Robert Johnson, born Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. Considered by some to be the "Grandfather of Rock-and-Roll", his vocal phrasing, original songs, and guitar style have influenced a broad range of musicians, including John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, Paul Butterfield, The Black Keys, The Band, Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton, who called Johnson "the most important blues musician who ever lived". He was also ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Robert Johnson – inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is most famous for his song "The Crossroads". Induction year: 1986. Induction category: Early Influence.
Robert Johnson was the British colonial Governor of the Province of South Carolina in 1717-1719, and again from 1729-1735. His maternal grandson was South Carolina Congressman Ralph Izard.
Blessed Robert Johnson, a Shropshire native, was a Catholic priest and martyr during the reign of Elizabeth I.
He joined the German College in Rome on October 1, 1571. He was ordained a priest in Brussels from the English College, Douai. After a pilgrimage to Rome in 1579 he returned to England in 1580, was arrested on July 12, and put in the tower on December 5. Johnson was racked on December 16 and put in a dungeon until his trial on November 14, 1581. He was subsequently condemned on November 20, and executed along with Thomas Ford and John Shert on May 28, 1582. All three were beatified in 1889.
There is a school in Wellington, Telford named Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College. It is a combined secondary school and sixth form college, known locally as BRJ.Their uniform is a black blazer, a brown sweater, a yellow shirt, and a brown and yellow stripy tie.
Archdeacon Robert Johnson (1540-1625) was the founder of Oakham School and Uppingham School.
He was a Puritan rector of North Luffenham for 51 years, from 1574 until his death; he was also the Archdeacon of Leicester, and using the income from these and other church posts that he was able to hold concurrently, he founded free grammar schools in Oakham and Uppingham in 1584, as well as other charitable institutions. He enjoyed the patronage of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley.
Robert (Bob) Johnson (1921 - 1994) was an American voice actor. He was born in Portland, Oregon.
Johnson may be best remembered as the weekly voice-over for two popular television series of the 1960s. He was the voice of numerous alien creatures featured in The Outer Limits (1963 - 1965) and the voice on the self-destructing tape that delivered each week's mission to the IMF's Jim Phelps on Mission: Impossible (1967 - 1973).
Robert Johnson (born June 20, 1980 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American football player who currently plays tight end for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. Johnson played college football at Auburn, before signing as an undrafted free agent with the Chicago Bears in 2003. He left the Bears to join the Washington Redskins with whom he spent only one season before being released in August 2006.http://www.redskins.com/team/transactions.jsp Johnson subsequently signed with the New Orleans Saints organization.
Robert Johnson was a Trinidadian citizen convicted in Canada of plotting to attack Hindus.
He is present on the US Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list, without a date of birth or middle initial. As a result, anyone named "Robert Johnson", one of the most common names in America, faces problems boarding an airplane in that country.
Robert Johnson (born October 24, 1951 in Montreal) is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
He was part of the Canadian handball team which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played two matches.
