Robert Leighton is the name of: Robert Leighton (bishop) (1611–1684), Scottish preacher, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, & academic Robert Leighton (cartoonist) (born 1960), American writer, puzzle writer and cartoonist Robert B. Leighton (1919–1997), American physicist Robert Leighton (broadcaster) (1956–2008), English broadcaster Robert Leighton (film editor), British film editor Robert Leighton (MP) for Shrewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)