Robert DeSoto
- Full Name: Robert DeSoto
- Species: Human
- Gender: Male
- 2320s: Cadet, Starfleet Academy (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- Time at the academy overlapped with Jean-Luc Picard
- Late 2320s: Ensign, USS Antares (TP Novel: Paths of Disharmony)
- By 2355: Active in Starfleet (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- By 2361: Captain, commanding officer, Starfleet; USS Hood (TNG Novel: The Buried Age; TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "Tin Man"; DS9: "Treachery, Faith, and the Great River"; VOY Short Story: "Letting Go")