Robert A. Gordon (1932–) is a retired sociologist who taught at John Hopkins University from 1963 to 2005. Gordon’s ex-wife, Linda S. Gottfredson (1947–), who for many years was the only woman to receive funds from the Pioneer Fund, is a professor of educational psychology at the University of Delaware and co-director, with Gordon, of the Delaware-Johns Hopkins Project for the Study of Intelligence and Society.

