Robin

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Contents 1 Birds 2 Name 3 Aviation 4 People 5 Fiction 6 Other 7 See also

Robin may refer to:

[edit] Birds

• European Robin, Erithacus rubecula, a small passerine bird commonly called the Robin in Britain
• American Robin, Turdus migratorius (and other American species of True thrush of the tropics and subtropics)
• Australasian robins, the family Petroicidae, includes about 45 species in about 15 genera
• Pekin Robin and Japanese Hill Robin; names for the Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)

[edit] Name

• Robin (name), a first name for a girl or a boy.

[edit] Aviation

• Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, an international airport at the former RAF Finningley airbase, South Yorkshire, England.
• ABC Robin, an aircraft built by ABC Motors
• Avions Robin, an aircraft manufacturer
• Curtiss Robin, a monoplane

[edit] People

• Second name:
  • Emily Robin, British madame
  • Mado Robin, the French coloratura singer
  • Leo Robin, (1900 – 1984), was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter

• First name:
  • Robin Gibb (born 1949), British-born Australian musician, one of the three Bee Gees
  • Robin Cousins (born 1957), a British figure skater who won a gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics
  • Robin van Persie (born 1983 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer
  • Robin Moulder, an American musician (b. 1966)
  • Robin Zeleznik, historian from Železník who is believed to have discovered the ruins of Mesopotamia
  • Robin (musician), early guitarist for Mötley Crüe
  • Robin Quivers, co-host of the Howard Stern Show

[edit] Fiction

• Second name:
  • Cock Robin, the titular character of an 18th century nursery rhyme
  • Nico Robin, a fictional archaeologist in the anime One Piece

• First name:
  • Robin Hood, legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest
  • Robin (comics), one of Batman's teen sidekicks
  • Robin Sena, the main character in the anime Witch Hunter Robin
  • Robin (cartoon), a cartoon created by Magnus Carlsson
  • Robin (Muppet), a muppet, the diminutive nephew of Kermit the Frog
  • Robin Scherbatsky, role played by Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother

[edit] Other

• Red Robin, a chain of American and Canadian casual dining restaurants, founded in 1969
• Reliant Robin, a three-wheeled car built by Reliant
• SS Robin, the world's oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship)
• Round-robin tournament, an all-play-all tournament
• Round-robin, a protocol used in sports and computer networking
• Robin (answering machine), the sales name of 1985 answering machine 202A, from BT, UK
• Robin (layout engine), a computer software component used by The Bat! e-mail client
• Red Robin Records, a record label

[edit] See also

• Robins, a disambiguation page
• Arjen Robben (pronounced Ar-yen Rob-ben) (b 1984), a Dutch footballer
• ROBIN (Online Operating System), an Online Operating System