Gordon
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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 found as the surname of some Eastern European Jews; its origin in this usage is unclear.As a surname
- Charles George Gordon
- Aharon David Gordon (Aaron David Gordon)
- Ben Gordon, American basketball player
- Charles Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, a Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Jacob Gordon, see Jacob Gordin
- Jeff Gordon, NASCAR driver
- John Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Michael Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Robby Gordon, NASCAR driver
- Stuart Gordon, an American director
- Tom Gordon (b. 1967), an American baseball pitcher
- Jay Gordon, musican
- Mikalah Gordon, (b. 1988), American Idol 4 contestant
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 Brannon, President of the Parkour club of Milo Academy.
- Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Gordon Jackson (actor) (1923–1990)
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.
- Commissioner Gordon, the commissioner of Gotham City in Batman
- Barbara Gordon, the first Batgirl, now the information broker known as Oracle.
- 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.
Places
Scotland
- Gordonstoun, a city within the Grampian region of Scotland, west of Aberdeen
- 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
- Gordon, Alabama
- Gordon, Georgia
- Gordon, Nebraska
- Gordon, Ohio
- Gordon, Pennsylvania
- Gordon, Texas
- Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin
- Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin
- Gordon County, Georgia
- Gordon Township, Minnesota
- Gordon Heights, New York
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 and 2000.
- The Gordon Highlanders, a former regiment of the British Army
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