Robinette

Robinette may refer to:

People

Robinette is a surname and given name, a variant of Robinett, derived from the given name Robin, French diminutive of Robert. People with the name include:

Surname

• Garland Robinette (born 1943), American journalist
• John Josiah Robinette, (1906–1996), Canadian lawyer
• Lloyd M. Robinette (1881–1951), American lawyer and politician
• Gary Robinette, 1980 Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
• Gusta A. Robinette, missionary and first female district superintendent in the Methodist Church - see Timeline of women in religion (1959)
• Joseph Robinette, nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for A Christmas Story: The Musical

Given name

• Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr. (born 1942), 46th and current president of the United States
• Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. (1915–2002), father of Joe Biden
• Beau Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden III, 1969–2015), son of Joe Biden; American politician and lawyer; former Attorney General of Delaware
• Mary Robinette Kowal (born 1969); American author and puppeteer

Fictional characters

• Paul Robinette, on the TV drama series Law & Order
• Robinette Broadhead, protagonist of the science fiction novel Gateway and character in various sequels
• Robinette, in the 1765 opera La fée Urgèle
• Raine Robinette, in the 1977 Walker Percy novel Lancelot (novel)

Places in the United States

• Robinette, Oregon, a former unincorporated community flooded after the building of the Brownlee Dam
• Robinette, West Virginia, a census-designated place
• Fort Robinette, on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Alcorn County, Mississippi

See also

• Ohio v. Robinette, a US Supreme Court case in 1996
• Robinet (disambiguation)
• Robinett (disambiguation), a surname