Robert Nesta Marley (An haife shi 6 Fabrairu, 1945 - ya mutu 11 Mayu, 1981) ya kasance mawaƙin Jamaica, mai rubutawa da kuma rera waƙa. A dukkan shekara idan ranar mutuwarsa ta zagayo, mashaya suna kiranta da suna "Marli=day", Dauke ɗayan ɗayan masu farauta na reggae, aikinsa na kiɗa yana da alamun abubuwa masu haɗuwa na reggae, ska, da rocksteady, da kuma sautinsa na musamman da salon waƙoƙi. Gudummawar Marley ga kiɗa ta ƙara waƙoƙin Jamaica a duniya gabaɗaya, kuma ya sanya shi ya zama babban mutum a cikin al'adun gargajiya sama da shekaru goma. A tsawon aikinsa Marley ya zama sananne ne a matsayin Rastafari icon, kuma ya sanya waƙarsa da ma'anar ruhaniya. Hakanan ana ɗaukar shi a matsayin alama ta duniya ta waƙar Jamaica da al'adu da asali, kuma ya kasance mai jayayya a cikin goyon bayan da ya nuna game da halatta marijuana, yayin da ya kuma yi kira ga Pan-Africanism . Haihuwar Maril a Nine Mile, Jamaica ta Biritaniya, Marley ya fara aikinsa na kide-kide a shekarar 1963, bayan ya kafa Bob Marley da Wailers .