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 thro ...

(1913–1990), American director * Robert Gordon (singer) (1947–2022), American rockabilly singer *

Robert Gordon (screenwriter) Robert Gordon is an American screenwriter and film producer. His writing credits consist of '' Addicted to Love'' (1997), ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), ''Men in Black II'' (2002), and ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (2004). He also ...

, American screenwriter *

Robert Gordon (writer and filmmaker) Robert Gordon is a Grammy Award-winning 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 Robe ...

, American author and director * Robert Gordon, British record producer, member of the Forgemasters

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 fourth ...

(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 House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. Gordon was the eldest son of Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet of Gordonstown and his second wife Elizabeth Dunb ...

(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 educ ...

(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 Robert Bryarly Gordon (August 6, 1855 – January 3, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1899 to 1903. Biography Born at St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, Gordon attended the public schools. He served as Postmas ...

(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) 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 tuberculo ...

(1917–1940), British footballer and soldier *

Robert Gordon (gridiron football) Robert Gordon (born July 9, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for thirteen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), six of those for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was a CFL Eastern All Star i ...

(born 1968), American football player *

Robert Gordon (Scottish footballer) Robert 'Bob' Gordon was a Scottish football player, who played for Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde ...

, 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 Rugby union positions#Back row, loose forward, where he could play either blind side flanker or No. 8. Gordon represented Otago Rugby Football Union, Otago ...

(born 1975), New Zealand rugby player *

Rob Gordon (curler) Robbie "Rob" Gordon (born November 28, 1995) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He currently plays lead on Team Braden Calvert. Career Gordon joined the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships winning rink of Matt Dunstone for the ...

, Canadian curler *

Robb Gordon Robb Gordon (born January 13, 1976) 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 1994 NHL Entry Draft, he played four games for th ...

, Canadian hockey player *

Robby Gordon Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, IMSA, IROC and the Dakar Rally. He is active in top-tier off road motorsports such as BITD, NO ...

(born 1969), American racing driver

Professors

R. K. Gordon Robert Kay Gordon (1887–1973) was an English scholar of medieval and early modern English literature and administrator at the University of Alberta in Canada. In 1913, having graduated from the Universities of University of Toronto and Oxford ...

(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 Robert James Gordon is an American economist. He is the Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. Gordon is one of the world’s leading experts on inflation, unemployment, and long-term economic growth. His ...

(born 1940), economics professor at Northwestern *

Robert P. Gordon Robert Patterson Gordon (born 9 November 1945) is a British scholar who was the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1995 to 2012. Early life Gordon was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied at Methodist Colle ...

(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. H ...

(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 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 Gordon of Pit ...

(1580–1661), Scottish cartographer *

Robert Gordon (philanthropist) Robert Gordon (1668–1731) was a 17th-century merchant and philanthropist. Biography Early life Robert Gordon was born in Aberdeen. He was the only son of Arthur Gordon who married Isabella Menzies of Balgownie. When Arthur Gordon, a wel ...

(1668–1731), Scottish trader and philanthropist *

Robert Jacob Gordon Robert Jacob Gordon (29 September 1743, in Doesburg, Gelderland – 25 October 1795, in Cape Town) was a Dutch explorer, soldier, artist, naturalist and linguist of Scottish descent. Life Robert Jacob Gordon was the son of Maj. General Jacob ...

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

Robert Gordon (minister) Robert Gordon FRSE (5 May 1786 – 21 October 1853) was a Scottish people, Scottish Minister of religion, minister and author. Originally prominent in the Church of Scotland, and serving as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1841, followin ...