Robert Dudley is the name of: Surname Robert Dudley (actor) (1869–1955), American dentist and film character actor Robert Dudley (explorer) (1574–1649), illegitimate son of the 1st Earl of Leicester Robert Charles Dudley (1826–1909) watercolours and lithographs Bob Dudley (born 1954), former president & CEO of TNK-BP (2003–08) and group CEO of BP (2010–20) Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–1588), favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England Robert Dudley alias Sutton (died 1539), MP Robert H. Dudley (born 1933), Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Middle name Robert Dudley Baxter (1827–1875), English economist Robert Dudley Edwards (1909–1988), Irish historian