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Robert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Globally, Smith is among The World's Billionaires with a net worth exceeding US$10.6 billion as of…
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Robert George Clark Jr. (October 3, 1928 – March 4, 2025) was an American politician who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1968 to 2004, representing the 47th district. He was the first African-American member of the Mississippi…
1847–1908
Robert H. Carter III (January 12, 1847 - January 13, 1908) was an American pharmacist. He was the first African American certified pharmacist from Massachusetts. By 1871, Carter worked for druggist and chemist William P. S. Caldwell on 49 Purchase Street.
1919–2017
Robert Henry “Pete” Bragg Jr. (August 11, 1919 – October 2, 2017), was a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the UC Berkeley College of Engineering.
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Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (October 2, 1935 – December 8, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American who was selected to be an astronaut.
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Robert James Jones (born 1951) is an American crop physiologist who has been the 34th president of the University of Washington since August 2025. He served as the 10th chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from September 2016 to June…
1921–2000
Robert Johnson Omohundro (June 21, 1921 – May 15, 2000) was a nuclear physicist who contributed to The Manhattan Project's efforts in the atomic bomb development during World War II. Omohundro's notable work included aiding in the creation of radiation…
1920–2010
Robert Edward Lee (13 May 1920 – 5 July 2010) was a Ghanaian dentist. Born in South Carolina to an African-American family, he studied dentistry in Tennessee and then in 1956 emigrated to Ghana with his wife Sara, also a dentist. They were classmates at…
1872–1944
Robert Page Sims (1872–1944) was an early African American academic, civil rights leader, scientist, and college president who held positions at Virginia University of Lynchburg and Bluefield State College. Sims was born in Meyerstown, West Virginia, to…
1898–1990
Robert Percy Barnes (February 26, 1898 - March 18, 1990) was an American chemist and professor, and the first African American to graduate with a PhD in chemistry from Harvard University. He was also the first African American faculty member hired at…
1902–1968
Robert Prentiss Daniel (November 2, 1902 – January 5, 1968) was an African-American psychologist, scholar, and college president. Born in Ettrick, Virginia to Charles James and Carrie Daniel, he was the sixth of eight children.
1863–1927
Robert Sirelle Brown (December 8, 1863 – April 4, 1927) was the first black physician in Minneapolis.
Biography
Robert Samuel Decosta Higgins MD, MSHA, is an American surgeon working with heart–lung transplants. He is president and chief academic officer at Rush University in Chicago.
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Robert Tanner Freeman (c. 1846–1873) was an American dentist. As one of the first six students to attend the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, he became the first African American to graduate with a dental degree in the United States on March 10, 1869.
1899–1971
Robert Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson (April 16, 1899 – June 28, 1971) was an American physician, college football player and coach, and founder of the American Tennis Association Junior Development Program for African-American youths, where he coached and…
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Robin Belcher (born August 1, 1976) is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 10th District from May 2009 to December 2010. She was appointed to the seat when Eugene Miller left to fill a vacancy on Cleveland City…
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Robin N. Coger is an American biomedical engineer and academic administrator, formerly the provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at East Carolina University. Her research as a biomedical engineer has focused on artificial organs and…
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Rodney C. "Rod" Adkins (born August 23, 1958) is an electrical engineer, philanthropist and American business executive. He was a leader in solutions ranging from mobile devices to the world's largest supercomputers at International Business Machines…
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Roderic Ivan Pettigrew is an American physicist, engineer, and physician who is the former Executive Dean for EnMed at Texas A&M University. From 2002-November 2017, he was the founding director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and…
1911–1964
Rodney G. Higgins (1911–1964) was an American political scientist. He was the chair of the political science department at Southern University from 1946, two years before the department awarded its first degree, until 1964. Higgins and has been credited…
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Rodney Norman Powell (born 1935) is a former civil rights leader in the Nashville Student Movement and an activist for LGBTQ rights.
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Rodney Dewayne Priestley (born 1979) is an American chemical engineer and professor at Princeton University. His research considers the phase transitions of polymers and their application in electronic devices and healthcare. In 2020 he was made the…
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Roger Arliner Young (August 20, 1899 – November 9, 1964) was an American scientist of zoology, biology, and marine biology. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology.
1909–2002
Roland Boyd Scott (April 18, 1909 – December 10, 2002) was an American researcher, pediatrician and authority on sickle cell disease. Scott authored a key paper in 1948 describing the incidence of sickle cell in infants that eventually led to the…
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