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

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

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

(born 1968), Dutch performer and radio and television personality, known professionally by the mononym Gordon *

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 ...

, a Scottish clan

Education

Gordon State College Gordon State College is a public college in Barnesville, Georgia, United States. A member of the University System of Georgia (USG), Gordon State's spring 2023 enrollment was 2,846 students. Gordon College became a four-year state college in ...

, a public college in Barnesville, Georgia *

Gordon College (Massachusetts) Gordon College is a Private college, private Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts, United States. The college offers 44 majors, 55 concentrations, and 30 interdisciplinary and pre-professional minors as well as graduate programs in educat ...

, 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 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 five constituent colleges: College of Com ...

, 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 , merging the Teacher’s Seminary of the Labor Movement with the Teacher’s Seminary of the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa. Th ...

, 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 exam ...

Gordon, New South Wales Gordon is a suburb on the Upper North Shore (Sydney), 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 in Austral ...

* Gordon, South Australia *

Gordon, Victoria Gordon is a 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 state cap ...

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 Nation ...

, Tasmania * Gordon River (Western Australia)

Canada

Gordon Parish, New Brunswick Gordon is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of Plaster Rock and the local service district of the parish of Gordon ...

* Gordon, Ontario, former municipality, now part of Gordon/Barrie Island *

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 Nation ...

, a river in Quebec

Scotland

Gordon (district) Gordon was one of five local government districts in the Grampian region of Scotland. The council was based in Inverurie. It was created in 1975 and abolished in 1996, when the area was included in the Aberdeenshire council area. History The ...

, 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 road (Great Britain), A6105 Earlston to Berwick on Tweed road and the A6089 Edinburgh to K ...

, 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 was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Palace of Westminster, Westminster), which elected one member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the po ...

, Scotland *

Gordon Castle Gordon Castle is a country house located near Fochabers in the parish of Bellie in Moray, Scotland. It was the principal seat of the Dukes of Gordon and was originally called Bog-of-Gight. The six-storey medieval tower dates from 1498 and in th ...

, 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 Gord ...

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 Boroug ...

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 2020, its population was 1,783. History Gordon was founded in 1843 as a depot on the Central of Georgia Railway. The city was named after William Washington Gordon, a railro ...

, in Wilkinson County *

Gordon County, Georgia } Gordon County is a County (United States), county in the Northwest Georgia, Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 57,544. The county seat is C ...

Gordon, Illinois Gordon is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to it ...

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 comm ...

Gordon, Kentucky Gordon is an unincorporated community located in Letcher County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United Sta ...

* 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 and 659 in the 2020 census. Gordon Township was organized in 1869, and named for farmer J. M. Gordon, who w ...

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

* Gordon Heights, New York *

Gordon, Ohio Gordon is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 245 at the 2020 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 O ...

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 ar ...

Gordon, Texas Gordon is a city in Palo Pinto County, Texas, United States. The population was 470 at the 2020 Census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History Gordon's history begins in 1864 ...

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 w ...

* Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin **

Gordon (CDP), Wisconsin Gordon is an unincorporated, census-designated place; located in the town of Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 145 as of the 2020 census, down from 176 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Gordo ...

, 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 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) (Vernon Industries), British three wheeled motorcar built at Bidston, Cheshire * Gordon GT (1959), a car model made by

Gordon-Keeble Gordon-Keeble was a British car marque, conceived in Slough, then constructed in 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 ...

(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 suburban railway station located on the North Shore line, serving the Ku-ring-gai suburb of Gordon. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 North Shore line and T9 Northern line services. Situated on ...

, 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 * LMR 600 ''Gordon'', a British preserved locomotive

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 wa ...

, British title * Fairey Gordon, British light bomber of the 1930s and 1940s *

, in Scotland *

Gordon Highlanders The Gordon Highlanders was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994, when it was amalgamated with The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Go ...

, 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 multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo. It is the world's best- ...

, established 1769 *

Gordon model In financial economics, the dividend discount model (DDM) is a method of valuing the price of a company's capital stock or business value based on the assertion that intrinsic value is determined by the sum of future cash flows from dividend pay ...

, stock valuation model by Myron Gordon * Gordon Letterpress (1821–1878), common model of open-platten printing press invented by George Phineas Gordon * Gordon RFC, Sydney rugby union club *

Gordon Riots The Gordon Riots of 1780 were several days' 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 * "Gordons" (''Orange Is the New Black''), a 2018 television episode * Tropical Storm Gordon, name of several Atlantic hurricanes