Gordon 397789 226097610 2008-07-16T20:31:01Z 163.206.195.18 {{wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} '''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 {{disambig}} [[Category:Scottish given names]] [[Category:Scottish surnames]] [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Jewish surnames]] [[de:Gordon]] [[es:Gordon]] [[fr:Gordon]] [[it:Gordon]] [[he:גורדון]] [[nl:Gordon]] [[ja:ゴードン]] [[pl:Gordon]] [[ru:Гордон (значения)]] [[sv:Gordon]] [[vo:Gordon]] [[zh:戈登]]