Robert Thornton

Robert Thornton may refer to:

• Robert Thornton (MP) (1759–1826), British MP
• Robert Stirton Thornton (1863–1936), Manitoba politician
• Robert L. Thornton (1880–1964), American businessman, philanthropist, and mayor of Dallas, Texas
• Robert Y. Thornton (1910–2003), American attorney and politician

• Robert Thornton (sailor) (born 1941), Australian sailor
• Bob Thornton (born 1962), American basketball player
• Robert Thornton (darts player) (born 1967), Scottish darts player
• Robert Thornton (jockey) (born 1978), English National Hunt jockey

• Robert Thornton (scribe) (died 1460), English scribe and compiler of manuscripts
• Robert John Thornton (1768–1837), English physician and writer on botany
• Robert Lyster Thornton (1908–1985), English/American physicist
• Robert Thornton (explorer)

• Thornton (surname)