title: Robert Semple
text: # Robert Semple
  
  Robert Semple may refer to:
  
  * Robert Sample (died 1719), or Semple, pirate who left Edward England to sail the Caribbean
  * Robert Semple (Canada) (1777–1816), governor of the Red River Colony in Canada
  * Robert Semple (Medal of Honor) (1887–1943), Medal of Honor recipient
  * Robert B. Semple (1806–1854), California newspaperman & politician, who helped found Benicia, California
  * Robert B. Semple Jr. (born 1936), 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner
  * Bob Semple (1873–1955), New Zealand politician
  * Robert James Semple, Irish missionary, first husband of Aimee Semple McPherson
  