Gordon may refer to:

People

Gordon (given name) Gordon () is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Scottish surname ''Gordon''. It is uncertain if this surname originated from a place name in Scotland or in France. The Gordon in Berwickshire, where the ...

, a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters *

Gordon (surname) Gordon is a surname with numerous origins. The masculine given name ''Gordon (given name), Gordon'' is derived from the surname. Origin of the surname The Scottish surname ''Gordon'' may be derived from several locations.. The webpage cited the f ...

, the surname *

Gordon (slave) Gordon ( 1863), or "Whipped Peter", was an escaped American slave who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive keloid scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. The "scourged back" photo became one of the ...

, escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War *

Clan Gordon Clan Gordon is a Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, historically one of the most powerful Scottish clans. The Gordon lands once spanned a large territory across the Highlands. Presently, Gordon is seated at Aboyne Castle, Aberdeenshire ...

, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan

Education

Gordon State College Gordon State College is a public college in Barnesville, Georgia. A member of the University System of Georgia, Gordon State's spring 2021 enrollment was 2,890 students. The college campus incorporates , which includes academic buildings, resid ...

, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia *

Gordon College (Massachusetts) Gordon College is a private Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts. The college offers 33 majors, 38 concentrations, and 21 interdisciplinary and pre-professional minors as well as graduate programs in education and music education. Gordon ...

, a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts *

Gordon College (Pakistan) Government Gordon College, Rawalpindi is a government college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan that was established as a church school in 1893. The college is named after Andrew Gordon.(Muhammad AsifGordon College Rawalpindi: A victim of flawed policiesP ...

, a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan *

Gordon College (Philippines) Gordon College, also known as Dalubhasaang Gordon in Filipino, is a local government-funded college in Olongapo City, Philippines. It was founded on February 24, 1999, by virtue of City Ordinance No. 9, and is composed of four constituent colle ...

, a public university in Subic, Zambales *

Gordon College of Education Gordon College of Education is a teachers college in Haifa, Israel. History Gordon College was established in Haifa in 1953, merging the Teacher’s Seminary of the Labor Movement with the Teacher’s Seminary of the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa. ...

, a public college in Haifa, Israel

Places

Australia

Gordon, Australian Capital Territory Gordon is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2906. The suburb is named after the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870). It was gazetted on 12 March 1987. Streets are named after sportspersons, an exa ...

Gordon, New South Wales Gordon is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia north-west of the Sydney Central Business District and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. East Go ...

* Gordon, South Australia *

Gordon, Victoria Gordon is a small town in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, named after settler George Gordon. The town is located on the Old Melbourne Road in the Shire of Moorabool Local government in Australia, local government area, west of the sta ...

Gordon River The Gordon River is a major perennial river located in the central highlands, south-west, and western regions of Tasmania, Australia. Course and features The Gordon River rises below Mount Hobhouse in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers Nationa ...

, Tasmania *

Gordon River (Western Australia) The Gordon River is a river in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Location and features The headwaters of the river rise below Three Wells near Broomehill. The river flows in a south-westerly direction parallel with the Great So ...

Canada

Gordon Parish, New Brunswick Gordon is a civil parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Plaster Rock and the local service district of the parish of Gordon, both of which are members of the Western Va ...

Gordon/Barrie Island } The Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island is a township in Manitoulin District in north central Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 2009, upon the amalgamation of the townships of Gordon and Barrie Island. The township consists of the co ...

, municipality in Ontario *

Gordon River (Chochocouane River) The Gordon River is a major perennial river located in the central highlands, south-west, and western regions of Tasmania, Australia. Course and features The Gordon River rises below Mount Hobhouse in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National ...

, a river in Quebec

Scotland

Gordon (district) Gordon was formerly (1975–96) was one of five local government districts in the Grampian region of Scotland. The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from part of the former county of Aberdeenshire, namely: *The b ...

, Aberdeenshire, forming a local government district from 1975 to 1996 *

Gordon, Scottish Borders Gordon is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, within the historic county of Berwickshire. The village sits on the crossroads of the A6105 Earlston to Berwick on Tweed road and the A6089 Edinburgh to Kelso road. It is east of ...

, Berwickshire (now the Scottish Borders council area) *

Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency) Gordon was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It was one of nine constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which ...

, Scotland *

Gordon (UK Parliament constituency) Gordon is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), which elects one member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency first returned a member ...

, Scotland *

Gordon Castle Gordon Castle is located near Fochabers in Moray, Scotland. Historically known as the Bog-of-Gight or Bog o'Gight, it was the principal seat of the dukes of Gordon. Following 18th-century redevelopment, it became one of the largest country hous ...

, Moray

United States

Gordon, Alabama Gordon is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in February 1872. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census the population was 332, down from 408 in 2000. Geography Gordon ...

Gordon, Alaska Gordon (or, in Inupiaq, ''Pattaktuq'', meaning “he/she/it is spanking”, alluding to the pounding of the waves on the shore, as though it is being spanked by someone; also ''Demarcation'') was a former fur trading post in North Slope Borough, ...

Gordon, Florida Gordon is a community in northern Alachua County, Florida. Garth Wilkinson "Wilkie" James established a cotton plantation in Gordon after the Civil War. James was a younger brother of Henry James and William James, and an abolitionist. He served ...

Gordon, Georgia Gordon is a city in Wilkinson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the Town population was 2017 people. History Gordon was founded as a depot on the Central of Georgia Railway. The city was named after William Washington Gor ...

, in Wilkinson County *

Gordon County, Georgia Gordon County is a County (United States), county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 55,186. The county seat is Calhoun, Geor ...

Gordon, Illinois Gordon is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Gordon is located at the junction of Illinois Route 1 and Illinois Route 33, east of Robinson Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictio ...

Gordon, Kansas Gordon is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas, United States. History A post office existed in Gordon from June 30, 1884, to June 30, 1936. Gordon was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Education The commu ...

Gordon, Kentucky Gordon is an unincorporated community located in Letcher County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It b ...

* Gordon, Maryland *

Gordon Township, Minnesota Gordon Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 545 at the 2000 census. Gordon Township was organized in 1869, and named for J. M. Gordon, a county official. Geography According t ...

Gordon, Nebraska Gordon is a city in Sheridan County in the state of Nebraska, in the Great Plains region of the United States. Its population was 1,612 at the 2010 census. History Gordon was incorporated as a village in 1885 when the railroad was extended to t ...

* Gordon Heights, New York *

Gordon, Ohio Gordon is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 212 at the 2010 census. History Gordon was platted in 1849 and named for one of its first settlers. It was located at the intersection of the Dayton and Union and Ohi ...

* Gordon, Pennsylvania *

Gordon, Texas Gordon is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 478 at the 2010 Census. Geography Gordon is located at (32.544121, –98.365978). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , a ...

* Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin * Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin ** Gordon (CDP), Wisconsin, census-designated place in Douglas County

Motor manufacturers

* Gordon (1903–1904) (Gordon Cycle & Motor Company Ltd), British manufacturer of bicycles and motor cars on Seven Sisters Road, London *

Gordon Newey Newey, Newey-Aster, Gordon Newey, Gordon Newey Ltd, G.N.L. (GNL), (1907-1920) was a British automobile manufacturer from Birmingham.Linz, Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.''Georgano: ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automob ...

, ''Newey'', ''Newey-Aster'', ''Gordon Newey Ltd, G.N.L.'' (GNL), (1907–1920), British automobile manufacturer from Birmingham *

Gordon (1912–1916) Gordon, Gordon Armstrong, was a British cyclecar produced in Beverley Yorkshire by 'East-Riding Engineering' from 1912 to 1916. Production was halted by World War I.''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.'' 2008. ''The Beaulieu Encyclopedi ...

, ''Gordon Armstrong'', British cyclecar produced in Beverley Yorkshire by 'East-Riding Engineering' * Gordon England (coachbuilder) 1920s coachbuilding and racing car manufacturer owned by Eric Gordon England *

Gordon (1954–1958) The Gordon, made by Vernons Industries Ltd. based at Bidston, then in Cheshire (now Merseyside), was a British three-wheeled motorcar produced from 1954 until 1958.The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. Edited by G.N. Geor ...

(Vernon Industries), British three wheeled motorcar built at Bidston, Cheshire * Gordon GT (1959), (See Gordon-Keeble) *

Gordon-Keeble Gordon-Keeble was a British car marque, made first in Slough, then Eastleigh, and finally in Southampton (all in England), between 1964 and 1967. The marque's badge was unusual in featuring a tortoise — a pet tortoise walked into the fram ...

(1960–1961; 1964–1967), British car marque, made first in Slough, then Eastleigh, and finally in Southampton

Transportation

Gordon railway station, Sydney Gordon railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Sydney suburb of Gordon. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line and T9 Northern line services. Situated at St Johns Avenue, Go ...

, on the North Shore line *

Gordon railway station, Victoria Gordon is a closed railway station, located in the town of Gordon, on the Melbourne - Ballarat railway line in Victoria, Australia.''Gordon'' (album), first album by the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies *

Duke of Gordon The title Duke of Gordon has been created once in the Peerage of Scotland and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Dukedom, named after the Clan Gordon, was first created for the 4th Marquess of Huntly, who on 3 November 1684 was c ...

, Scottish and British title *

Fairey Gordon The Fairey Gordon was a British light bomber (2-seat day bomber) and utility aircraft of the 1930s. The Gordon was a conventional two-bay fabric-covered metal biplane. It was powered by variants of the Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIa engine. A ...

, British light bomber of the 1930s and 1940s *

, in Scotland *

Gordon Highlanders Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ...

, infantry regiment *

Gordon's Gin Gordon's is a brand of London dry gin first produced in 1769. The top markets for Gordon's are the United Kingdom, the United States and Greece. It is owned by the British spirits company Diageo. It is the world's best-selling London dry gin. G ...

, established 1769 *

Gordon model In finance and investing, the dividend discount model (DDM) is a method of valuing the price of a company's stock based on the fact that its stock is worth the sum of all of its future dividend payments, discounted back to their present value. In ...

, stock valuation model by Myron Gordon * Gordon (printing press) (1821–1878), common model of open-platten printing press *

Gordon RFC Gordon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney. The club, known as the Gordon Highlanders, plays out of Chatswood Oval and competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition. Club information ...

, Sydney rugby union club *

Gordon Riots The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days of rioting in London motivated by anti-Catholic sentiment. They began with a large and orderly protest against the Papists Act 1778, which was intended to reduce official discrimination against British ...

, in 18th-century Britain * Gordon Robinson, character on the long-running children's TV show ''Sesame Street'' *

Gordon Shumway Gordon Shumway, also known as "ALF", is the protagonist and title character of the American television series ''ALF (TV series), ALF'', and its animated spin-offs, ''ALF: The Animated Series'', and ''ALF Tales''. ALF also starred in the poorly re ...

, 'true' name of the protagonist on the TV series ''ALF'' *

Gordon the Big Engine This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Wilbert Awdry, Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid ...

, fictional locomotive from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' series *

Gordon Heuckeroth Cornelis Willem "Gordon" Heuckeroth (; born 6 July 1968), known simply as Gordon, is a Dutch singer and television personality. Internationally, he is best known for his membership of the supergroup the Toppers, which represented the Netherlands ...

(born 1968), Dutch performer and radio and television personality, known professionally by the mononym Gordon * "Gordons" (''Orange Is the New Black''), a 2018 television episode *

Tropical Storm Gordon The name Gordon has been used for ten tropical cyclones worldwide. In the Atlantic Ocean, Gordon has been used five times since 1988, when it replaced the name Gilbert on the list of hurricane names: * Hurricane Gordon (1994) – killed 1,122 in H ...

, name of several Atlantic hurricanes