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 (surname), Gordon''. It is uncertain if this surname originated from a place name in Scotland or in France. The Gordon, Scottis ...

, a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), 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 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. The Chief of the c ...

, 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), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts * Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan * Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales * Gordon College of Education, 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. Ea ...

* Gordon, South Australia *

Gordon, Victoria Gordon is a small town in Victoria, Australia, named after settler George Gordon. The town is located on the Old Melbourne Road in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Gordon had a popul ...

* Gordon River, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia)

Canada

* Gordon Parish, New Brunswick * Gordon/Barrie Island, 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 Nati ...

, 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 bu ...

, Aberdeenshire, forming a local government district from 1975 to 1996 * Gordon, Scottish Borders, 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, whic ...

, 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 hou ...

, 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 Go ...

, in Wilkinson County *

Gordon County, Georgia Gordon County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,186. The county seat is Calhoun. Gordon County comprises the Calhoun, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, whic ...

Gordon, Illinois Gordon is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois, United States. Gordon is located at the junction of Illinois Route 1 Illinois Route 1 (IL 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Illinois. Running parallel to the ...

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, Maryland Gordon is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; ...

* Gordon Township, Minnesota * Gordon, Nebraska * 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 Oh ...

Gordon, Pennsylvania Gordon is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 765 at the 2020 census. Geography Gordon is located at (40.750943, -76.339447). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area ...

* Gordon, Texas *

Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin Gordon is a town in Ashland County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 283 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated communities of Clam Lake and Morse are located in the town. History The town was named after Antoine Gordon, who was ...

Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin Gordon is a town in Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 645 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Gordon is located in the town. It was historically known as "Amick" (''Amik''), meaning beaver, indicating the ...

Gordon (CDP), Wisconsin Gordon is an unincorporated area, unincorporated, census-designated place; located in the town of Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin, Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. History A post office called Gordon w ...

, census-designated place in Douglas County

Motor manufacturers

Gordon (1903–1904) Gordon, Gordon Cycle & Motor Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of bicycles and motor cars in 1903 and 1904. It was established on the Seven Sisters Road, north London. History Gordon Cycle & Motor Company was established on the Seven Sisters ...

(Gordon Cycle & Motor Company Ltd), British manufacturer of bicycles and motor cars on Seven Sisters Road, London * Gordon Newey, ''Newey'', ''Newey-Aster'', ''Gordon Newey Ltd, G.N.L.'' (GNL), (1907–1920), British automobile manufacturer from Birmingham * Gordon (1912–1916), ''Gordon Armstrong'', British cyclecar produced in Beverley Yorkshire by 'East-Riding Engineering' *

Gordon England (coachbuilder) Gordon England was a British coachbuilding company based in Putney, South West London and later in the Palace of Industry, Wembley, North London with a showroom at 28 South Molton Street, Mayfair, London W1. Gordon England E. C. Gordon Englan ...

1920s coachbuilding and racing car manufacturer owned by Eric Gordon England * Gordon (1954–1958) (Vernon Industries), British three wheeled motorcar built at Bidston, Cheshire * Gordon GT (1959), (See Gordon-Keeble) * Gordon-Keeble (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, ...

, 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.

, on the Melbourne - Ballarat line

Other uses

* ''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 ...

, Scottish and British title * Fairey Gordon, 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 Gordo ...

, 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 The New South Wales Rugby Un ...

, 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 Britis ...

, in 18th-century Britain * Gordon Robinson, character on the long-running children's TV show ''Sesame Street'' * Gordon Shumway, '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 Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...

, 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, name of several Atlantic hurricanes