Gordon may refer to any of the following:
People
Gordon is a traditional Scottish clan name (see Clan Gordon) and it is now a common given name and a less common surname. It is thought to be Celtic for "great hill" from the Celtic words "gor" which means "great" and "dun" which means "hill".
It is also a fairly common surname of some Eastern European Jews (Template:Lang-he Russian: Гордон); its origin in this usage means "a person or pedigree from Grodno". Variations are Gordin, Gordan, Grodner, etc.
As a surname
This page lists people with the surname Gordon.
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- Aharon David Gordon (Aaron David Gordon)
- Ben Gordon, American basketball player
- Charles George Gordon, British General known as "Chinese Gordon" and "Gordon of Khartoum"
- Charles Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, a Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Elye Gordon, Soviet Yiddish writer.
- Jacob Gordon, see Jacob Gordin
- Jay Gordon, musician
- Jeff Gordon, American NASCAR driver
- Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager
- John Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Karl Gordon, British DJ and producer
- Marina Gordon - an Sovier Yiddish singer.
- Michael Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Mikalah Gordon, (b. 1988), American Idol 4 contestant
- Mikhl Gordon - Jewish folklorist and songwriter.
- Robby Gordon, NASCAR driver
- Ruth Gordon
- Shmuel Gordon (1908-1998) an Soviet Yiddish writer.
- Shmuel Leib Gordon, (1865-1933) an Jewish educator, poet and Bible translator.
- Stuart Gordon, an American director
- Tom Gordon (b. 1967), an American baseball pitcher
- Willy Gordon, Swedish sculptor
- Yehuda Leib Gordon, (1830-1892) - an Jewish writer and educator.
Nobility
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess and 6th Earl of Huntly
As a given name
- Gordon Bennett, any of one of five prominent people; also a common British English expression or exclamation
- Gordon Brown, British Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Gordon Brown (rugby player)
- Gordon Gano, lead singer of the Violent Femmes
- Gordon Gould (July 17, 1920 – September 16, 2005), American physicist and credited inventor of the laser.
- Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Gordon Howe, Detroit Red Wings right wing.
- Gordon Jackson (actor) (1923–1990)
- G. Gordon Liddy, Talk show host, and chief operative for President Richard Nixon's White House Plumbers unit.
- Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk singer
- Gordon Solie, Professional Wrestling announcer
- Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting
- Gordon Wu, Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
Fictional characters
- Flash Gordon, the lead character of a comic book series by the same name, and the movie and cartoon series based on it.
- Gordon, a foot in rocko's modern life.
- Commissioner Gordon, the commissioner of Gotham City in Batman
- Barbara Gordon, the first Batgirl, now the information broker known as Oracle.
- Gordon, artist name for Cornelis Willem Gordon Heuckeroth, Dutch singer and television presentor
- Gordon the Big Engine is engine number 4 in the Thomas the Tank Engine series
- Gordon Freeman, the main character in the Half Life series.
- Gordon Robinson, from the popular children's educational television program Sesame Street
- Gordon Shumway (aka Alf Tanner), an alien from Melmak, the title character of the sitcom ALF
- Gordon, the pet devil of Ackman in Akira Toriyama's manga series Go Go Ackman and its video game adaptation
- Gordon, the first archer to appear in the series Fire Emblem.
- Gordon Deitrich, a character in the film V for Venedetta.
- Gordon Tracey, a character in the TV series 'Thunderbirds'
Places
Scotland
- Gordon, Village in Berwickshire, where the House of Gordon originated
- Gordonstoun, a private school in Moray
- Gordon, Scotland, a local government district from 1975 to 1996
- Gordon (UK Parliament constituency), a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons
- Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency), a constituency of the Scottish Parliament
- Presbytery of Gordon, one of the Church of Scotland presbyteries, an administrative district
Australia
- Gordon, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
- Gordon, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
- Gordon, Victoria, a rural town
- Gordon River, a major river of Tasmania
United States
Other uses
- Gordon, the first album by the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies
- Gordon's Gin
- Hurricane Gordon, an Atlantic hurricane name which was used in 1994, 2000, and 2006.
- The Gordon Highlanders, a former regiment of the British Army
- Gordon model, a stock valuation model by Myron Gordon
- Gordon Quid, the character from Catscratch.
See also
External links
- http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/rje_g.htm
- http://www.thegordondnaproject.com
- http://www.gordonquest.com
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