Jordan (disambiguation)

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The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Hebrew Yarden, meaning "one which descends", through the Latin Jordanus. In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in French Jourdain, and in Catalan Jordà.

1 Places
2 Only Name
3 First Name
4 Last Name
5 Other

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Places

Jordan, a country in the Middle East
Jordan River, a river in the Middle East
Jordan River, New Zealand, a river in New Zealand
River Jordan, Cornwall, a small river flowing through Boscastle in Cornwall, England
Jordan, Hong Kong, a road and area in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Several places in the United States:
Jordan, Guimaras, a municipality in the Philippines
Jordaan, a district of the city of Amsterdam

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Only Name

Jordan, first bishop of Poland
Jordan I of Capua, prince of Capua (1078-1091)
Jordan II of Capua, prince of Capua (1120-1127)
Jordan of Ariano (d.1127), Norman count
Jordan of Hauteville (d.1092), count of Syracuse
Jordan of Saxony (d.1237), Dominican master general
Jordan, Bishop of Warmia (1327-1328)
Jordan, the stage name of a British glamour model (real name Katie Price)

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First Name

Jordan Catalani (d.1330), Dominican missionary and explorer
Jordan Kerner, film producer
Jordan Nemorarius (b.1237), German scientist
Jordan Pierleoni, leader of the Commune of Rome (1143-1145)

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Last Name

Alexis Jordan (1814-1897), French botanist
Alfonso-Jordan (d.1148), count of Toulouse and Tripoli
David Starr Jordan (1851-1931), US biologist
Eddie Jordan, Irish millionaire and owner of a Formula One team (see below)
Hamilton Jordan, advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter
Louis Jordan (1908-1975), African-American musician and songwriter
Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (1838-1922), French mathematician
Michael Jordan, American basketball player, or Air Jordan his clothing line
Neil Jordan, Irish film director
Pascual Jordan, German physicist
Robert Jordan, U.S. fantasy author (The Wheel of Time)
Robert Jordan, U.S. lawyer and former diplomat
Ronny Jordan, British musician
Wilhelm Jordan, German geodesist (best known for the Gauss-Jordan elimination method)
William-Jordan (d.1109), count of Cerdagne and Tripoli