1. (noun) United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)

• richard j. roberts
• richard john roberts

2. (noun) United States evangelist (born 1918)

• oral roberts

3. (noun) United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957)

• kenneth roberts

4. (noun) a Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722)

• bartholomew roberts