Robert Nugent (1574, Ballina, County Meath – 1652, Inishbofin, Connemara, County Galway) was a Catholic priest who served as mission superior of the Jesuit order in Ireland from 1627 until 1647. With the support of his cousin and close friend Lady Kildare, he expanded the Irish mission and established a number of Jesuit colleges.
During the Irish Confederate Wars, Nugent was active on the Catholic side of the conflict, including by providing political and financial support to Giovanni Battista Rinuccini, the papal nuncio. After a failed attempt to flee to France to escape the conflict, Nugent died in Ireland in 1652.