Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon may refer to:

Politics

• Robert Gordon (diplomat) (1791–1847), British diplomat
• Robert B. Gordon (1855–1923), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Robert James Dugu Gordon, Nevisian parliamentarian
• Robert M. Gordon (born 1950), New Jersey state senator
• Robert Gordon (MP) (1786–1864), British Member of Parliament for Windsor and Cricklade

Sport

• Robert Gordon (rower) (1830–1914), English rower and clergyman
• Robert Gordon (footballer) (c. 1917–1940), British footballer and soldier
• Robert Gordon (gridiron football) (born 1968), American Canadian football player

Military

• Robert Gordon (RAF officer) (1882–1954), British officer
• Robert Gordon (British Army officer) (born 1950), British general
• Robert MacIntyre Gordon (1899–1990), Scottish World War I flying ace

Culture

• Robert Gordon (director) (1913–1990), American director
• Robert Gordon (musician) (born 1947), American rockabilly singer
• Robert Gordon (screenwriter), American screenwriter
• Robert Winslow Gordon (1888–1961), American folklorist
• Robert Gordon (actor) (1895–1971), silent film actor

Others

• Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet (1580–1656), Scottish courtier and historian
• Sir Robert Gordon, 3rd Baronet (1647–1704), Scottish courtier and politician
• Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580–1661), Scottish cartographer
• Robert Gordon (philanthropist) (1668–1731), Scottish trader and philanthropist, namesake of the college and university
• Robert Gordon (minister) (1786–1853), prominent Free Church of Scotland minister at the Disruption of 1843
• Robert Gordon (psychologist) (born 1944), American psychologist and attorney
• Robert A. Gordon (born 1932), American sociologist
• Robert Jacob Gordon (1743–1795), Dutch explorer of South Africa
• Robert J. Gordon (born 1940), economist
• Robert J. Gordon (lawyer), American trial lawyer
• Robert Gordon (Regius Professor of Hebrew) (born 1945), Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge
• R. K. Gordon (1887–1973), English scholar of medieval and early modern English literature
• Robert L. Gordon III (born 1957), American business executive

Characters

• Rob Gordon, lead character in the film version of Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity

See also

• Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Robert Gordon's College, also in Aberdeen
• Roberts-Gordon LLC, HVAC manufacturer
• Bob Gordon (disambiguation)
• Robby Gordon (born 1969), American racing driver