Robert Bennett Byerly (March 20, 1916 – May 8, 1945) was an American-born Canadian soldier, who was an agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II.
Byerly, a graduate of the University of Chicago, worked as a journalist and schoolteacher before the outbreak of the Second World War.
A skilled radio operator and linguist, Byerly underwent advanced wireless training in England in 1943.
After completing his training, he was commissioned in the Canadian Army and recruited to the United Kingdom's Special Operations Executive on July 3, 1943.
Byerly and the other agents were interrogated in Chartres before being transferred to a Gestapo prison at 3 bis Place des États-Unis in Paris.