Bob
Bob may mean:
- A shortening of the name Robert
- Bob (physics), the weight at the end of a pendulum
- "Bob" (song), a song by "Weird Al" Yankovic from Poodle Hat
- "Bob" (Red Hot Chili Peppers Song), a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album One Hot Minute
- J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, a figurehead of the satirical Church of the SubGenius
- Bob cut, a hairstyle
- Bob FM, a radio format in Canada and the U.S.
- Hurricane Bob, a 1991 hurricane
- Microsoft Bob, an unsuccessful software product
- A shilling
- Bob, a television comedy starring Bob Newhart
- Bob of Alice and Bob, placeholder characters in cryptography and physics problems
In acronyms:
- "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)", a 2000 single by OutKast
- Bank of Baroda, in India
- Band of Brothers, an acclaimed television miniseries
- Battle of Britain
- Battle of the Bands, a competition between multiple bands
- Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a private German railway
- Beast of Burden
- Bend over boyfriend
- Berlin Operating Base, the CIA station in Berlin during the Cold War
- Berner Oberland Bahn, a mountain railway in Switzerland
- Best of Breed, an award in dog shows and other settings
- Blitter object, a graphics construct
- Bob-omb, a character in the Nintendo Mario video games
- Breakout box, an electronics component
- Bug-out bag, an emergency kit
- Bora Bora Airport's IATA airport code
- 4-bromo-2,5,beta-trimethoxy-phenethylamine, a drug
- the ISO 4217 code for the Bolivian boliviano (currency)
- Bank One Ballpark, or Chase Field
- Basketball Owl Band at Rice University
- Body Opponent Bag, a punching bag shaped like a human head and torso
- BOB (Born on Board), the humans in the Marathon Trilogy
In fictional characters:
- Bob (Twin Peaks), a villain on the television show Twin Peaks
- Bob (Blackadder character), the name of two characters in the television comedy Blackadder
- Bob (The Dresden Files), a character featured in the novels and TV show The Dresden Files
- Bob (First Comics), a "watchlizard" from the First Comics series GrimJack
- Bob the Builder
- Bob the Killer Goldfish, a character in the Earthworm Jim universe.
- Silent Bob, a character in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse
- Almighty Bob, a fictional deity in Mostly Harmless by Doulgas Adams
- Bob, one of the human characters on Sesame Street
- Bob, one of the main characters in ReBoot
- Bob, the Jagex cat in RuneScape
- Evil Bob, a random event in RuneScape
- Bob, a character in Bubble Bobble
- Bob, a character in Weebl and Bob
- Bob, a principal character in What About Bob?
- Bob, one of the two eponymous main characters of the sprite comic Bob and George
- Smilin' Bob, a character in commercials for Enzyte
- Bob Vorsh, a villain in the webcomic Jack (webcomic)
Famous people with the given name Bob
- Bob Backlund, American Pro Wrestler.
- Bob Barker, an American TV game show host
- Bob Bryan, a professional American tennis player.
- Bob Bryar, the current drummer for My Chemical Romance
- Bob Burnquist, professional skateboarder
- Bob Carolgees, British comedian and puppeteer
- Bob Carr, Australian politician and Premier of New South Wales
- Bob dela Cruz, a Filipino contestant in Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1
- Bob Clotworthy, American diver
- Bob Dole, American politician
- Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter
- Bob Geldof, former lead singer of the Boomtown Rats, organiser of Live Aid concerts
- Bob Hope, an American comedian
- Bob Hoskins, British actor
- Bob Marley, a Jamaican musician
- Bob McGrath, American actor
- Bob Monkhouse, British stand-up comedian and television presenter
- Bob Newhart, an American actor
- Bob Ross, American painter
- Bob Saget, an American comedian
- Bob Sinclar, a French DJ
- Bob Stupak, an American entrepreneur, gambler and politician
- Bob Weir, former rhythm guitarist of the Grateful Dead
- Bob Woodward, an American journalist