writer
105 Bob Barr 1948 Republican and Libertarian politician
106 Bob Hastings 1925 American radio, film, and television character actor
107 Bob Diaco 1973 American football player and coach
108 Bob Clark 1939 American actor and film director
109 Bob Dudley 1955 Businessman and chemical engineer
110 Bob Daisley 1950 Australian rock bass guitarist
111 Bob Kevoian 1950 American radio personality
112 Bob Bryar 1979 Drummer
113 Bob Munden 1942 World-renowned exhibition shooter with all types of firearms, and "The Fastest Man with a Gun who Ever Lived."
114 Bob Cratchit Fictional character in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol
115 Bob Hite 1943 American singer
116 Bob Katter 1945 Australian politician
117 Bob Casey, Jr. 1960 United States Senator from the state of Pennsylvania
118 Bob Hurley 1947 American basketball coach
119 Bob Lilly 1939 American athlete
120 Bob Kalsu 1945 American football player
121 Bob Davie 1954 American college football coach
122 Bob Astles 1924 British soldier/colonial officer/Uganda/associate of presidents Milton Obote/Idi Amin
123 Bob Armstrong 1939 American professional wrestler
124 Bob Fitzsimmons 1863 British boxer
125 Bob Kulick 1950 American musician
126 Douwe Bob 1992 Dutch singer & songwriter.
127 Bob Bergen 1964 American actor born 1964
128 Bob Steele 1907 American actor
129 Bob Ferguson 1965 American politician
130 Bob Love 1942 American basketball player
131 Bob Christo 1940 Indian actor
132 Bob Diamond 1951 American banker
133 Bob Simon 1941 CBS News television correspondent
134 Bob Goodlatte 1952 American politician
135 Bob Lutz 1932 Swiss American automotive executive
136 Bob Ludwig 1945 American audio engineer
137 Bob Clampett 1913 Animator, puppeteer
138 Bob Packwood 1932 American politician
139 Bob Bennett 1933 American politician
140 Bob Gale 1951 Screenwriter
141 Bob Harris 1946 British broadcaster
142 Bob Taft 1942 Ohio politician
143 Bob Ong 1972 Filipino author
144 Bob Rafelson 1933 American film director
145 Bob Waterfield 1920 American football player
146 Bob Martinez 1934 American politician
147 Bob Roll 1960 American racing cyclist, author and commentator
148 Bob Hartley 1960 Canadian ice hockey coach
149 Bob Foster 1938 American boxer
150 Bob Evans 1918 American restaurateur
151 Bob Miner 1941 American businessman
152 Bob Sura 1973 American basketball player
153 Bob Carr 1947 Australian politician; 39th Premier of New South Wales
154 Bob Dornan 1933 American politician
155 Bob Willis 1949 Cricket player of England.
156 Bob Smith 1879 American physician and surgeon
157 Bob Schneider 1965
158 Bob Ley 1955 Sportscaster
159 Bob Brown 1944 Former Australian Greens politician, medical doctor, environmentalist
160 Bob Goff Author
161 Bob Carolgees 1948 English puppeteer
162 Bob West 1956 American actor
163 Bob Melvin 1961 American baseball player and manager
164 Bob Neuwirth 1939 American musician
165 Bob Kelso
166 Bob Casale 1952 American rock musician
167 Bob Lemon 1920 American baseball player and coach
168 Bob Paris 1959 American and Canadian writer,actor, civil rights activist and retired pro athlete
169 Bob Ojeda 1957 American baseball player
170 Bob Brenly 1954 American baseball player and coach
171 Bob Avakian 1943 Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party/USA
172 Bob Riley 1944 Alabama politician
173 Bob Larson 1944 American televangelist
174 Bob Livingston 1943 American politician and lobbyist
175 Bob Bell 1922 American actor
176 Bob Sheppard 1910 Yankee Stadium announcer
177 Bob Brady 1945 American politician
178 Bob Hewitt 1940 South-African tennis player
179 Bob Kersee American athletics coach
180 Bob Crow 1961 British trade union leader
181 Bob Inglis 1959 American politician
182 Bob Shoop 1966 American football player and coach
183 Bob Gainey 1953 Canadian ice hockey player
184 Bob Marley 1967 American comedian
185 Bob Shane 1934 American musician
186 Bob Wilson 1941 Former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster, born 1941
187 Bob Filner 1942 American politician
188 Bob Ehrlich 1957 American politician
189 Bob Stinson 1959 American musician
190 Bob Rivers 1956 American radio host and musician
191 Bob Goen 1954 American television host
192 Bob Cole 1933 Canadian sports television announcer and former curler
193 Bob Mathias 1930 American decathlete
194 Bob Krueger 1935 American politician
195 Bob Flanagan 1952 American writer, poet, musician, performance artist, and comic
196 Bob Mothersbaugh 1952 American musician
197 Bob Boone 1947 American baseball player, coach, manager
198 Bob Ney 1954 Ohio politician
199 Bob Bullock 1929 American politician
200 Bob Russell Character in The West Wing