1. United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)
   - Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinson
    
2. United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)
   - Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
    
3. United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)
   - Edwin Arlington Robinson
    
4. United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)
   - James Harvey Robinson
    
5. English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)
   - Robert Robinson, Sir Robert Robinson
    
6. Irish playwright and theatre manager in Dublin (1886-1958)
   - Lennox Robinson, Esme Stuart Lennox 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 [archaic], player, playwright, poet, prizefighter, role player, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian

Encyclopedia: Robinson, Matthew