Gordon

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Contents 1 People 1.1 As a surname 1.2 Nobility 1.3 As a given name 2 Fictional characters 3 Places 3.1 Scotland 3.2 Australia 3.3 United States 4 Other uses

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".

As a surname

• Aharon David Gordon (Aaron David Gordon)
• Charles Gordon (disambiguation page)
• 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

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 B. Hinckley, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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.

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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