Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name

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. Jordi is a popular name in

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and is also given in the

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and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries. Jordi may also refer to: Sant Jordi – patron saint of Aragon and Catalonia La Diada de Sant Jordi – Catalan holiday held on April 23 with similarities to Valentine's Day, traditionally men give women roses and women give men a book to celebrate the occasion.

People

Academics and business

* Jordi Canals – economist and former business school dean *

Jordi Galí Jordi Galí (born January 4, 1961) is a Spanish macroeconomist who is regarded as one of the main figures in New Keynesian macroeconomics today. He is a Senior Researcher at the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), a Professor at ...

– macroeconomist, professor, and author * Jordi Guimet – information engineer and pioneer in geographic systems * Jordi Montana – industrial design expert and Rector of the University of Vic * Jordi Nadal – economist and historian * Jordi Ustrell Aguilà – computer engineer and pioneer of Internet banking

Activism

* Jordi Casamitjana

Art and media

* Jordi Bernet – Spanish comics artist who used ''Jordi'' as a pseudonym in the 60s and 70s * Jordi Bonet – Spanish-born Canadian painter, ceramist, muralist, and sculptor *

Jordi Caballero Jordi Caballero (born February 5, 1965) is a Spanish actor, dancer, pianist, reality show personality, choreographer, writer, and producer for stage, film, and television. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, Actors' Equ ...

– movie and television actor, dancer, choreographer and producer *

Jordi Davieson San Cisco is an Australian indie pop band that formed in 2009 in Fremantle, Western Australia. The band are a three-piece, and currently consists of Jordi Davieson (guitar, lead vocals), Josh Biondillo (guitar, vocals) and Scarlett Stevens ...

– lead vocals and guitar for Australian four-piece indie pop band San Cisco * Jordi Galceran – Spanish playwright and author *Jordi James – lead singer of the British band Sugarthief * Jordi Mollà – Spanish-born actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist *

Jordi Morgan Jordi Morgan (born September 27, 1958) is a well-known radio and television broadcaster in Nova Scotia, Canada. Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Morgan worked in a number of capacities for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) throughout the 1 ...

– radio and television broadcaster in Nova Scotia, Canada *

Jordi El Niño Polla Ángel Muñoz García (; born 11 September 1994), better known as by his stage name Jordi "El Niño Polla" ("Jordi 'The Dick Boy), often shortened to Jordi ENP, is a Spaniard, Spanish pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, Film producer, p ...

(born 1994), Spanish pornographic actor * Jordi Palacios, fictional character in ''

Red Band Society ''Red Band Society'' is an American Teen drama, teen Medical drama, medical comedy-drama television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from September 17, 2014, to February 7, 2015. It was developed by Margaret Nagle. Cast and ...

'' (TV series) *

Jordi Roca Jordi Roca i Fontané (born 28 November 1978, Girona, Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute ...

– pastry chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca *

Jordi Vilasuso Jordi Alejandro Vilasuso (; born June 15, 1981) is an American actor best known for originating the role of Tony Santos on the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light'' from August 2000 until August 2003. He has also portrayed the roles of Griffin Cas ...

– Cuban-American actor *

Jordi Webber Jordi Webber (born 25 May 1994) is a New Zealand actor and musician. He came to prominence as a member of the boyband Titanium, which was formed in 2012 as part of a competition run by The Edge radio station. The band's first single " Come On Hom ...

– member of New Zealand band Titanium *

Jordi Savall Jordi Savall i Bernadet (; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish Conducting, conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for popularizing the viol ...

– Spanish violist

Military and politics

Jordi Cuixart Jordi Cuixart i Navarro (born 22 April 1975) is a Spanish businessman and cultural activist from Catalonia. He was the president of Òmnium Cultural, a non-profit cultural organisation founded in 1961 with more than 190,000 members and 52 local b ...

– president of

Òmnium Cultural Òmnium Cultural () is a Spanish association based in Barcelona, Catalonia. It was originally created in the 1960s to promote the Catalan language and spread Catalan culture. Over the years it has increased its involvement in broader political i ...

, which preserves and promotes Catalan culture *

Jordi Darmstadt Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt (25 April 1669 – 13 September 1705) was a Field Marshal in the Austrian army. He is known for his career in Habsburg Spain, as Viceroy of Catalonia (1698–1701), head of the Austrian army in the War o ...

– Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt, Field Marshal in the Austrian army * Jordi Farragut – United States Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War * Jordi Font Mariné (born 1955), Andorran politician * Jordi Hereu – former mayor of

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Jordi Pujol Jordi Pujol i Soley (, born 9 June 1930) is a retired Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003. Early life ...

– former president of Catalonia * Jordi Salvador (born 1964), Spanish Catalan politician *

Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries. Jordi may also refer to: Sant Jordi – patron sa ...

– president of the Catalan National Assembly, an organization promoting Catalan independence

Sport

* Jordi Aláez – Andorran footballer * Jordi Alba – Spanish football player for Inter Miami and the

Spain national football team The Spain national football team () has represented Spain in men's international Association football, football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. Spain i ...

* Jordi Aluja – Spanish football coach * Jordi Amat (footballer) – Indonesian footballer * Jordi Bitter – Dutch footballer * Jordi Codina – professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a goalkeeper * Jordi Cruyff – Dutch football player and son of Johan Cruyff * Jordi Fernández - Spanish basketball coach * Jordi Gómez – Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sunderland * Jordi Figueras Montel – Spanish footballer commonly known as Jordi * Jordi Hoogstrate – retired Dutch footballer * Jordi Masip – goalkeeper for Real Valladolid * Jordi Murphy – Barcelona-born Irish rugby player * Jordi Pasqualin – English rugby player * Jordi Puig – Spanish basketball player * Jordi Roura – Spanish former football player and current FC Barcelona academy * Jordi Tarrés (footballer) (born 1981), Spanish and Hong Kong footballer * Jordi Tarrés (motorcycle trials rider) - Spanish trials rider * Jordi Valadon – Australian professional footballer * Jordi van Gelderen – Dutch professional footballer * Jordi Vanlerberghe – Belgian professional footballer * Jordi Xumetra – professional footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza

In popular culture

* ''Jordi'' (album), a 2021 album by Maroon 5 *Jordi Palacios – character played by Nolan Sotillo on FOX comedy-drama ''

'' *''Jordi's Star'' – children's book by author Alma Flor Ada *

Palau Sant Jordi Palau Sant Jordi (, ) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena and multi-purpose installation that is part of the Anella Olímpica, Olympic Ring complex located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, i ...

– the main indoor sporting arena in Barcelona, Spain