Robert Shafto may refer to:
Robert Shafto (1690–1729), English politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham 1712–1713, 1727–1730 Bobby Shafto (1732–1797), English MP for Durham 1760–1768, and for Downton 1780–1790 Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto (1776–1848), MP for the City of Durham 1804–1806 Robert Duncombe Shafto (1796–1888), English politician, MP for North Durham 1847–1888
See also Robert "Bobby" Shaftoe, protagonist of Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon