Robinson

Robinson may refer to:

People and names

  • Robinson (name)

Fictional characters

  • Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719

Geography

  • Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960s to show the entire world in two dimensions
  • Robinson (crater), a small lunar impact crater southwest of the large walled plain J. Herschel
United States
  • Robinson, Illinois
  • Robinson, Iowa
  • Robinson, Kansas
  • Robinson, Kentucky
  • Robinson, Minnesota
  • Robinson, North Dakota
  • Robinson, Texas
  • Robinson, Washington
  • Robinson Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), two townships in the Pittsburgh Metro Area with the same name
United Kingdom
  • Robinson (Lake District), a 737 m hill in England's Lake District
  • Robinson College, Cambridge, a college in England's University of Cambridge
France
  • Robinson (Paris RER), a commuter train station in Paris

Ships

  • USS Robinson, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
  • USS Jack C. Robinson (DE-671), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)
  • USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946

Businesses, products and manufacturers

  • Robinson Helicopter Company, a rotorcraft manufacturer.
  • Robinson Knives, a series of folding knives produced by FACOSA S.A. Coutellerie, La Monnerie-le-Montel, Arrondissement de Thiers, France.
  • Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation, a warehouse company based in Alexandria, Virginia, that owns warehouses in Virginia and Maryland and two deep-water shipping terminals on the Potomac River.
  • E. S. & A. Robinson, former paper and packaging manufacturer in Bristol, England.
  • Robinson Publishing Ltd, a UK publisher, now part of Constable & Robinson.
  • Robinson Department Store, Thai-based department store chain
  • Robinson & Co., a department store chain in Singapore and Malaysia, joint venture in Thailand with Central Group
  • Robinson list, a list that contains addresses or phone numbers of people who do not want to be contacted by marketers
  • Robinson–Patman Act, a U.S. law that prohibits anti-competitive practices by producers and specifically price discrimination.
  • H. B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. state of South Carolina

Arts and entertainment

  • I Robinson, the title used in Italy for The Cosby Show
  • Robinson (artist), the German Illustrator Werner Kruse
  • Robinson (TV series), the first worldwide production of the Survivor format

Books

Music

  • "Robinson" (ja), a #1 hit song by Japanese rock band Spitz
  • "Mrs. Robinson", a song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1968, featured in the film The Graduate
  • "Robinson", a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician.

See also

  • Robinson annulation, a chemical name reaction
  • Robinsons (disambiguation)
  • Robinsonade, a genre of stories about shipwrecked people
  • Robert (disambiguation)
  • Robin (disambiguation)
  • Robison (disambiguation)
  • Justice Robinson (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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