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