Robert Julius Myers (October 31, 1912 – February 13, 2010) was an American actuary who co-created the American Social Security program.^[1] He also set the retirement age in the United States at 65 years old.^[1]

Myers was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on October 31, 1912, to parents, Laurence B. Myers and Edith Hirsh Myers.^[1] He received his bachelor's degree from Lehigh University.^[1] In 1963 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.^[2]

Myers died from respiratory failure at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the age of 97.^[1]