Robert Livingston was the name of several men, many of whom were members of a prominent family that effectively ran New York throughout the colonial and Federal periods.
Robert Livingston the Elder (1654-1728) (middle initial, "R"), New York colonial official, and first lord of Livingston Manor.
Robert Livingston (1746-1813) (middle initial, "R"), of the Louisiana Purchase, "The Chancellor" was also a drafter of the Declaration of Independence , as well as a partner with Robert Fulton in creating the first successful steamboat, the Clermont
Robert Linlithgow Livingston IV (b. 1943), Bob Livingston, former Republican Congressman from Louisiana, briefly Speaker-designate of the House of Representatives, descendant of all three Livingston Manor lords