Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon may refer to:

## Entertainment

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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

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