Robinson is the name of some places :

• Robinson, Illinois
• Robinson, North Dakota
• Robinson, name of a hill in the Lake District

Robinson also is or was a surname of several persons:

• Edward G. Robinson, a Romanian-American actor (1893 - 1973)
• Edwin Arlington Robinson, an American poet (1869 - 1935)
• Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon aka Viscount Goderich, British statesman and prime minister (1782 - 1859)
• Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire (born 1947)
• George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, British politician (1827 - 1909)
• Hercules Robinson, 1st Raron Rosmead, British colonial administrator (1824 - 1897)
• Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, first African American Major League Baseball player (1919 - 1972)
• John Robinson was a name of several persons
• Julia Robinson (née Bowman), American mathematician, first female president of the AMS (1919 - 1985)
• Kim Stanley Robinson, American science fiction writer (born 1952)
• Mary Robinson, first female President of Ireland (born 1944)
• Mary Robinson (née Darby), English poet (1756 or 1758-1800)
• Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician (1911 - 1995)
• Robert Robinson, British radio and TV presenter
• Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel prize for Chemistry winner (1947)
• Samuel Robinson was an alias of South American philosopher and educator Simón Rodríguez (1769 - 1854)
• Sugar Ray Robinson was an alias of an American boxer Walker Smith Jr. (1921 - 1989)
• Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron of Grantham, English diplomatist and politician (c. 1695 - 1770)
• Tony Robinson, British television comedy actor and political campaigner (born 1946)
• William Robinson, English practical gardener and journalist (1838 - 1935)
• William Heath Robinson, a British cartoonist and illustrator (1872 - 1944)
• William (Smokey) Robinson, African American pop-singer (born 1940)

In addition to that:

• Robinson Crusoe is a name of fictitious character and title of the novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
• Mrs. Robinson is a song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1968

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