Robert Gordon may refer to:

Entertainment

Robert Gordon (actor) Robert Gordon (March 3, 1895 – October 26, 1971), born Robert Gordon Duncan, was an American silent film actor. He was born in Belleville, Kansas and died at the age of 76 in Victorville, California. He is credited with appearances in 35 films ...

(1895–1971), silent-film actor *

Robert Gordon (director) Robert Gordon (August 21, 1913 in Pittsburgh – December 1, 1990 in Los Angeles) was an American director and actor. His acting career, in which he was usually credited as Bobby Gordon, began in 1923 while he was a child, and continued throu ...

(1913–1990), American director *

Robert Gordon (singer) Robert Gordon (March 29, 1947 – October 18, 2022) was an American rockabilly singer, and actor. Early life Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, United States, the son of Arlene and Samuel Gordon, an administrative law judge. His family was ...

(1947–2022), American rockabilly singer * Robert Gordon (screenwriter), American screenwriter *

Robert Gordon (writer and filmmaker) Robert Gordon is an American writer and filmmaker from Memphis, Tennessee. His work has focused on the American south—its music, art, and politics—to create an insider's portrait of his home, both nuanced and ribald. Films Robert Gordon's f ...

, American author and director * Robert Gordon, British musician and co-founder of

Warp Records Warp Records is a British independent record label that specialises in Electronic music, electronic, indie rock and experimental music. It was founded in Sheffield in 1989 by Steve Beckett, Robert Mitchell and Robert Gordon. It has released recor ...

Military

Robert Gordon (RAF officer) Air Commodore Robert Gordon, (22 January 1882 – 25 September 1954) was an early British military aviator. As a Royal Marines officer he held various posts in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War. From 1918 onwards, he was a ...

(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 Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun (14 May 1580 – 1656) was a Scottish politician and courtier, known as the historian of the noble house of Sutherland. Early life Born at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, on 14 May 1580, he was the fourt ...

(1580–1656), Scottish courtier and historian *

Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet (1647–1704) was a Scottish courtier and politician. Life Born 7 March 1647, was the eldest son of Sir Ludovick Gordon, 2nd Baronet of Gordonstoun in Drainie, Elginshire, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter and ...

(1647–1704), Scottish courtier and politician *

Sir Robert Gordon, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Gordon, 4th Baronet (1696–1772) was a Scottish landowner and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. Gordon was the eldest son of Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet of Gordonstoun and his s ...

(1696–1772), Scottish landowner and politician *

Robert Gordon (MP) Robert Gordon (1786–1864) was a British landowner and politician. Life He was the only son of William Gordon, a West Indies planter, of Auchendolly in Kirkcudbrightshire, and his wife Anna Nash, daughter of Stephen Nash of Bristol, and was edu ...

(1786–1864), British member of parliament for Windsor and Cricklade *

Robert Gordon (diplomat) Sir Robert Gordon (1791 – 8 October 1847) was a British diplomat. Gordon was a younger son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo (himself the eldest son of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen) and a brother of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen. He was educated at St ...

(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 (politician) Robert M. "Bob" Gordon (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician serving as a commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. Prior to being commissioner, Gordon was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician wh ...

(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) Robert Henry Gordon (1917 – 18 September 1940) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town. He also made a solitary 'guest' appearance for Mossley in the 1939–40 season. He died in September 1940 of pulmonary tuberculos ...

(1917–1940), British footballer and soldier *

Robert Gordon (gridiron football) 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 (s ...

(born 1968), American football player *

Robert Gordon (Scottish footballer) Robert 'Bob' Gordon was a Scottish football player, who played for Dumbarton Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde w ...

, Scottish footballer for Dumbarton during the 1900s *

Rob Gordon William Robert Gordon (born 7 August 1965) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A loose forward, where he could play either blind side flanker or No. 8. Gordon represented Otago and Waikato at a provincial level. He was a member of the ...

(born 1975), New Zealand rugby player *

Rob Gordon (curler) Robbie "Rob" Gordon (born November 28, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Gordon joined the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships winning rink of Matt Dunstone for the 2013–14 season. The team lost in the finals ...

, Canadian curler *

Robb Gordon Robb Gordon (born January 13, 1976)https://www.nhl.com/player/robb-gordon-8460530 is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre who played briefly in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks. Selected by the Canucks in the 1 ...

, Canadian hockey player *

Robby Gordon Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, International Motor Sports Association, IMSA, Inter ...

(born 1969), American racing driver

Professors

* R. K. Gordon (1887–1973), medieval literature professor at University of Alberta *

Robert Winslow Gordon Robert Winslow Gordon (September 2, 1888 – March 26, 1961) was an American academic, known as a collector of folk songs. Gordon was educated at Harvard University. He joined the English faculty at the University of California at Berkeley in 19 ...

(1888–1961), folklore professor at Berkeley *

Robert Aaron Gordon Robert Aaron Gordon (born Aaron Goldstein; July 26, 1908 – April 7, 1978) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1938 to 1976. In 1975, he served as president of the American E ...

(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) Robert Samuel Clive Gordon, FBA (born 13 March 1966) is a scholar of Italian studies and an academic. Since 2012, he has been Serena Professor of Italian at the University of Cambridge. Career Born on 13 March 1966, Robert Samuel Clive Gordon ...

(born 1966), Italian studies professor at Cambridge

Other

Robert Gordon of Lochinvar Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar (died 1628) was a Scottish landowner, courtier, and promoter of colonies in Nova Scotia. He was a son of John Gordon of Lochinvar and his second wife Elizabeth Maxwell, a daughter of John Maxwell 4th Lord Herries. ...

(died 1628) Scottish landowner and promoter of colonies in Canada *

Robert Gordon of Straloch Robert Gordon of Straloch (14 September 1580 – 18 August 1661) was a Scotland, Scottish cartographer, noted as a poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer, and for his collection of music for the lute. Life The younger son of Sir John Gor ...

(1580–1661), Scottish cartographer *

Robert Gordon (philanthropist) Robert Gordon (1668–1731) was a Scottish merchant and philanthropist. He is most well known for his founding of a charitable hospital which later evolved into a school and then a university in Aberdeen. Biography Early life Robert Gordo ...

(1668–1731), Scottish trader and philanthropist *

Robert Jacob Gordon Colonel Robert Jacob Gordon (29 September 1743 – 25 October 1795) was a Dutch army officer, explorer and naturalist. Early life Robert Jacob Gordon was born in Doesburg, Gelderland on 29 September 1743. He was the son of Major-General Ja ...

(1743–1795), Dutch explorer of South Africa *

Robert Gordon (minister) Robert Gordon FRSE (5 May 1786 – 21 October 1853) was a Scottish minister and author. Originally prominent in the Church of Scotland, and serving as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1841, following the Disruption of 1843 he joined the ...

(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 psychologist *

Robert M. Gordon (psychologist) 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 (sc ...

(born 1947), American psychologist *

Robert L. Gordon III Robert "Rob" L. Gordon III is a cross-sector leader in the government, military, academic, nonprofit and high tech sectors. Gordon was appointed the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy on July 19, 2010, serv ...