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'' Gordy'' is a 1995 American family comedy-drama film. Gordy or Gordie may also refer to:


People with the given name or nickname

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Gordie Byers Gordon Charles "Gord" Byers (March 11, 1930 – November 2, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Byers played most of his career in the minor leagues. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins duri ...
(1930–2001), Canadian ice hockey player * Gordy Brown, American football player * Gordy Ceresino (born 1957), American football player * Gordie Clark (born 1952), Scottish ice hockey player * Gordy Coleman (1934–1994), American baseball player *
Gordy Combs Gordy Combs (born April 3, 1950) is a former American football coach. He was the head coach of the Towson Tigers football team from 1992 through 2008. He had spent 19 seasons as an assistant coach to Phil Albert at Towson before taking over when A ...
(born 1950), American football coach *
Gordie Drillon Gordon Arthur Drillon (October 23, 1913 – September 23, 1986) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. From 1936 through to 1942 he was part of one of the NHL's most prolific scoring lines as a member o ...
(1913–1986), Canadian ice hockey player * Gordie Dwyer (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Gordy Foreman, Australian drummer *
Gordie Gillespie Gordie Gillespie (April 14, 1926 – February 28, 2015) was an American baseball, football and basketball coach. He was a head baseball coach for 58 years at Lewis University, Ripon College, and the University of St. Francis. With a career co ...
(1926–2015), American baseball, football and basketball coach *
Gordy Giovanelli Gordon Stephen "Gus" Giovanelli (born April 11, 1925) is an American former rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He rowed for the University of Washington and in 1948 he was the bowman of the American boat which won the gold medal in ...
(born 1925), American rower * Gary Gordon (1960–1993), United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor *
Gordie Gosse Gordon Leonard Gosse Jr. (August 22, 1955 – November 14, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Cape Breton Nova and Sydney-Whitney Pier in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2015. He was a membe ...
(1955–2019), Canadian politician * Gordy Gurson (born 1992), American soccer player * Gordie Hall (born 1935), American water polo player *
Gordie C. Hanna Gordie C. Hanna (July 1, 1903 – December 23, 1993, known as "Jack" Hanna) was a University of California-Davis agronomy professor who helped revolutionize the tomato-growing industry. He won the John Scott Award in 1976 for his development of a to ...
(1903–1993), American agronomist *
Gordy Hoffman Gordon Richard Hoffman (born ) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the older brother of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Biography Early life His mother, Marilyn O'Connor (née Loucks), a native of Waterloo, New York, is a family ...
(born 1964), American screenwriter * Gordie Howe (1928–2016), Canadian ice hockey player * Gordie Ion, Canadian soccer player * Gordie Johnson (born 1964), Canadian musician *
Gordon Johnson (musician) Gordon "Gordy" Johnson, (born 1952) is an American double bassist and bass guitarist who has toured and/or recorded with Roy Buchanan, Bill Carrothers, Lorie Line, Chuck Mangione, Dewey Redman, Greg Brown, Peter Ostroushko, Paul Winter Consor ...
(born 1952), American bass guitarist * Gordie Mitchell (born 1933), Canadian football player *
Gordie Mueller Joseph Gordon Mueller (December 10, 1922 – September 7, 2006) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the season. Listed at and , Mueller batted and threw right-handed. He was bor ...
(1922–2006), American baseball player * Gordie Pladson (born 1956), Canadian baseball player * Gordie Roberts (born 1957), American ice hockey player * Gordie Sampson (born 1971), Canadian singer, songwriter and producer *
Gordy Soltau Gordon Leroy Soltau (born January 25, 1925, in Duluth, Minnesota) was a wide receiver who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers. His all around athletic versatility was developed as a youth growing up in D ...
(1925–2014), American football player *
Gordie Sundin Gordon Vincent Sundin (October 10, 1937 – May 2, 2016) was an American baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher whose professional career lasted for six seasons (1955–1959; 1961), but who made only one appearance in Major League Basebal ...
(1937–2016), American baseball player * Gordie Tapp (1922–2016), Canadian entertainer *
Gordie Windhorn Gordon Ray Windhorn (December 19, 1933 – May 21, 2022) was an American professional baseball player who appeared in 95 games played over parts of three seasons (, and ) in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees, Los An ...
(born 1933), American baseball player


People with the surname

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Gordy family The Gordys are an African-American family of businesspeople and music industry executives. They were born to Georgia-reared parents Berry "Pops" Gordy Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy and raised in Detroit, where most of the siblings played a pivotal ...
, African-American family of businesspeople and music industry executives * Anna Gordy Gaye (1922–2014), American businesswoman, composer and songwriter * Berry Gordy (born 1929), American record producer and founder of Motown Records *
Emory Gordy Jr. Emory Lee Gordy Jr. (born December 25, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter and music producer. A former member of Emmylou Harris' backing band The Hot Band, he is best known for his association with country singer Patty Loveless, to whom ...
(born 1944), American country musician and music producer * Denise Gordy (born 1949), American actress *
Frank Gordy Walter Frank Gordy (born 9 February 1904, Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia, USA; died 18 June 1983) was the founder of The Varsity chain of restaurants, which includes the world's largest drive-in restaurant on North Avenue near Georgia Tech i ...
(died 1983), American restaurant owner * Iris Gordy (born 1943), American songwriter, producer, and music executive *
John Gordy John Thomas Gordy, Jr. (July 17, 1935 – January 30, 2009) was an American football player for 11 years from 1957 to 1967. He was an offensive guard for the Detroit Lions. Early life and education Gordy played his final season of high school ...
(1935–2009), pro football player and TV executive *
Josh Gordy Josh Gordy (born February 9, 1987) is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Central Michigan. Gordy has also be ...
(born 1987), American football player * Kenneth William Gordy (born 1964), or Rockwell, American singer and songwriter *
Kerry Gordy Kerry Ashby Gordy (born June 25, 1959) is a career music executive, and fourth eldest son of the founder of Motown Records, Berry Gordy. Kerry is the chief executive officer of Kerry Gordy & Associates, Inc. LLC, KGIP Inc., Dakia-Gordy and NuVint ...
(born 1959),American music industry executive * Lillian Gordy Carter (1898–1983), American nurse and writer *
Matt Gordy Matthew Bell Gordy (December 26, 1909 – August 18, 1989) was an American pole vaulter. In 1933 Gordy shared first place at both the NCAA championships and the national championships and helped Louisiana State University win the NCAA team title. ...
(1909–1989), American pole vaulter * Ray Gordy (born 1979), American wrestler *
Sarah Gordy Sarah Gordy, MBE (born September 1976) is a British actress who has Down's Syndrome. She is best known for her roles as Katie Thorne in ''The A Word'', Orlando Quine in '' Strike: The Silkworm'', Lady Pamela Holland in the BBC TV series of ''Up ...
(born 1970s), British actress * Terry Gordy (1961–2001), American wrestler *
Robert Gordy Robert Louis Gordy (July 15, 1931 – October 21, 2022) was an American songwriter, music publishing executive, and recording artist under the stage name Bob Kayli. He released the minor hit song "Everyone Was There" in 1958. He was the brothe ...
(born 1931), American music publishing executive and recording artist * Stefan Leiviska Gordy (born 1975), or Redfoo, American rapper, DJ and singer *
Stephen E. Gordy Stephen Ellison Gordy (March 20, 1920 – October 27, 2006) was an American politician, military officer, and educator. Early years and education Stephen E. Gordy was born in Columbus, Georgia, where he attended public school. He was admit ...
(1920–2004), American politician, military officer and educator *
W. J. Gordy William J. Gordy (May 18, 1910 – August 19, 1993) was an American potter based in Cartersville, Georgia, who has won several awards and honours for his work. Trained as a folk potter, he branched off and created a style uniquely his own. His w ...
(1910–1993), American potter *
Walter Gordy Walter Gordy, (April 20, 1909 – October 6, 1985) was an American physicist best known for his experimental work in microwave spectroscopy. His laboratory at Duke University became a center for research in this field, and he authored one of t ...
(1909–1985), American physicist


Fictional characters with the name

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Gordy Howard The following is a list of featured characters on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Main characters Mary Richards Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) is a single native Minnesotan who moves to Minneapolis in 1970 at age 30 and becomes associate produ ...
, a recurring character on the TV series ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' * Gordy, a character on the TV series ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' * Gordy, the chimpanzee character from the 2022 film '' Nope'' *
Elspeth Gordie The ''Obernewtyn Chronicles'' is a series of science fiction and fantasy novels by Australian author Isobelle Carmody. The series has a post apocalyptic setting and depicts a world long after its destruction by a global nuclear holocaust. The ...
, main character of Isobelle Carmody's ''Obernewtyn Chronicles'' novel series * Gordie, one of the Gym Leaders in '' Pokémon Sword and Shield''


Other uses

* Gordy Records, a Motown record label * The Gordie Foundation, a non-profit organization focussing on alcohol and hazing education


See also

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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 ...
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Geordie (disambiguation) A Geordie is a person from the Tyneside region of England; the word is also used for the dialect spoken by such a person. It is a diminutive of the name George, Geordie is commonly found as a forename in the North-East of England and Southern Scotla ...
* Gordias, royal name in the mythic prehistory of Phrygia * Gordis (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, surname, given name