James Gordon

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James Gordon or Jim Gordon is the name of:

In politics:

• James Gordon (New York) (1739-1810), American Indian trader, U.S. Congressman
• James Gordon c.1758-1822, MP for Truro 1790-1796
• James Gordon (Upper Canada politician) (1786-1865), Upper Canada political figure
• James Gordon (Mississippi) (1833-1912), American planter, U.S. Senator
• James K. Gordon (born 1937), Canadian politician
• James Leonard T. Gordon (1917-1967), American-Filipino politician
• James Thomas Gordon (1859-?), Canadian politician, Manitoba
• James Wright Gordon (J. Wright Gordon, 1809–1853), Whig politician from Michigan

In military:

• James Alexander Gordon (1782-1869), British admiral, basis of the fictional character Horatio Hornblower
• James Byron Gordon (1822–1864), Confederate general
• James Heather Gordon (1909-1986), Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in 1941

In the arts:

• James Gordon (actor) (1871-1941), American actor
• James Gordon (Canadian singer-songwriter) (born 1945)
• James Riely Gordon (1863-1937), American architect
• Jim Gordon (born 1945), session drummer

In other fields:

• James Gordon (footballer) (1915-1996), Scottish football (soccer) player
• James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane (born 1936), Scottish businessman
• James Alexander Gordon (announcer) (born 1936), British radio presenter
• James Edward Gordon (1913-1998), Professor of Materials Technology and materials scientist
• James Henry Hamilton-Gordon (1845–1868), prospective missionary, son of George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen

In fiction:

• James Gordon (comics), fictional police commissioner of Gotham City in Batman comics