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), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, aka the House of Gordon, a Scottish clan

Education

* Gordon State College, 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, New South Wales * Gordon, South Australia * Gordon, Victoria * Gordon River, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia)

Canada

* Gordon Parish, New Brunswick *

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), 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, 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, 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 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 Heights, New York Gordon Heights is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 3,981 at the 2020 census. History Gordon Heights had its beginnings in the early 192 ...

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 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, 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) 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) 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, on the North Shore line * Gordon railway station, Victoria, on the Melbourne - Ballarat line

Other uses

* ''Gordon'' (album), first album by the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies * Duke of Gordon, Scottish and British title * Fairey Gordon, British light bomber of the 1930s and 1940s *

, in Scotland * Gordon Highlanders, infantry regiment * Gordon's Gin, established 1769 * Gordon model, stock valuation model by Myron Gordon * Gordon (printing press) (1821–1878), common model of open-platten printing press * Gordon RFC, 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, 'true' name of the protagonist on the TV series ''ALF'' * Gordon the Big Engine, fictional locomotive from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' series * Gordon Heuckeroth (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