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 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 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