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Gordon may refer to any of the following:
[edit] 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 (Hebrew: גורדון Russian: Гордон); its origin in this usage means "a person or pedigree from Grodno". Variations are Gordin, Gordan, Grodner, etc.
[edit] As a surname
- Aharon David Gordon (Aaron David Gordon)
- Ben Gordon, American basketball player
- Charles George Gordon, British General known as "Chinese Gordon" and "Gordon of Khartoom"
- Charles Gordon (disambiguation page)
- Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, a Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Elye Gordon Soviet Yiddish writer.
- Jacob Gordon, see Jacob Gordin
- Jay Gordon, musican
- Jeff Gordon, NASCAR driver
- 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
- 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
- Yehuda Leib Gordon, (1830-1892) - an Jewish writer and educator.
[edit] Nobility
[edit] 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)
- Gordon Solie, Professional Wrestling announcer
- Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting
- Gordon Wu, Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Places
[edit] Scotland
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[edit] 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
- Gordonsville, Virginia
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