Politicians
- Robert Butler (Australian politician) (1889–1950), member in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
- Robert Butler (Virginia politician) (1784–1853), treasurer of the State of Virginia, 1846–1853
- Robert L. Butler (born 1927), American politician, 12 term Mayor of Marion, Illinois
- Robert Butler (diplomat), United States Ambassador to Australia, 1946–48, and Cuba, 1948–1951
- Robert R. Butler (1881–1933), American politician and judge, U.S. Representative from Oregon
- Robert Butler (MP), Member of Parliament for Bristol
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