Robert Cook Bell (November 1, 1880 – March 17, 1964) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Born in Harrisonville, Missouri, Bell received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1908.

He was a special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States in the United States Department of Justice in Minnesota from 1916 to 1918, then in Denver, Colorado until 1920, and then in Missouri again in 1921.

[1][2] On June 8, 1933, Bell was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota vacated by Judge William Alexander Cant.

He assumed senior status on May 1, 1961, serving in that capacity until his death on March 17, 1964.