Jordan (disambiguation)

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The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Hebrew Yarden, meaning "one which descends", and assimilated into Latin as Jordanus. In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in French Jourdain, and in Catalan Jordà.

Contents 1 Middle eastern geography 2 American geography 3 Other geography 4 Christianity 5 Nobility 6 Modelling 7 Film 8 Politics 9 Music 10 Literature 11 Science 12 Sports 13 Mathematics 14 Television 15 Other 16 See also

[edit] Middle eastern geography

• Jordan
• Jordan, Tehran
• Jordan River

[edit] American geography

• Jordan, Minnesota
• Jordan, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Jordan, Montana
• Jordan, New York
• Jordan, Wisconsin
• Jordan Township, Pennsylvania

[edit] Other geography

• Jordan, Guimaras, Philippines
• Jordan, Hong Kong
• Jordan River, New Zealand
• Czech republic
  • Jordán Pond – fishpond in town Tábor
  • Jordán (Chlum) – fishpond near by Chlum
  • Jordán (brook) – small brook by Labe
  • Jordán (Brdy) – hill in Brdy
  • Jordán (Posázaví) – hill near by Sázava river

[edit] Christianity

• Raymond Jordan
• Jordan (bishop of Poland) (d. 982 or 984), first bishop of Poland
• Jordan of Clivio (d.1120), archbishop of Milan
• Jordan of Saxony (d.1237), Dominican master general
• Jordan Catalani (d.1330), Dominican missionary and explorer
• Samuel M. Jordan, American presbyterian missionary in Persia

[edit] Nobility

• Alfonso Jordan (d.1148), count of Toulouse and Tripoli
• Jordan I of Capua, prince of Capua
• Jordan II of Capua, prince of Capua
• Jordan of Ariano (d.1127), Norman count
• Jordan of Hauteville (d.1092), count of Syracuse
• William-Jordan (d.1109), count of Cerdagne and Tripoli
• Jordan Lancia (d.1268), victor of Battle of Montaperti
• Jordan IV (d.1288), Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain

[edit] Modelling

• Jordan (Katie Price) (born 1978), British glamour model
• Jordan (Pamela Rooke), a British fashion model and actor

[edit] Film

• Jordan Kerner, film producer
• Neil Jordan, Irish film director

[edit] Politics

• Jordan Pierleoni, leader of the Commune of Rome
• Hamilton Jordan, advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter
• Vernon Eulion Jordan
• Robert Jordan (lawyer), U.S. lawyer and former diplomat

[edit] Music

• Jordan (song), a Buckethead song.
• Armin Jordan (1932–2006), Swiss conductor
• Benn Jordan (b. 1978), electronic musician
• Louis Jordan (1908–1975), African-American musician and songwriter
• Ronny Jordan (b. 1962), British musician
• Jordan Pruitt (b. 1991), American pop singer
• Jordan Waring (b. 1964), American symphonic composer and banker
• Jordin Sparks (b. 1989), American singer and American Idol contestant
• Jordan, a hymn tune by American shape-note composer William Billings

[edit] Literature

• Brent Jordan, writer and strip club bouncer
• Robert Jordan, U.S. fantasy author
• Jordan Baker, character, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

[edit] Science

• David Starr Jordan (1851–1931), U.S. biologist
• Pascual Jordan (1902–1980), German physicist
• V. Craig Jordan, British/American pharmacologist
• Wilhelm Jordan, German geodesist
• Camille Jordan, French Mathematician

[edit] Sports

• Air Jordan, brand of Nike basketball shoes named after the basketball player Michael Jordan
• Eddie Jordan (formula one), Irish millionaire and former owner of a Formula One team
• Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One racing team
• Michael Jordan, American basketball player
• Orlando Jordan, Professional wrestler
• Brian Jordan, American baseball player

[edit] Mathematics

• Gauss–Jordan elimination, version of Gaussian elimination in mathematics
• Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (1838–1922), French mathematician
• Jordan of Nemi
• Jordan algebra, a non-associative algebra over a field
• Jordan curve theorem in topology
• Jordan decomposition of a measure
• Jordan measure or Jordan content, an early form of measure
• Jordan normal form or Jordan canonical form of a matrix
• Jordan's lemma in complex analysis
• Jordan's theorem on multiply transitive groups
• Jordan–Schönflies theorem in geometric topology
• Jordan-Hölder theorem in group theory

[edit] Television

• Crossing Jordan, an NBC television drama that first aired in 2001
• Tony Jordan, British television writer
• Jordan Sullivan, fictional character from Scrubs
• Jordan Todosey, Canadian television actress
• Jordan Cavanaugh,A fictional character on crossing jordan

[edit] Other

• Jordan Almonds, a type of candy that is popular at weddings
• Jordan Mechner, game programmer and game designer
• Jordan Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer of the 1920s
• Jordan Maxwell - a researcher about origins of religion and occult
• Jordan Capri - a pornographic actress

[edit] See also

• Jordaan, a district of the city of Amsterdam
• Jordanes, 6th century bishop and historian
• Jordanus Nemorarius (b.1237), German scientist