Famous People with Name Robinson

Robinson José Canó            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robinson José Canó: (IPA: [ka'no]; born on October 22, 1982, in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic) is a second baseman in Major League Baseball, who currently plays for the New York Yankees.

Robinson (Pérez) Checo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robinson (Pérez) Checo: (born September 9, 1971 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic) is a former pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1997 through 1999. He batted and threw right handed.

Robinson JosT Can=            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Robinson JosT Can=: an American football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. He was selected as the 30th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the University of Virginia. Some consider him to be the greatest tight end in Atlantic Coast Conference history. Miller attended Honaker High School in Honaker, Virginia.In his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Heath Miller finished with 39 receptions for 459 yards and 6 touchdowns. He is also the second John Mackey Award recipient to win a Super Bowl. (The other is Daniel Graham of the New England Patriots.) During a four game stretch in his rookie season

Robinson Pitalúa Támara            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Robinson Pitalúa Támara: was a Colombian boxer, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the Men's Bantamweight division.

Róbinson Zapata Montaño            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Róbinson Zapata Montaño: is a Colombian football player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Romanian team Steaua Bucuresti. Zapata started his career in Colombia with América de Cali and Real Cartagena. In 2004 he moved to Argentina where he had spells with Rosario Central, Independi

William Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

William Robinson: an award-winning Australian painter and lithographer.Robinson studied art at the Central Technical College from 1955 to 1956. After graduating, he began working as an art instructor, eventually becoming head of the Painting Department at the Brisbane College of Advanced Education in 1982. In 1989 he retired to work full-time on his paintings.The Metropolitan Museum of Art has several of his works in their collection, as does the National Gallery of Australia and several smaller Australian galleries.He has won the Archibald Prize for portraiture twice: first in 1987 for Equestrian self portrait, then in 1995 for Self-portrait with stunned mullet. He has also won the Wynne Prize for landscape painting in 1990 (The rainforest) and 1996 (Creation landscape – earth and sea).

Sir Dove-Myer Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir Dove-Myer Robinson: served as Mayor of Auckland from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980, the longest total time of any mayor so far in the city.He was a colourful character and became affectionately known across New Zealand as "Robbie".[2] He was one of several Jewish mayors

Roland Edward Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Roland Edward Robinson: an Australian poet and writer.After only a brief education he worked in various jobs, mainly in the bush as a roustabout, boundary-rider, railway fettler, fencer, dam-builder, gardener and as a life long love - a ballet dancer.Robinson's first published poetry appeared in Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears published in 1944. He served in the Australian Army. His love of the Australian landscape and everyday scenes were inspiration for his poetry. He was one of the most dedicated poets to the Jindyworobak Movement.As well as a writer and poet, Robinson was dance critic for The Sydney Morning Herald in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1940s he took classes with Helene Kirsova and appeared in a number of productions by the Kirsova Ballet.[1]

Kenneth ("Ken") Edward Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Kenneth ("Ken") Edward Robinson: is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a regular member of the men's national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, during the 1990s and early 2000s. Robinson earned a total number of 53 caps during his career.

Wes Robinson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Wes Robinson: is an Australian first-class cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is an top order batsman who bats left-handed and is an occasional left-arm medium bowler. Robinson only made his first class debut for Western Australian at the age of 28. His best performance with the bat to date has been 141 against South Australia, as well as a valuable pair of 78 and 46 against the Queensland Bulls side to help the Warriors to achieve an outright victory at The Gabba. Wes also notched up his second ODD half-century, with a 78 against the Queensland Bulls at the WACA.