Bob
Meaning
Short form of ROBERT. It arose later than Dob, Hob and Nob, which were medieval rhyming nicknames of
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Bob Martin (boxer)
'Fighting' Bob Martin (November 11, 1897 – 1978) was a heavyweight boxer who became the Heavyweight Champion of the American Expeditionary Forces.
Bob Simmons (surfer)
Robert Wilson Simmons (March 29, 1919 – September 26, 1954) was an American surfer and surfboard shaper, considered to be the father of the modern surfboard.
Bob Cobbing
Bob Cobbing (30 July 1920 – 29 September 2002) was a British sound, visual, concrete and performance poet who was a central figure in the British Poetry Revival.
Bob Boucher
Robert Francis Boucher, CBE, FREng (25 April 1940 – 25 March 2009), usually known as Bob Boucher, was a British mechanical engineer, and Vice-Chancellor of both UMIST (1995–2001) the University of.
Bob and Ray
Bob and Ray were an American comedy duo whose career spanned five decades, composed of comedians Bob Elliott (1923–2016"Bob Elliott, Half of the Deadpan Bob and Ray Comedy Team, Dies at 92", The New.
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