Gordon Cooper
- Born
- 6 March 1927 (77 years old)
- Died
- 4 October 2004
- Place of birth
- Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
- Gender
- Male
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
