Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon may refer to:
Entertainment
[edit]- Robert Gordon (actor) (1895–1971), silent-film actor
- Robert Gordon (director) (1913–1990), American director
- Robert Gordon (singer) (1947–2022), American rockabilly singer
- Robert Gordon (screenwriter), American screenwriter
- Robert Gordon (writer and filmmaker), American author and director
- Robert Gordon, British record producer, member of the Forgemasters
Military
[edit]- Robert Gordon (RAF officer) (1882–1954), British officer
- Robert MacIntyre Gordon (1899–1983), Scottish World War I flying ace
- Robert Gordon (British Army officer) (born 1950), British general
Politics
[edit]- Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet (1580–1656), Scottish courtier and historian
- Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet (1647–1704), Scottish courtier and politician
- Sir Robert Gordon, 4th Baronet (1696–1772), Scottish landowner and politician
- Robert Gordon (MP) (1786–1864), British member of parliament for Windsor and Cricklade
- Robert Gordon (diplomat) (1791–1847), British diplomat
- Robert B. Gordon (1855–1923), U.S. representative from Ohio
- Robert Gordon (Vermont politician) (1865–1921), mayor of Barre 1916–1917
- Robert C. F. Gordon (1920–2001), American diplomat
- Robert M. Gordon (born 1950), New Jersey state senator
- Robert Gordon (ambassador) (born 1952), British ambassador to Burma and to Vietnam
Sports
[edit]- Robert Gordon (rower) (1830–1914), English rower and clergyman
- Robert Gordon (cricketer) (1889–1914), New Zealand cricketer
- Robert Gordon (English footballer) (1917–1940), British footballer and soldier
- Robert Gordon (gridiron football) (born 1968), American football player
- Robert Gordon (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer for Dumbarton during the 1900s
- Rob Gordon (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player
- Rob Gordon (curler), Canadian curler
- Robb Gordon, Canadian hockey player
- Robby Gordon (born 1969), American racing driver
Professors
[edit]- R. K. Gordon (1887–1973), medieval literature professor at University of Alberta
- Robert Winslow Gordon (1888–1961), folklore professor at Berkeley
- Robert Aaron Gordon (1908–1978), economics professor at Berkeley
- Robert A. Gordon (born 1932), sociology professor at Johns Hopkins
- Robert J. Gordon (born 1940), economics professor at Northwestern
- Robert P. Gordon (born 1945), professor of Hebrew at Cambridge
- Robert Gordon (academic) (born 1966), Italian studies professor at Cambridge
Other
[edit]- Robert Gordon of Lochinvar (died 1628) Scottish landowner and promoter of colonies in Canada
- Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661), Scottish cartographer
- Robert Gordon (philanthropist) (1668–1731), Scottish trader and philanthropist
- Robert Jacob Gordon (1743–1795), Dutch explorer of South Africa
- Robert Gordon (minister) (1786–1853), Free Church of Scotland minister
- Robert Gordon (banker) (1829–1918), founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Robert Gordon (psychologist) (born 1944), American
- Robert L. Gordon III (born 1957), American business executive
- Robert J. Gordon (lawyer), American trial lawyer
See also
[edit]- Bob Gordon (disambiguation)
- Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Roberts-Gordon LLC, HVAC manufacturer