Gordon
Gordon may refer to:
People
- Gordon (given name), the masculine given name
- Gordon (surname), the surname
- Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War; it isn't known whether Gordon was his first name or a surname.
- Enlistee in the British Gordon Highlanders infantry regiment
Education
- Gordon College (Georgia), a public college in Barnesville, Georgia
- Gordon College (Massachusetts), a Christian college in Wenham, Massachusetts
- Gordon College (Pakistan), a Christian college in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Gordon College (Philippines), a public university in Subic, Zambales
Places
Australia
- Gordon, Australian Capital Territory
- Gordon, New South Wales
- Gordon, Victoria
- Gordon River, Tasmania
Canada
- Gordon, Ontario, Canada
Scotland
- Gordon (district), Aberdeenshire, forming a local government district from 1975 to 1996
- Gordon, Scottish Borders, Berwickshire (now the Scottish Borders council area)
- Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency), Scotland
- Gordon (UK Parliament constituency), Scotland
- Gordon Castle, Moray
United States
- Gordon, Alabama
- Gordon, California
- Gordon, Georgia, in Wilkinson County
- Gordon County, Georgia
- Gordon, Illinois
- Gordon, Kansas
- Gordon, Kentucky
- Gordon Township, Minnesota
- Gordon, Nebraska
- Gordon Heights, New York
- Gordon, Ohio
- Gordon, Pennsylvania
- Gordon, Texas
- Gordon, Ashland County, Wisconsin
- Gordon, Douglas County, Wisconsin
- Gordon (CDP), Wisconsin, 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 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, 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) (See Gordon-Keeble)
- Gordon-Keeble, (1960-1961; 1964-1967), British car marque, made first in Slough, then Eastleigh, and finally in Southampton.
Transportation
- Gordon railway station, Sydney, on the North Shore line.
- Gordon railway station, Victoria, on the Melbourne - Ballarat line.
Other uses
- Duke of Gordon, Scottish and British title
- Fairey Gordon, British light bomber of the 1930s & -40s
- Gordon (album), first album by the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies
- Gordon Castle, in Scotland
- Gordon's Gin, established 1769
- Gordon model, stock valuation model by Myron Gordon
- Gordon (printing press), common model of open-platten printing press
- Gordon RFC, Sydney rugby union club
- Gordon Riots, in 18th-century Britain
- Gordon Robinson, character on the long-running children's TV show Sesame Street.
- Gordon Shumway, 'true' name of the protagonist on the TV series ALF
- Gordon the Big Engine, fictional locomotive from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series
- Hurricane Gordon (disambiguation), name of several Atlantic hurricanes
See also
- Gordan, variant of the name Gordon
- Gorden, variant of the name Gordon
- Gordonia (disambiguation), derivative of Gordon
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