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Noun: Robinson  ró-bin-sun
  1. United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)
    - James Harvey Robinson
     
  2. Irish playwright and theatre manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
    - Lennox Robinson, Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson
     
  3. United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)
    - Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson
     
  4. United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
    - Edwin Arlington Robinson
     
  5. United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
    - Edward G. Robinson, Edward GOldenburg Robinson
     
  6. English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
    - Robert Robinson, Sir Robert Robinson
     
  7. United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)
    - Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, Walker Smith

Type of: actor, ballplayer, baseball player, chemist, dramatist, gladiator, historian, historiographer, histrion, player, playwright, poet, prizefighter, role player, thespian

Encyclopedia: Robinson, Il Robinson, IL Robinson, Henry Peach Robinson, James Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Illinois Robinson, Henry Robinson, Darren Robinson, Arthur Robinson Robinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Dove-Myer Robinson, David Robinson, KS Robinson, Scott Robinson, Robbie Robinson, Pennsylvania Robinson, Texas Robinson, TX Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman Robinson, Orrin Williams Robinson, Minnesota Robinson, Mark Robinson, Kansas Robinson, Ontario Robinson, North Dakota Robinson, ND