Robert Gordon Explained

Robert Gordon may refer to:

Entertainment

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Bob Gordon (disambiguation)
• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Roberts-Gordon LLC, HVAC manufacturer