Bob

**Bob** may mean:

- A shortening of the name Robert
- A example of a name when any name will suffice
- The most American name after Joe is Bob.
- Bob (physics), the weight at the end of a pendulum
- "Bob" (song), a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from _Poodle Hat_
- "Bob" (Red Hot Chili Peppers Song), a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album _One Hot Minute_
- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, a figurehead of the satirical Church of the SubGenius
- Bob cut, a hairstyle
- Bob FM, a radio format in Canada and the U.S.
- Hurricane Bob, a 1991 hurricane
- Microsoft Bob, an unsuccessful software product
- A slang term used to refer to a shilling
- _Bob_, a television comedy starring Bob Newhart
- Bob of Alice and Bob, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems

In **acronyms**:
- "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)", a 2000 single by OutKast
- Bank of Baroda, in India
- _Band of Brothers,_ an acclaimed television miniseries
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of the Bands, a competition between multiple bands
- Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a private German railway
- Beast of Burden
- Bend over boyfriend
- Berlin Operating Base, the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War
- Berner Oberland Bahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland
- Best of Breed, an award in dog shows and other settings
- Blitter object, a graphics construct
- Bob-omb, a character in the Nintendo Mario video games
- Breakout box, an electronics component
- Bug-out bag, an emergency kit
- Bora Bora Airport's IATA airport code
- 4-bromo-2,5,beta-trimethoxy-phenethylamine, a             drug
- the ISO 4217 code for the Bolivian boliviano (currency)
- Bank One Ballpark, or Chase Field
- Basketball Owl Band at Rice University
- Body Opponent Bag, a punching bag shaped like a human head and torso
- BOB (Born on Board), the humans in the _Marathon Trilogy_

In **fictional characters**:
- Bob (Twin Peaks), a villain on the television show _Twin Peaks_
- Bob (Blackadder character), the name of two characters in the television comedy _Blackadder_
- Bob (The Dresden Files), a character featured in the novels and TV show _The Dresden Files_
- Bob (First Comics), a "watchlizard" from the First Comics series _GrimJack_
- Bob the Builder
- Bob the Killer Goldfish, a character in the Earthworm Jim universe.
- Silent Bob, a character in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse
- Almighty Bob, a fictional deity in _Mostly Harmless_ by Doulgas Adams
- Bob, one of the human characters on _Sesame Street_
- Bob, one of the main characters in _ReBoot_
- Bob, the Jagex cat in _RuneScape_
- Evil Bob, a random event in _RuneScape_
- Bob, a character in _Bubble Bobble_
- Bob, a character in _Weebl and Bob_
- Bob, a principal character in _What About Bob?_
- Bob, one of the two eponymous main characters of the sprite comic Bob and George
- Smilin' Bob, a character in commercials for Enzyte
- Bob Vorsh, a villain in the webcomic _Jack_ (webcomic)

## Famous people with the given name Bob

- Bob Backlund, American Pro Wrestler.
- Bob Barker, an American TV game show host
- Bob Bryan, a professional American tennis player.
- Bob Bryar, the current drummer for My Chemical Romance
- Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
- Bob Carolgees, British comedian and puppeteer
- Bob Carr, Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales
- Bob dela Cruz, a Filipino contestant in _Pinoy Big Brother_, Season 1
- Bob Clotworthy, American diver
- Bob Dole, American politician
- Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter
- Bob Geldof, former lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, organiser of Live Aid concerts
- Bob Hope, an American comedian
- Bob Hoskins, British actor
- Bob Marley, a Jamaican musician
- Bob McGrath, American actor
- Bob Monkhouse, British stand-up comedian and television presenter
- Bob Newhart, an American actor
- Bob Ross, American painter
- Bob Saget, an American comedian
- Bob Sinclar, a French DJ
- Bob Stupak, an American entrepreneur, gambler and politician
- Bob Weir, former rhythm guitarist of the Grateful Dead
- Bob Woodward, an American journalist