Hilyard Robert Robinson (1899 – July 2, 1986), was a prominent African-American architect and engineer.

Hilyard Robinson was born in Washington, D.C., where his mother was a seamstress and his grandfather had a shoe-shining business.

During World War I Robinson served as a U.S. Army artillery officer where he spent time in Paris at the Armistice and observed the style of the buildings there.

Robinson taught architecture at Howard University from the 1920s to 1960s, and he also designed many campus buildings.

Robinson worked closely with other American architects such as Ralph A. Vaughn and Paul Williams.