Robinson (name)
Robinson is an English language patronymic surname, originating in England. It means "son of Robin ". There are similar surname spellings such as Robison and Robeson. Robinson is the 15th-most common surname in the United Kingdom. According to the 1990 United States Census, Robinson was the twentieth most frequently encountered surname among those reported, accounting for 0.23% of the population.
In Ireland, Robinson is only really common in Ulster. The two names had been used interchangeably in some areas of the province around the beginning of the 20th century. It can also be an Anglicization of such Jewish surnames as Rabinowitz and Rubinstein.
Robinson, the compound word, is a rare given name, while its derivative, Robin, has the distinction of being both a masculine and feminine given name.
Given name
- Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
- Robinson Crusoe, fictional eponymous hero of Daniel Defoe's novel
- Robinson Jeffers, American poet
- Robinson Merchán, Venezuelan road cyclist
- Robinson Odoch, Ugandan basketball player
- Robinsón Pitalúa, Colombian boxer
Surname
A–D
- Adrien Robinson, American football player
- Abraham Robinson, German-American mathematician
- Alastair Robinson, British botanist
- Alastair Robinson , New Zealand rugby union player
- Albert William Robinson Australian parliamentarian
- Alexander "Buck Alec" Robinson, Irish boxer, loyalist paramilitary and Ulster Special Constabulary reservist
- Allen Robinson, American football player
- Alton Robinson, American football player
- Amy Robinson, American actress and film producer
- Amy Robinson, New Zealand field hockey and volleyball player
- Andrew Robinson
- Andy Robinson, English rugby union coach and former player
- Angus Hargreaves Robinson, Australian grazier and ornithologist
- Anna Lynch-Robinson, costume designer
- Annot Robinson, née Wilkie, nicknamed Annie,, British pacifist and suffragette
- Anthony Charles Robinson, English business speaker, author and micro-enterprise campaigner
- Arthur Robinson
- A. N. R. Robinson, the President and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
- Barbara Robinson , American children's writer
- Basil Robinson , pilot with RAF Bomber Command during World War II
- Basil Robinson , Canadian cricketer
- Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author
- Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, American botanist
- Bernadette Robinson, Australian stage actress
- Bertram Fletcher Robinson, British journalist, editor, author and sportsperson
- Beth Robinson, member of the Supreme Court of Vermont
- Betty Robinson, American sprinter, winner of the first Olympic 100m for women
- Bill Robinson , American editor, author and sailor
- Bishop Robinson
- Bo Robinson, American football player
- Brian Robinson
- Bryan Robinson
- Cam Robinson, American football player
- Carl Robinson, Welsh football player
- Cedric Robinson, American author and professor of Black Studies
- Cedric Robinson , guide to Morecambe Bay Sands, England
- Charles M. Robinson III, American author and illustrator
- Charles Mulford Robinson, American city planner and journalist
- Charles W. Robinson, American business person and entrepreneur
- Chris Robinson , American film and television actor
- Claire Robinson, American cook and television host
- Claude E. Robinson, American pioneer in advertising and public opinion research
- Craig Robinson , American college basketball coach
- Cynthia Robinson, American trumpeter
- David Robinson
- David Robinson , American basketball player
- Sir David Robinson , British philanthropist and entrepreneur
- Denard Robinson, American football player
- Derek Robinson
- Dollie Lowther Robinson, American politician and labor rights worker
- Douglas C Robinson, Gloucestershire cricketer
- Duncan Robinson, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and art historian
- Dunta Robinson, American NFL cornerback, playing for the Houston Texans
E–I
- Earl Robinson, American singer-songwriter, father of Perry Robinson
- Eddie N. Robinson, American college football coach
- Edmond Robinson, American football player
- Edward Robinson, American biblical scholar
- Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet
- Eleanor Robinson , British para-swimmer and Paralympic gold medalist
- Elisha Smith Robinson,, paper and packaging manufacturer of Bristol, England
- Emily Robinson, American actress
- Eric Robinson
- Ezekiel Gilman Robinson,, American Baptist clergyman
- Fiona Robinson, Australian basketball and handball player
- Foster Robinson, Gloucestershire cricketer and businessman
- Frank Robinson
- Frank Norman Robinson, Australian wildlife sound recordist and ornithologist
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British statesman and prime minister
- Gene Robinson, American, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire
- Sir George Best Robinson, 2nd Baronet, Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China
- George Robinson
- George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, British politician
- Georgia Ann Robinson, American law enforcement officer and activist
- Gerald Robinson, American priest, convicted of the murder of Margaret Ann Pahl
- Gerald Robinson , American football player
- Gerald Robinson, American basketball player
- Gerald Robinson, American basketball player
- Sir Gerry Robinson, Irish-born British businessman
- Gertrude Maud Robinson, British organic chemist
- Gil Robinson, American football player
- Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson, Canadian mathematician
- Gilbert Robinson, rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Great Britain, Wakefield Trinity, and Castleford
- Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
- Glenn Robinson III, son of the above, also a basketball player
- Greg Robinson, American football coach
- Greg Robinson, American football running back
- Greg Robinson, American football offensive tackle
- Harvey Robinson, several people:
- *Harvey Leigh Robinson, American football player and coach
- *Harvey Miguel Robinson, American serial killer and rapist
- Hannah Robinson, British songwriter
- Helen Ring Robinson, second woman to serve as a state senator in the United States
- Henry Robinson
- Herbert Christopher Robinson, British zoologist and ornithologist
- Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, British colonial administrator, Governor of Hong Kong
- Hervey Robinson, English professional footballer
- Ian Robinson , Zimbabwean cricket umpire
- Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician
J–M
- Jack Robinson
- Jackie Robinson, first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era
- Jackie Robinson, several other people
- Jamal Robinson , American football player
- James Robinson
- Jane Robinson
- Jason Robinson , English dual-code rugby international
- Jason Robinson
- Jennifer Robinson
- Jerry Robinson, comics artist
- Joan Robinson, British economist
- John Robinson
- Joseph Robinson
- Joyce Robinson, Jamaican public servant
- Julia Robinson, American mathematician, first female president of the AMS
- Keith Robinson
- Ken Robinson, multiple people
- Khalid Robinson, American singer and songwriter known professionally as Khalid
- Khiry Robinson, American football player
- Kim Stanley Robinson,, American science fiction writer
- Larry Robinson,, Canadian ice hockey player
- Lionel Robinson, principal of Clark & Robinson, Australian stockbrokers and racehorse owners
- Lionel Keir Robinson antiquarian bookseller
- Lucius Robinson, New York Governor 1877–1879
- Lucy Robinson, British actress
- Luke Robinson
- Luther Robinson, American football player
- Maria D. Robinson, British-Irish artist
- Mark Robinson,, Northern Irish politician
- Mark Robinson
- Mary Robinson
- Marilynne Robinson, American writer
- Matthew Robinson
- Michael Robinson
- Michelle Robinson, American lawyer and First Lady of the United States
- Mitch Robinson, Australian rules footballer
- Morgana Robinson, British comedian
- Morris Robinson, American operatic bass
- Moses Robinson, American statesman, governor of the Vermont Republic, one of the first two United States senators from the state of Vermont
- Moushaumi Robinson, American track and field sprinter
- Muriel Robinson, British academic administrator and education scholar
N–Z
- Nate Robinson
- Nathan Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Neville Robinson, British physicist
- Nick Robinson , American actor
- Norm Robinson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- Patricia Robinson, Trinidadian economist
- Paul Robinson
- Perry Robinson, American jazz clarinetist and composer, son of Earl Robinson
- Peter Robinson
- Phoebe Robinson, American comedian, writer, and actress
- Piers Robinson, British writer and former academic
- Porter Robinson, American electronic musician
- Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson and founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation
- Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician
- Ray Charles Robinson, American pianist commonly known as Ray Charles
- Reggie Robinson, American football player
- Richard Robinson
- Rix Robinson, American politician
- Robert Robinson
- Rodney Robinson, American educator
- Rod Robinson, professional football player
- Roger Robinson, British/Trinidadian writer, musician and performer
- Romona Robinson, American television news anchor
- Ronald Robinson, British historian of Africa
- Samuel Robinson, many individuals
- Samuel Robinson, alias of South American philosopher and educator Simón Rodríguez
- Seamus Robinson , Australian fencer
- Séumas Robinson , Irish Republican
- Shawna Robinson, American female NASCAR driver
- Sidney Robinson
- Sozhasingarayer Robinson, Basketball player for India's national team
- Smokey Robinson, African-American R&B and soul singer and songwriter
- Spider Robinson,, American science fiction writer
- Stanley L. Robinson, American football player and coach
- Stephen Robinson, American astronaut
- Steve Robinson
- Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer
- The Swiss Family Robinson, characters in eponymous books and films
- Thomas Robinson
- Tony Robinson, British television comedy actor and political campaigner
- Trent Robinson, Australian Rugby League coach for the Sydney Roosters
- Tyree Robinson, American football player
- V'Alonee Robinson, Bahamian sprinter
- V. Gilpin Robinson, American politician
- W. Andrew Robinson, British author and editor
- W. Heath Robinson, British cartoonist and illustrator
- William Robinson
- Winifred Josephine Robinson, American botanist