Robert Hughes

Robert Hughes may refer to:

Entertainment

 * Robert Hughes (actor) (born 1948), Australian former actor
 * Robert Hughes (American composer) (1933–2022), San Francisco Bay Area composer
 * Robert Hughes (composer) (1912–2007), Scots-Australian composer
 * Robert Hughes (critic) (1938–2012), Australian art critic, writer and broadcaster
 * Robert Hughes (poet) (1744–1785), Welsh poet
 * Robert Alwyn Hughes (1935–2020), Welsh artist
 * Robert Ball Hughes (1804–1868), British-American sculptor
 * Robert Don Hughes (born 1949), American writer
 * Robert Earl Hughes (1926–1958), American one-time "World's Heaviest Human" according to the Guinness Book of Records
 * Robert F. Hughes, American television director
 * Robert Vincent Hughes, also known as Vincent (music producer)

Politics

 * Robert Hughes, Baron Hughes of Woodside (1932–2022), British Labour politician, MP for Aberdeen North
 * Robert Hughes (Conservative politician) (born 1951), British Conservative politician, MP for Harrow West
 * Robert H. Hughes (1925–2017), American politician in the Texas House of Representatives

Sports

 * Robert Hughes (American football) (born 1989), American football running back
 * Robert Hughes (basketball) (born 1928), all-time winningest high school boys basketball coach
 * Robert Hughes (cricketer) (born 1973), former English cricketer
 * Robert Hughes (darts player) (born 1966), Welsh darts player
 * Robert Hughes (footballer) (born 1986), of St Neots Town
 * Robert Hughes (swimmer) (1930–2012), American Olympic water polo player and swimmer
 * Judge Hughes (Robert E. Hughes, 1944–2013), American football player and college coach
 * Bob Hughes (athlete) (born 1947), British Olympic athlete

Other

 * Robert Hughes (conservationist) (1847–1935), New Zealand lawyer and conservationist
 * Robert Arthur Hughes (1910–1996), British medical missionary
 * Robert M. Hughes (1855–1940), American lawyer
 * Robert Patterson Hughes (1839–1909), American military commander
 * Robert Roland Hughes (1911–1991), British neurologist
 * Robert S. Hughes (died 1900), American, president of Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works
 * Robert William Hughes (1821–1901), American newspaperman, lawyer, and Virginia judge
 * Robert Hughes (Royal Navy officer, died 1729) (died 1729), British admiral