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'''Gordon''' may refer to any of the following:
==People==
'''''Gordon''''' is a traditional [[Scotland|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]] ({{lang-he|גורדון}} {{lang-ru|Гордон}}); its origin in this usage may derive from [[Grodno]].
===As a surname===
*[[Adoniram Judson Gordon]], pastor in Boston, Massachusetts, and founder of Gordon College
*[[A. D. Gordon]] (Aaron David Gordon)
*[[Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon]], former Bishop of Portsmouth
*[[Bart Gordon]], American congressman
*[[Ben Gordon]], American basketball player
*[[Charles George Gordon]], British general known as "Chinese Gordon" and "Gordon of Khartoum"
*[[Charles Gordon]] (disambiguation)
*Rabbi [[Eliezer Gordon]], a Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
*[[Elye Gordon]], Soviet Yiddish writer
*[[Gavin Gordon]], English footballer
*[[George William Gordon]], Jamaican religious leader and revolutionary
*[[Jay Gordon]], musician
*[[Jeff Gordon]], American NASCAR driver
*[[Joe Gordon]], American baseball player and manager
*[[John Gordon]] (disambiguation)
*[[Judah Leib Gordon]], Hebrew poet
*[[Juliette Gordon Low]], Founder of the Girl Scouts of America
*[[Karl Gordon]], British DJ and producer
*[[Kim Gordon]], American musician, member of Sonic Youth
*[[Marjory Gordon]], American nurse
*[[M. G. Gordon]], American businessman, inventor and social theorist
*[[Michael Gordon]] (disambiguation)
*[[Mikalah Gordon]], (b. 1988), ''American Idol 4'' contestant
*[[Noah Gordon]], (b. 1926), American novelist
*[[Paige Gordon]] (b. 1973), Canadian diver
*[[Patrick Gordon]] (1635 – 1699) general of the Imperial Russian army, of Scottish origin.
*[[Richard F. Gordon, Jr.]] (b. 1929), American astronaut
*[[Robby Gordon]], NASCAR driver
*[[Sue Gordon]], magistrate
*[[Stuart Gordon]], American director
*[[Thomas Gordon (psychologist)]], an American psychologist
*[[Tom Gordon]] (b. 1967), American baseball pitcher
*[[Wayne Gordon]] (b. 1963), Canadian boxer
*[[Willy Gordon]], Swedish sculptor
===Nobility===
*[[Duke of Gordon]], created once in the Peerage of Scotland, and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
*[[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 (in Surname order)===
* [[Gordon Allport]], an American psychologist
* [[Gordon Banks]], an English football player
* [[Gordon Brew]], Canadian Designer
* [[Gordon Brown]], a Scottish politician, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* [[Gordon Campbell]] (disambiguation)
* [[Gordon Cooper]], an American astronaut
* [[Gordon R. Dickson]], an American science fiction author
* [[Gordon Frickers]], an English marine, aviation and landscape artist
* [[Gordon Getty]], the fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty
* [[Gordon Gould]], an American physicist
* [[Gordon Heuckeroth|Cornelis Willem Gordon Heuckeroth]], better known under his artist name ''Gordon'', a Dutch singer and radio- and television presentor.
* [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], the 15th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* [[G. Gordon Liddy]], jointly organised the first break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate scandal
* [[Gordon Lightfoot]], a Canadian singer and songwriter
* [[Gordon Lish]], an American writer
* [[Gordon Matta-Clark]], an American artist
* [[Gordon Moore]], an American businessman
* [[Gordon Murray]], a South African designer of Formula One race cars
* [[Gordon Parks]], an American photographer and film director
* [[Gordon Pask]], an English cybernetician and psychologist
* [[Gordon Ramsay]], a Scottish celebrity chef
* [[Gordon Slethaug]], an American Professor of English.
* [[Gordon Smiley]], an auto racer, died in an accident in 1982.
* [[Gordon Smith (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gordon Strachan]], a Scottish football player and manager
* ''Gordon Sumner'', the given name of pop singer and The Police frontman [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
* [[R. Gordon Wasson]], an American psychedelic writer
==Fictional characters==
*[[Commissioner Gordon]], the commissioner of Gotham City in ''Batman''
*''[[Flash Gordon]]'', the lead character of the [[Alex Raymond]] comic strip of the same name, and the movie, television, and comic books based on the comic strip.
*Gordon, a foot in ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''
*Gordon, the first archer to appear in the series ''[[Fire Emblem]]''
*[[Gordon the Gopher]], a puppet character from various British children's TV programmes
*Gordon, the pet devil of Ackman in Akira Toriyama's manga series ''[[Go Go Ackman]]'' and its video game adaptation
*[[Gordon the Big Engine]], a fictional anthropomorphic tender locomotive in ''The Railway Series'' books by Rev. W. Awdry
**[[Gordon the Big Engine]], engine number 4 in the ''Thomas the Tank Engine'' series
*[[Barbara Gordon]], the first Batgirl, now the information broker known as Oracle
*[[David Gordon]] in ''Lizzie McGuire''
*Gordon Deitrich, a character in [[V for Vendetta (film)|''V for Vendetta'' (film)]]
*[[Gordon Freeman]], the main character in the ''Half Life'' series
*[[Gordon Quid]], the character from ''Catscratch''
*[[Gordon Robinson]], from the popular children's educational television program ''Sesame Street''
*Gordon Shumway (aka Alf Tanner), an alien from Melmak, and the title character of the sitcom [[ALF (TV series)|''ALF'' (TV series)]]
*[[Gordon Tracy]], fictional character from ''Thunderbirds''
*[[Gordon Walker (Supernatural)|Gordon Walker]], a hunter in the television series ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''
*[[Lawrence Gordon]], the fictional character in the first of the Saw franchise
*[[Tony Gordon]]
==Places==
===Australia===
*[[Gordon, Australian Capital Territory]], a suburb of Canberra
*[[Gordon, New South Wales]], a suburb of Sydney
*[[Gordon, Victoria]], a rural town
*[[Gordon River]], a major river of Tasmania
===Scotland===
*[[Gordon (district)]], an area of Aberdeenshire, forming a local government district from 1975 to 1996
*[[Gordon, Scottish Borders]], village in Berwickshire, where the Clan Gordon originated
*[[Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)]], a constituency of the Scottish Parliament
*[[Gordon (UK Parliament constituency)]], a constituency of the House of Commons
*''Gordon'', a presbytery of the Church of Scotland, see [[List of Church of Scotland synods and presbyteries]]
*[[Gordon Castle]], Moray
===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 Heights, New York]]
*[[Gordon Township, Minnesota]]
==Unit of Measure==
'''Gordon''' (Unit: Gd) The degree of rotation of a reinforced carbon carbon (RCC) tee seal on the leading edge of the space shuttle.
==Other uses==
* [[Gordon (album)|''Gordon'' (album)]], the first album by the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies
* [[Gordon College (Georgia)]], a state-run public school in Barnesville, Georgia
* [[Gordon College (Massachusetts)]], a private Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Massachusetts
* [[Gordon College (Rawalpindi)]], a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
* [[Gordon model]], a stock valuation model by [[Myron Gordon]]
* [[Hurricane Gordon (disambiguation)]], an Atlantic hurricane name:
**[[Hurricane Gordon (1994)]], which killed between 800-2200 people across the Caribbean as a Tropical Storm
**[[Hurricane Gordon (2000)]]
**[[Hurricane Gordon (2006)]]
* [[The Gordon Highlanders]], a former regiment of the British Army
==See also==
*[[Gordon Riots]], London, 1780
*[[Gordon Setter]], a breed of dog
*[[Gordon's Gin]]
*[[Gordonstoun]], a private school in Moray, Scotland
*[[Gordonsville, Virginia]]
*[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]
*[[Klein-Gordon equation]], used to describe spinless particles
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