Robert Forbes may refer to: Robert Forbes (American football) (1886–1947), American football player and coach Robert Forbes (bishop) (1708–1775), Scottish Episcopal bishop of Ross and Caithness Robert Bennet Forbes (1804–1889), sea captain, China merchant, ship owner, and writer Robert Jacobus Forbes (1900–1973), historian of science Robert Pierce Forbes (born 1958), American historian Robert C. Forbes (1917–2002), U.S. Army general