Authors and Writers
- Robert Young (biblical scholar) (1822–1888), Scottish publisher, author of Young's Literal Translation of the Bible
- Robert W. Young (1912–2007), American linguist, co-author of the Analytical Lexicon of Navajo
- Robert F. Young (1915–1986), American science fiction writer
- Robert M. Young (academic) (born 1935), American science historian, author and psychoanalyst
- Robert J. C. Young (born 1950), British post-colonial theorist, cultural critic and historian
- Robert O. Young (born 1952), American author of books relating to alternative medicine and the alkaline diet
- Robert Clark Young (born 1960), American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, journalist and anti-Iraq War activist
- Rob Young, British music author and journalist
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