Gordon (Name)

Gordon is a surname and a male first name. The name Gordon is originally from the Scottish word meaning " Big Hill". The first name is derived from this family name and was created as a homage to General Charles George Gordon.

Gordon is also a Scottish Clan: Clan Gordon and a German noble family: Gordon ( nobility ).

Well-known bearers of the name

Family name

A

• Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833-1870), Australian poet
• Aharon David Gordon (1856-1922), Hebrew writer
• Alastair Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair ( 1920-2002 ), British artist and politician
• Albert Hamilton Gordon (1901-2009), American economist
• Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly († 1470 ), 1st Earl of Huntly
• Alexander Gordon ( Aberdeen) († 1518), Bischofselekt of Aberdeen
• Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly († 1524), 3rd Earl of Huntly
• Alexander Gordon (Glasgow ) ( † 1575), Archbishop of Glasgow and Bishop of Galloway
• Alexander Gordon ( pioneer ) ( † 1697 ), Scottish settlers in New England
• Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon ( † 1728), 2nd Duke of Gordon
• Alexander Gordon ( antiquarian ) ( 1692-1754 to? ), Antiquary and singer
• Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon ( † 1827), 4th Duke of Gordon, Gordon Setters Breeders of
• Alexander Gordon ( composer ), German pop composer and librettist
• Andrew Gordon (1712-1751), Scottish religious minister, theologian, philosopher and physicist
• Andrew Gordon, American writer, see Ilona Andrews
• Andrew Gordon ( ice hockey player ) ( born 1985 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Andy Gordon, American producer
• Arthur Ernest Gordon (1902-1989), American classical scholar
• Arthur Hamilton - Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore ( 1829-1912 ), British colonial administrator
• Arturo Gordon (1883-1944), Chilean painter

B

• Barry Gordon ( born 1948 ), American actor
• Bart Gordon ( b. 1949 ), American politician
• Ben Gordon ( b. 1983 ), American basketball player
• Ben Gordon ( ice hockey player ) ( born 1985 ), American ice hockey player
• Bernard of Gordon ( 1258 to 1318 ), French physician
• Bert I. Gordon (* 1922), American film director, film producer and screenwriter
• Bob Gordon (1928-1955), American jazz saxophonist
• Bobby Gordon (1941-2013), American jazz clarinettist
• Boyd Gordon ( b. 1983 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Bruce Gordon ( * 1916), American actor

C

• C. Henry Gordon (1883-1940), American actor
• Cameron Gordon ( born 1945 ), British mathematician
• Carolyn Gordon ( born 1950 ), American mathematician
• Cecil Gordon (1941-2012), American racing driver
• Charles Gordon ( film producer) ( born 1947 ), American film producer
• Charles Gordon ( actor), American actor
• Charles Gordon ( politician ) ( born 1951 ), Scottish politician
• Charles Gordon - Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond ( 1791-1860 ), British Conservative politician
• Charles George Gordon ( also Gordon Pasha, 1833-1885 ), British General
• Charles Henry Gordon - Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond ( 1818-1903 ), British Conservative politician
• Charles Henry Gordon - Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond ( 1845-1928 ), British politician and nobleman
• Charles Henry Gordon - Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond ( 1870-1935 ), British politician and nobleman
• Charles Henry Gordon - Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond ( born 1929 ), British politician and nobleman
• Charles Jason Gordon ( b. 1946 ), Trinidadian - tobagischer clergyman, Bishop of Basse- Terre et Pointe -a-Pitre
• Christopher Gordon ( born 1986 ), American squash player
• Christopher Gordon ( composer ), British film composer
• Colin Gordon (1911-1972), British actor
• Craig Gordon ( b. 1982 ), Scottish football player
• Curtis Gordon (1928-2004), American country singer
• Cyrus H. Gordon (1908-2001), American semitist and orientalist

D

• Daniel Gordon ( politician ) ( 1821-1907 ), Canadian politician
• Daniel Gordon ( documentary ), a British documentary filmmaker
• Daniel Gordon ( artist) ( born 1980 ), American artist
• Daniel Gordon ( footballer ) ( born 1985 ), German football player
• David Gordon (inventor ) ( 1774-1829 ), British inventor
• David Gordon ( writer ) ( 1826-1886 ), Hebrew writer and journalist
• David Gordon ( botanist ) ( 1899-2001 ), Australian botanist
• David Gordon ( choreographer ) ( b. 1936 ), American dancer, choreographer and author
• Dean Gordon (born 1973 ), English footballer
• Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), American musician
• Douglas Gordon ( b. 1966 ), Scottish artist

E

• Ed Gordon (1906-1971), American long jumper
• Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn (1814-1879), Scottish- British lawyer and politician
• Edward B. Gordon (born 1966 ), German painter
• Edward Lansing Gordon Jr. (1906-1971), American long jumper, see Ed Gordon
• Edward Larry Gordon, known as Laraaji ( born 1943 ), American musician
• Elmira Minita Gordon ( born 1930 ), British politician and Governor
• Eric Gordon ( * 1988), American basketball player
• Ernest Gordon (1916-2002), Scottish Presbyterians
• Eve Gordon ( born 1960 ), American actress

F

• Franz Adolf von Gordon (1865-1942), Prussian politician
• Franz August von Gordon (1837-1896), Prussian landowner and politician
• Frederick Charles Gordon - Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond ( 1904-1989 ), British politician and nobleman

G

• Gary Ivan Gordon (1960-1993), American soldier
• Gary M. Gordon ( born 1957 ), Catholic bishop of Whitehorse, Canada
• Geoffrey Gordon, American composer
• George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly ( 1514-1562 ), Scottish nobleman
• George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly ( 1532/1534-1576 ), Scottish nobleman
• George Gordon (Lord ) ( 1751-1793 ), British politician
• George Gordon ( botanist 1806) ( 1806-1879 ), British botanist
• George Gordon ( botanist 1841) ( 1841-1914 ), British botanist
• George Gordon ( director) ( 1906-1986 ), American director and screenwriter
• George Washington Gordon (1836-1911), American army officer and politician
• George William Gordon (1820-1865), Jamaican national hero and politician
• George Hamilton - Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( 1784-1860 ), British statesman and Prime Minister
• Gale Gordon (1906-1995), American actor
• Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly ( born 1944 ), British politician ( Conservative Party )
• Gray Gordon (1904-1976), American jazz musician and orchestra leader

B

• Hannah Taylor - Gordon ( * 1987), British actress
• Harald Gordon ( b. 1952 ), Austrian writer
• Harold J. Gordon Jr. ( born 1919 ), American historian
• Heinz Gordon (1871-1944), German actor and screenwriter
• Henry Gordon ( Baptist ) ( 1816-1898 ), American clergyman
• Henry Gordon ( missionary ) ( 1887-1971 ), English clergyman and missionary
• Harry Gordon ( comedian ) ( 1893-1957 ), Scottish comedian
• Henry C. Gordon (1925-1996), American astronaut and test pilot
• Honi Gordon, American jazz singer

I

• Ian Gordon ( born 1975 ), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
• Irving Gordon (1915-1996), American lyricist and composer
• Ishbel Maria Hamilton - Gordon (1857-1939), Scottish social reformer and women's rights activist

J

• Jack Gordon ( footballer ) ( 1863 -? ), Scottish football player
• Jack Gordon ( ice hockey player ) ( born 1928 ), Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• Jack Gordon (manager ) ( 1939-2005 ), American music manager, husband of La Toya Jackson
• Jack Gordon ( MP ) ( 1944-2011 ), American politician (Mississippi)
• Jaimy Gordon ( born 1944 ), American writer
• James Gordon ( gardener ) ( 1728-1791 ), British garden designer
• James Gordon (1739-1810) (1739-1810), American soldier and politician
• James Gordon ( Senator ) ( 1833-1912 ), American politician (Mississippi)
• James Gordon (actor ) ( 1871-1941 ), American actor
• James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane ( b. 1936 ), Scottish businessman and life peer
• James Gordon Byron (1822-1864), American Confederate officer
• James Edward Gordon ( JE Gordon; 1913-1998 ), British material scientist and author
• James P. Gordon (1928-2013), American physicist
• James S. Gordon, American psychiatrist
• James Wright Gordon (1809-1853), American politician (Michigan)
• Jay Gordon ( born 1967), American singer
• Jeff Gordon (born 1971 ), American racing driver
• Jeffrey I. Gordon ( born 1947 ), a microbiologist
• Jude abdomen Gordon (1831-1892), Hebrew poet
• Jehue Gordon ( * 1991), athlete from Trinidad and Tobago
• Jens -Uwe Gordon ( born 1967), German - American basketball player
• Jim Gordon ( born 1945 ), American drummer and songwriter
• Joe Gordon (1928-1963), American jazz trumpeter
• John Gordon ( Colonel ) ( † 1649), Scottish officer
• John Gordon ( archbishop ) ( 1912-1981 ), Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum and papal nuncio
• John Gordon ( trombone ) ( born 1939 ), American jazz trombonist
• John Gordon ( curler ) (born 1958 ), American curler
• John Gordon (musician ) (c. 1967), Danish composer and music producer
• John Gordon ( badminton) (born 1978 ), New Zealand badminton player
• John Hamilton - Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair ( 1847-1934 ), British Governor General of Canada
• John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), American general and politician (Georgia )
• Jon Gordon (born 1966 ), American jazz musician
• Jonathan Gordon, American film producer
• Joseph Gordon -Levitt ( born 1981 ), American actor

K

• Keith Gordon ( born 1961 ), American actor and filmmaker
• Kermit Gordon (1916-1976), American economist
• Kim Gordon ( born 1953 ), American musician
• Kiowa Gordon ( * 1990), American actor

L

• Lalonde Gordon ( * 1988), athlete from Trinidad and Tobago
• Lana J. Gordon American dancer
• Larry Gordon (1954-1983), U.S. American football player
• Larry Gordon ( basketball player ) (* 1987), American basketball player
• Lawrence Gordon ( b. 1936 ), American film producer
• Leo Gordon (1922-2000), American actor and author
• Lorraine Gordon ( * 1922 ), US- American club owner and peace activist
• Louis Gordon ( poet ) ( 1936-1976 ), American poet
• Louis Gordon (musician ) (born 1965 ), British musician
• Lucy Gordon (1980-2009), British actress

M

• Mack Gordon (1904-1959), American composer and lyricist
• Marie Gordon (1812-1863), Austrian writer
• Marion Gordon ( 1905 - ), Scottish badminton player
• Marjory Gordon, American nursing scientist
• Mark Gordon ( born 1956 ), American film producer
• Mary Gordon ( actress) ( 1882-1963 ), Scottish actress
• Mary Gordon ( writer ) ( born 1949 ), American author
• Mary Gordon ( teacher ), Canadian educator
• Mat Gordon ( b. 1983 ), Canadian Model
• Michael Gordon ( film director ) ( 1909-1993 ), American editor and film director
• Michael Gordon (actor ) ( born 1948 ), German - American actor
• Michael Gordon ( composer ) ( born 1956 ), American composer
• Michael R. Gordon ( born 1951 ), American journalist
• Mike Gordon ( politician ) ( 1957-2005 ), American politician
• Mike Gordon (musician ) (born 1965 ), American musician

N

• Nathan Green Gordon (1916-2008), American politician
• Nicole Gordon (born 1976 ), New Zealand badminton player
• Nina Gordon ( born 1967), American rock musician
• Noah Gordon ( born 1926 ), American writer

P

• Paige Gordon (born 1973 ), Canadian water jumper
• Patrick Gordon (1635-1699), Scottish General
• Phil Gordon ( politician ) ( born 1951 ), American politician ( Phoenix)
• Phil Gordon ( poker player) (born 1970 ), American poker player

R

• Rhett Gordon (born 1976 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Richard Gordon ( born 1929 ), American astronaut
• Rish Gordon ( born 1935 ), British glass engraver
• Robby Gordon (born 1969 ), American racing driver
• Robert Gordon ( b. 1947 ), American singer and songwriter
• Robert B. Gordon (1855-1923), American politician
• Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795), Dutch explorers and naturalists
• Rodica Radian- Gordon ( born 1957 ), Israeli diplomat
• Roger Gordon ( b. 1949 ), American economist and university professor
• Ronald Gordon ( * 1927), British Anglican theologian; 1975-1984 Bishop of Portsmouth in the Church of England
• Rosco Gordon (1928-2002), American blues musician
• Ruth Gordon (1896-1985), American actress
• Ryan C. Gordon, American programmer

S

• Samuel Gordon (1802-1873), American lawyer and politician
• Samuel George Gordon (1897-1953), American mineralogist and geologist
• Samuel Y. Gordon (1861-1940), American politician
• Scott Gordon ( born 1963 ), American professional ice hockey goaltender and coach
• Scott Gordon ( footballer ) (* 1988), American football player
• Seth Gordon ( born 1974 ), American film director, screenwriter and film producer
• Shawna Gordon ( * 1990), American football player
• Stephen Gordon ( born 1986 ), English chess player
• Stuart Gordon ( born 1947 ), American film director and producer
• Susan Gordon (1949-2011), American actress

T

• Thomas Gordon (Author ) (c. 1691-1750 ), English writer
• Thomas Gordon ( psychologist ) ( 1918-2002 ), American psychologist
• Thomas Dempster Gordon (1811-1894), Scottish aristocrat and book collector
• Thomas S. Gordon (1893-1959), American politician

U

• Uri Gordon (born 1976 ), Israeli anarchist theorist and activist

W

• Walter Gordon (actor ) ( 1823-1892 ), English actor
• Walter Gordon ( physicist ) ( 1893-1939 ), German physicist
• Walter Gordon ( philologist ) ( b. 1928 ), American philologist
• Walter A. Gordon (1894-1976), American lawyer and politician
• Walter Henry Gordon (1863-1924), American officer
• Walter L. Gordon (1906-1987), Canadian politician
• Waxey Gordon (1888-1952), American mobster
• William Gordon ( Aberdeen) († 1577), Bishop of Aberdeen
• William Gordon ( diplomat ), British diplomat
• William Gordon (New Hampshire ) ( 1763-1802 ), American politician
• William Gordon (Leeds ) ( 1831-1911 ), Bishop of Leeds
• William Gordon ( Ohio) ( 1862-1942 ), American politician
• William E. Gordon (1918-2010), American electrical engineer, physicist and astronomer
• William F. Gordon (1787-1858), American politician
• William JJ Gordon (1919-2003), American inventor and psychologist
• William Jones Gordon (1918-1994), Anglican Bishop of Alaska
• William Washington Gordon (1796-1842), American politician
• Willy Gordon (1918-2003), Swedish sculptor
• Wycliffe Gordon ( born 1967), American jazz musician
• Wynter Gordon ( * 1987), American singer and songwriter

Z

• Zachary Gordon ( * 1998), American actor

First name

• Gordon Brown ( born 1951 ), British politician
• Gordon Bunshaft (1909-1990), American architect
• Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), American astronaut
• Gordon Cowans (born 1958 ), English footballer
• Gordon Howe, known as Gordie Howe ( born 1928 ), Canadian ice hockey player
• Gordon Moore ( born 1929 ), American entrepreneur
• Gordon Murray ( musician), Canadian harpsichordist and organist
• Gordon Parks (1912-2006), American filmmaker and musician
• Gordon Douglas Roberts, known as Gordie Roberts ( born 1957 ), American ice hockey player
• Gordon Schildfeld ( born 1985 ), Croatian football player
• Gordon Terry (1931-2006), American country musician

Fictional characters

• Gordon Freeman, the main character in Half- Life 1 and 2
• Gordon Shumway, real name of Alf from the TV series Alf ( TV series)
• Flash Gordon, a cartoon character
• Samuel Gordon, the main character in the horror -adventure game Black Mirror