Robinson

Robinson may refer to:

People and names

• Robinson (name)

Fictional characters

• Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719

Geography

• Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960s to show the entire world in two dimensions
• Robinson (crater), a small lunar impact crater southwest of the large walled plain J. Herschel

United States

• Robinson, Illinois
• Robinson, Iowa
• Robinson, Kansas
• Robinson, Kentucky
• Robinson, Minnesota
• Robinson, North Dakota
• Robinson, Texas
• Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Robinson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Robinson, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

United Kingdom

• Robinson (Lake District), a 737 m hill in England's Lake District
• Robinson College, Cambridge, a college in England's University of Cambridge

France

• Robinson (Paris RER), a commuter train station in Paris

Ships

• USS Robinson, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• USS Jack C. Robinson (DE-671), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)
• USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946

Businesses, products and manufacturers

• Robinson Helicopter Company, a rotorcraft manufacturer.
• Robinson Knives, a series of folding knives produced by FACOSA S.A. Coutellerie, La Monnerie-le-Montel, Arrondissement de Thiers, France.
• Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation, a warehouse company based in Alexandria, Virginia, that owns warehouses in Virginia and Maryland and two deep-water shipping terminals on the Potomac River.
• E. S. & A. Robinson, former paper and packaging manufacturer in Bristol, England.
• Robinson Publishing Ltd, a UK publisher, now part of Constable & Robinson.
• Robinson Department Store, Thai-based department store chain
• Robinson & Co., a department store chain in Singapore and Malaysia
• Robinson list, a list that contains addresses or phone numbers of people who do not want to be contacted by marketers
• Robinson–Patman Act, a U.S. law that prohibits anti-competitive practices by producers and specifically price discrimination.
• H. B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. state of South Carolina

Arts and entertainment

• I Robinson, the title used in Italy for The Cosby Show
• Robinson (artist), the German Illustrator Werner Kruse
• Robinson (TV series), the first worldwide production of the Survivor format

Books

• The Swiss Family Robinson, a novel published in 1812, about a Swiss family, shipwrecked on the way to Australia
• Robinson (novel), by Muriel Spark
• Robinson, a novel by Chris Petit.

Music

• "Robinson" (ja), a #1 hit song by Japanese rock band Spitz
• "Mrs. Robinson", a song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1968, featured in the film The Graduate
• "Robinson", a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician.

See also

• Robinson annulation, a chemical name reaction
• Robinsons (disambiguation)
• Robinsonade, a genre of stories about shipwrecked people
• Robert (disambiguation)
• Robin (disambiguation)
• Robison (disambiguation)
• Justice Robinson (disambiguation)