James or Jim Gordon may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

James Gordon (actor) James Gordon (April 23, 1871 – May 12, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1911 and 1935. He also directed 4 films between 1913 and 1915, including the 1915 film ''The New Adventures of J. ...

(1871–1941), American actor *

Jim Gordon (sportscaster) Jim Gordon (February 15, 1927 – February 16, 2003) was an American television and radio newscaster and play-by-play sportscaster in the New York City area for nearly 40 years. He delivered the first newscast for New York's WINS radio when it ...

(1927–2003), American sportscaster * James Alexander Gordon (1936–2014), British radio presenter *

Jim Gordon (musician) James Beck Gordon (born July 14, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, and convicted felon. Gordon was a popular session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and was the drummer in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos. In 198 ...

(1945–2023), American rock drummer *

James Gordon (Canadian musician) James Gordon is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known as a founding member of Tamarack. He has also released more than 20 solo albums. Musical career As a prolific songwriter, James Gordon is known for such diverse songs as " Sweaters for Pen ...

(born 1955), Canadian singer-songwriter * James Gordon (journalist), British broadcast journalist and radio presenter * Jim Gordon (bassist), bassist on

Sordid Humor Sordid Humor was an American rock music band, formed in 1987 by the duo of Tom Barnes and Jim Gordon. The duo received help from drummers Ken Gregg, Chris Pedersen, and Toby Hawkins, and bassists Tony Fader, David Immergluck and Marty Jones. Bar ...

* Jim Gordon (jazz musician), on ''

Home Plate A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...

Military

* James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne (1620–1649), Scottish royalist commander in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms *

James Willoughby Gordon General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Baronet (21 October 1772 – 4 January 1851) was a general officer in the British Army. He notably served as most long-standing Quartermaster-General to the Forces, holding the position for some 40 years. ...

(1772–1851), British Army general and long-serving Quartermaster-General to the Forces * James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) (1782–1869), British admiral * James Gordon (British Army officer, died 1783), British Army officer who fought in the American War of Independence * James B. Gordon (1822–1864), Confederate general * James Gordon (Australian soldier) (1909–1986), awarded the Victoria Cross in 1941 * James Gordon (British Army officer, born 1957), British Army general

Politics and law

James Gordon (New York politician) James Gordon (October 31, 1739 – January 17, 1810) was an Irish-born American merchant, soldier, and politician. He was born in Killead, County Antrim, Ireland, and left in 1758, settling in Schenectady, New York. From that base and from ...

(1739–1810), American Indian trader, U.S. Congressman * James Gordon (MP) (c. 1758–1822), Member of Parliament for Stockbridge, Truro, Clitheroe and Tregony * James Gordon (Upper Canada politician) (1786–1865), Upper Canada political figure *

James Wright Gordon James Wright Gordon (1809 – December 1853), usually referred to as J. Wright Gordon, was a Whig politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Life and politics in Michigan Gordon was born in Plainfield, Connecticut and studied law at Harv ...

(J. Wright Gordon, 1809–1853), Whig politician from Michigan * James Lindsay Gordon (1813–1877) attorney and member of the Virginia House of Delegates *

James Gordon (Mississippi politician) James Gordon (December 6, 1833November 28, 1912) was an American planter, writer, former Confederate officer and politician from Okolona, Mississippi. He was a United States senator for eight weeks, from December 27, 1909 to February 22, 1910. ...

(1833–1912), American planter, U.S. Senator * James Gordon (Australian politician) (1845–1914), New South Wales politician * James L. Gordon (1917–1967), American-Filipino politician * James Fleming Gordon (1918–1990), U.S. federal judge * James Lindsay Gordon (attorney) (1858–1904), American attorney and Virginia state senator, nephew of James Lindsay Gordon * James Thomas Gordon (1859–1919), Canadian politician, Manitoba *

Jim Gordon (politician) James K. Gordon (born March 6, 1937) is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1976 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2003, and as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the provincial electoral district of Sudbury from 198 ...

(born 1937), Canadian politician *

James Gordon (New Brunswick politician) James Kenneth Gordon (born March 10, 1949) is a Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or ci ...

(born 1949), Canadian former politician * James D. Gordon III (born 1954), American legal academic

Religion

* James Gordon (Jesuit) (1541–1620), Scottish Jesuit *

James Gordon (vicar apostolic) James Gordon (1665–1746) was a Bishop (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic for the whole of Scotland from 1718 to 1727, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Lowland District, Lowland D ...

(1665–1746), Vicar Apostolic of Scotland * James Bentley Gordon (1750–1819), Irish clergyman and historian * James Frederick Skinner Gordon (1821–1904), Scottish antiquary and Episcopal church minister *

James Gordon (missionary) James Douglas Gordon (1832 – 7 March 1872) was a Scottish-Canadian missionary to the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Gordon was born in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, the younger brother of George N. Gordon. James followed his brother to Erromango ...

(1832–1872), Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides * James Henry Hamilton-Gordon (1845–1868), prospective missionary, son of

George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (28 September 1816 – 22 March 1864), styled Lord Haddo before 1860, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician. Early life Lord Haddo was born at Bentley Priory in Hertfordshire ...

James Gordon (bishop of Jarrow) James Geoffrey Gordon (11 December 1881 – 28 August 1938) was a priest and bishop in the Church of England. Life James Gordon was the son of J. E. H. Gordon, an early electrical engineer and Alice Mary Gordon (née Brandreth) later Lady Dan ...

(1881–1938), Bishop of Jarrow in the Church of England

Other people

* James Gordon (botanist) (1708–1780), gardener, nurseryman and seed merchant *

James Davidson Gordon Sir James Davidson Gordon (1835–1889) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Chief Commissioner to Mysore and Coorg from 1878 to 1881 and as the Chief Commissioner of Coorg up to 1883. He is credited with having intr ...

(1835–1889), British civil servant and administrator *

James Edward Henry Gordon James Edward Henry Gordon (26 June 1852 – 3 February 1893) was a British electrical engineer, the son of James Alexander Gordon (1793-1872). He took his B.A. at Caius College, Cambridge in 1876. Gordon designed large electrical machines, such ...

(1852–1893), British engineer *

James Riely Gordon James Riely Gordon (August 2, 1863 – March 16, 1937) was an architect who practiced in San Antonio until 1902 and then in New York City, where he gained national recognition. J. Riely Gordon is best known for his landmark county courthouses, ...

(1863–1937), American architect * James Gordon (athlete) (1908–1997), American Olympic sprinter *

J. E. Gordon James Edward Gordon (UK, 1913–1998) was one of the founders of materials science and biomechanics, and a well-known author of three books on structures and materials, which have been translated in many languages and are still widely used in scho ...

(James Edward Gordon, 1913–1998), British professor of materials science and biomechanics * James P. Gordon (1928–2013), American physicist and engineer * James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane (1936–2020), Scottish businessman * James Gordon (American football) (born 1991), American football player * James Samuel Gordon, American author and psychiatrist

Fictional people

James Gordon (character) James W. "Jim" Gordon, Sr. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane as an ally of Batman, the character debute ...

, fictional police commissioner of Gotham City in ''Batman'' comics * James Gordon Jr., a fictional supervillain in DC Comics and an enemy of Batman *

James Gordon (Gotham) James "Jim" Gordon is a fictional character who serves as the main protagonist of the Warner Bros. and DC Comics television series '' Gotham'', portrayed by Ben McKenzie. He is also based on a character of the same name created by Bill Fin ...