Robert Burns (1759–1796) was a Scottish poet.

Robert Burns may also refer to:

• Robert Burnes (1719–1789), uncle of Robert Burns the poet
• Robert Burns (artist) (1869–1941), Scottish Art nouveau and Decorative arts painter and designer
• Robert Burns (cyclist) (born 1968), Australian cyclist
• Robert Burns (Iowa politician) (1922–2001), Iowa state senator
• Robert Burns (New Hampshire politician)
• Robert Burns (New Jersey politician) (1926–2016), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Robert Burns (Oklahoma politician) (1874–1950), American attorney and politician
• Robert Burns (Quebec politician) (1936–2014), Canadian politician from Quebec
• Robert Burns (representative) (1792–1866), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
• Robert Burns (theologian) (1789–1869), Scottish theological writer and church leader
• Robert A. Burns (1944–2004), art director and production designer
• Sir Robert Andrew Burns (born 1943), British diplomat
• Robert Easton Burns (1805–1863), Canadian lawyer, judge, and Chancellor of the University of Toronto
• Robert Elliott Burns (1892–1955), author of I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
• Robert Francis Burns (1840–1883), convicted murderer
• Robert H. Burns (1870–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Robert J. Burns, software architect and candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010
• Robert K. Burns (1896–1982), American biologist known for sexual differentiation in vertebrates
• Robert L. Burns (1876–1955), Los Angeles city councilman
• Robert Lee Burns (c. 1930–2002), American bank robber involved in an extradition cause célèbre
• Robert Nicholas Burns (born 1956), American diplomat
• Robert Whitney Burns (1908–1964), US Air Force Lieutenant General
• Bobby Burns (footballer) (Robert Joseph Burns, born 1999), Northern Irish footballer
• Rob Burns (born 1953), English/New Zealand bass player and author
• Robbie Burns (footballer) (born 1990), English footballer

• Bust of Robert Burns (Houston), Texas, United States
• Robert Burns (Steell), by John Steell
• Robert Burns (Stevenson), by William Grant Stevenson
• Robert Burns Memorial (Barre), by J. Massey Rhind
• Robert Burns Memorial (Montreal), by G. A. Lawson

• Bobby Burns (disambiguation)
• Bob Burns (disambiguation)
• Robert Byrne (disambiguation)
• Robert Burn (disambiguation)
• Rob Byrnes (born 1958), American gay novelist and blogger