Gordon (surname)
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Region of origin | Scotland, England, Ireland, Spain and Hebrew |
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Variant form(s) | de Górdún; Gordon (given name); Gurden[1] |
Gordon is a surname with multiple origins, especially Scottish. The masculine given name Gordon is derived from the surname.
Origin of the surname
The
Gordon (Hebrew: גורדון Russian: Гордон) is also a Jewish surname, likely derived from the city of Grodno, in Belarus[3]—thus, of an origin completely unrelated to the British surname though spelled the same in English.
The Spanish, and Galician surname Gordón is derived from places like-named in the Spanish and Galician languages. The Basque language Gordon is also derived from a like-named placename. Another origin for the Spanish surname is from the nickname Gordo,[3] which is derived from the Spanish language word gordo, meaning "fat".[5]
Gordon is also a
List of people
- A. D. Gordon (1856–1922), Russian Zionist
- Aaron Gordon (born 1995), American basketball player
- Adam Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Adi Gordon (born 1966), Israeli basketball player
- Adoniram Judson Gordon (1836–1895), pastor in Boston, Massachusetts, and founder of Gordon College
- Agnes Gordon (1906–1967), American bridge player
- Al Gordon (born 1953), comic book creator
- Alan Gordon (1917–2011), Australian politician known as Lin Gordon
- Alan Gordon (actor), British actor
- Alan Gordon (author) (born 1959), American author
- Alan Gordon (historian) (born 1968), Canadian historian
- Alan Gordon (Scottish footballer) (1944–2010), Scottish footballer
- Alan Gordon (soccer), (born 1981), American soccer player
- Alan Lee Gordon (1944–2008), American songwriter
- Alastair Gordon (born 1976), Australian rower, 2000 Sydney Olympics silver medalist
- Albert L. Gordon (1915–2009), American gay rights legal activist
- Alexander Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Aleksandr Gordon (1931–2020), Russian-Soviet director, screenwriter and actor
- Amelia Elizabeth Roe Gordon (1852-1932), British-born Canadian social reformer
- Anita Gordon (1929-2015), American singer
- Ann Gordon (born 1956), First Lady of North Carolina
- Ann D. Gordon, research professor in the department of history at Rutgers University
- Anna Gordon (1747-1810), ballad collector
- Anna Adams Gordon (1853–1931), American social reformer, songwriter, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Anne Gordon (born 1941), Australian cricketer
- Ann Lee (singer) (born 1967), singer and songwriter
- Anthony Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon(1927–2015), Bishop of Portsmouth
- Audrey Gordon, Canadian politician
- Bart Gordon (born 1949), American congressman
- Ben Gordon (born 1983), British-born American basketball player
- B. Frank Gordon (1826–1866), Confederate States Army colonel, acting brigadier general
- Bernard Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bert I. Gordon (1922–2023), American film director and screenwriter
- Bob Gordon (Canadian intelligence), former Canadian Security Intelligence Service agent
- Bob Gordon (saxophonist) (1928–1955), American jazz saxophonist
- Bobby Gordon (1923–2001), Scottish footballer
- Bobby Gordon (American football) (1935–1990), American football player
- Boyd Gordon (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Gordon (baseball) (born 1978), American professional baseball pitcher
- Brian Gordon, cartoonist, creator of web comics Fowl Language and Chuck & Beans
- Bridgette Gordon (born 1967), American basketball player
- Bruce Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- C. Henry Gordon (1883–1940), American actor
- Cecil Gordon (1941–2012), American NASCAR driver
- Charles George Gordon (1833–1885), British general known as "Chinese Gordon" and "Gordon of Khartoum"
- Charles Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Christopher Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Clarence Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Clemente Gordon (born 1967), American football player
- Colin Gordon (1911–1972), British actor
- Colin Gordon (athlete) (1907–1980), high jumper from British Guiana
- Colton Gordon (born 1998), American baseball pitcher
- Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001), American linguist-semitologist
- Daniel Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor
- Dmitry Gordon, Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter
- Donald Gordon (cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
- Douglas Gordon (born 1966), Scottish artist
- Douglas C. Gordon (1956–1998), whitewater kayaker
- Douglas Peel Gordon (1892–1948), South Australian politician
- Drew Gordon (born 1990), American basketball player
- Duke Gordon (1739–1800), 18th-century Scottish librarian
- Ed Gordon (athlete) (1908–1971), American long jumper
- Ed Gordon (journalist) (born 1960), American television journalist
- Edward Gordon (politician) (1885–1964), New Zealand politician
- Edythe Mae Gordon (c. 1897 – 1980), American short story writer and poet
- Rabbi Eliezer Gordon (1841–1910), Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Elizabeth Putnam Gordon (1851-1933), American temperance advocate, author
- Elye Gordon (1907–1989), Soviet Yiddish writer
- Emy Gordon (1841−1909), German writer, translator and Catholic activist
- Eric Gordon (born 1988), American basketball player
- Eric Valentine Gordon(1896–1938), Canadian philologist
- Esmé Gordon (1910–1993), Scottish architect
- F. C. Gordon (1856–1924), Canadian illustrator
- Ferenc Gordon (1893–1971), Hungarian economist and politician
- Francis Gordon (1808–1857), English amateur cricketer
- Frank Gordon Jr. (1929–2020), American lawyer and judge
- Fritzi Gordon, Austrian-British bridge player
- Gary Gordon (1960–1993), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Gavin Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Geoffrey Gordon (composer) (born 1968), American composer
- George Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gordon Gordon (1906–2002), half of a team of American crime fiction writers: The Gordons (writers)
- Hannah Gordon (born 1941), Scottish actress
- Harry Gordon (entertainer) (1893–1957), Scottish entertainer, comedian and impressionist
- Harry Gordon (footballer) (1931–2014), Scottish footballer
- Harry L. Gordon (1860–1921), American politician in Ohio
- Heather Gordon (born 1967), American contemporary visual artist
- Henry Gordon (preacher) (1816–1898), American
- C. Henry Gordon (1883–1940), American actor
- Henry Charles Gordon (1925–1996), American astronaut
- Henry Gordon (magician) (1920–2009), Canadian magician and writer
- Herbert Gordon (1898−1965), English cricketer
- Herbert Gordon (footballer) (1952–2013), Jamaican footballer
- Hilda May Gordon (1874–1972), British painter
- Honi Gordon, vocalist
- Ian Gordon (footballer) (born 1933), former Australian rules footballer
- Ian Gordon (general) (born 1952), Deputy Chief of Army and Commander of UNTSO
- Ian Gordon (historian) (born 1964), professor of US history at the National University of Singapore
- Ian Gordon (ice hockey) (born 1975), German hockey player
- Ida Gordon, English philologist, wife of E. V. Gordon
- Isabella Gordon (1901–1988), British biological scientist
- James Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Janet Hill Gordon (1915–1990), New York politician
- Jay Gordon (born 1967), musician
- Jeff Gordon (born 1971), American NASCAR driver
- Jeffrey D. Gordon, Pentagon spokesman
- Jimmie Gordon, American blues pianist, singer, and songwriter
- Joe Gordon (1915–1978), American baseball player and manager
- Joel Gordon, Canadian actor and filmmaker
- Joel Gordon (American football), American football coach and former player
- John Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Josephine Gordon (born 1993), British jockey
- Joyce Gordon (1929–2020), American actress and union representative
- Judah Leib Gordon (1830–1892), Hebrew poet
- Judy Gordon (1948–2020), Canadian politician
- Julia Gordon, Canadian mathematician
- Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927), founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
- Karl Gordon, British DJ and producer
- Ken Gordon (born in 1930), Trinidadian businessman and former politician
- Ken Gordon (Colorado politician), Colorado congressman
- Kim Gordon, American musician, member of Sonic Youth
- Kyler Gordon (born 1999), American football player
- L. C. Gordon (born 1937), American basketball player and coach
- Larry Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lawrence Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lee Gordon (1902–1946), American musician
- Lee Gordon (promoter) (1923–1963), American businessman and rock and roll promoter
- Lennox Gordon (born 1978), American football player
- Leo Gordon (1922–2000), American film and television character actor
- Leon Gordon(1889–1943), Russian-born poet
- Leonard A. Gordon is a historian of South Asia, especially of Bengal
- Lewis Gordon (born 1962), American philosopher
- Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly (c. 1626 – 1653)
- Lewis Gordon (civil engineer) (1815–1876)
- Lewis Gordon (Jacobite) (1724–1754)
- Lincoln Gordon (1913–2009), president of Johns Hopkins University, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
- Lindsay Gordon (1892–1940), Canadian air marshal
- Lucy Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- M. G. Gordon (1915–1969), American businessman, inventor and social theorist
- Manya Gordon (1882–1945), American historian
- Margaret Gordon (illustrator) (1939–1989), British artist
- Marina Gordon (1917–2013), American singer
- Marjory Gordon (1931–2015), American nurse
- Marjorie Gordon Smart (1911–1982) British, Canadian and Australian diplomat and a founding college principal in Australia.
- Marc Gordon (1935–2010), American record producer and music executive
- Mark Gordon (producer) (born 1956), American film and television producer
- Mark Gordon (Wyoming politician)(born 1957), American politician
- Mary Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Maxine Gordon, British actress
- Melvin Gordon (born 1993), American football player
- Merritt J. Gordon (1859–1925), associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
- Michael Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mikalah Gordon, (born 1988), American Idol 4 contestant
- Mildred Gordon (1912–1979), half of a team of American crime fiction writers: The Gordons (writers)
- Mildred Gordon (politician) (1923–2016), British politician
- Nancy Gordon, American economist and statistician
- Nathan Gordon (footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
- Nathan Green Gordon (1916–2008), American lawyer, politician, and naval aviator
- Nathan H. Gordon (1872–1938), motion picture executive
- Nathaniel Gordon (1826–1862), American slave trader
- Nick Gordon (born 1995), American baseball player
- Noah Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Norman Gordon (1911–2014), South African cricketer
- Oliver Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Paige Gordon (born 1973), Canadian diver
- Pamela Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Patrick Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Paul-Gordon Chandler(born 1964), musician, composer and producer
- Peter Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Phil Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Philip Gordon (born 1962), American diplomat
- Powhatan Gordon (1802–1879), American politician
- Richard Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- R. H. Gordon (1844–1917), American politician
- Ricky Ian Gordon (born 1956), US composer
- Robby Gordon (born 1969), NASCAR driver
- Robert Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roderick Gordon (born 1960), children's book author
- Rodney Gordon (1933–2008), British architect
- Ron Gordon, American entrepreneur and former president of Atari.
- Rosco Gordon (1928–2002), American blues singer and pianist
- Rupert Montgomery Gordon (1898–1961), British parasitologist
- Ruth Gordon (1896–1985), actress
- Samuel Y. Gordon (1861–1940), Minnesota legislator and the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Sandy Grant Gordon (1933–2020), Scottish distiller
- Shahar Gordon (born 1980), Israeli basketball player
- Shaul Gordon (born 1994), Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer
- Sheila Gordon (1927–2013), American writer
- Sid Gordon (1917–1975), American major league baseball All Star player
- Sidney Gordon (businessman) (1917–2007), Scottish businessman
- Stuart Gordon (1947–2020), American director
- Stuart Gordon (musician), musician with The Korgis
- Stephen J. Gordon (born 1986), English chess grandmaster
- Steve Gordon (cricketer)(born 1967), Cayman Islands cricketer
- Steve Gordon (director) (1938–1982), American film and television director
- Steve Gordon (rugby league) (born 1986), rugby league footballer
- Steven E. Gordon (born 1960), director, character designer and animator
- Stomp Gordon (1926–1958), American jump blues pianist and singer
- Sue Gordon (born 1943), magistrate
- Susan Gordon (1949–2011), child actress
- Thomas Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tom Gordon (born 1967), American baseball player
- Trevor Gordon (1948–2013), British Australian singer, songwriter and musician
- Veronica Lucy Gordon, a South Sudanese journalist
- Walter Gordon (1942–2012), African-American filmmaker known as Jamaa Fanaka
- Walter Gordon (physicist) (1893–1939), physicist active in the 1920s
- Walter Gordon (soldier, born 1920) (1920–1997), American World War II veteran
- Walter A. Gordon (1894–1976), African-American political figure and American football player for the University of California
- Walter Henry Gordon (1863–1924), United States Army General
- Walter L. Gordon (1906–1987), Canadian politician and cabinet minister
- Wayne Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people
- Willy Gordon (1918–2003), Swedish sculptor
- Yekutiel Gordon, disciple of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
- Zachary Gordon (born 1998), American child actor
- Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet (1749–1806), Scottish politician
- Catherine Rose Gordon-Cumming (born 1952), Katie Fforde, British romance novelist
- Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), Scottish travel writer and painter
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- Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet (1787–1854), Scottish Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs 1831–1832
- Royal Baccarat Scandal
- Sir Alexander Gordon-Lennox (Royal Navy officer) (1911–1987), admiral of the Royal Navy
- Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox (1825–1892), British Conservative politician
- Major Lord Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox (1878–1914), British soldier
- commandant of the British Sector in Berlin
- Lord George Charles Gordon-Lennox (1829–1877), British Conservativepolitician
- Lieutenant-General Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox(1908–1988), British soldier
- National Gardens Scheme
- Ivy Gordon-Lennox (1887–1982), Ivy Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, GBE
- Lord Nicholas Gordon-Lennox (1931–2004), British diplomat
- Lord Walter Charles Gordon-Lennox(1865–1922), British Conservative Party politician
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), American actor
List of nobility
- Duke of Gordon, created once in the Peerage of Scotland, and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny (1791–1860)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 1st Duke of Gordon(1818–1903)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, 7th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 2nd Duke of Gordon(1845–1928)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 3rd Duke of Gordon(1870–1935)
- Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 4th Duke of Gordon (1904–1989)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon (1929–2017)
Earls and Marquesses of Huntly
- Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly
- Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562)
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess and 6th Earl of Huntly(1562–1636)
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592–1649)
- Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly (c. 1626 – 1653)
- George Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly (1649–1716) (1st Duke of Gordon)
- George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (1761–1853)
- Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792–1863)
- Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (1847–1937)
- Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly (1908–1987)
- Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 1944)
Earls and Marquesses of Aberdeen
- George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637–1720)
- William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (1679–1745)
- George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722–1801)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870)
- John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (1847–1934), 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847–1934)
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879–1965)
- Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883–1972)
- David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1908–1974)
- Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1913–1984)
- Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1920–2002)
- Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1955–2020)
- Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (died 1681)
- Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne (died 1702)
- John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne (died 1732)
- Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (1728–1795)
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne (1761–1853) (succeeded as 9th Marquess of Huntly in 1836)
- John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure (1599–1634)
- John Gordon, 2nd Viscount of Kenmure (died 1639)
- John Gordon, 3rd Viscount of Kenmure (died 1643)
- Robert Gordon, 4th Viscount of Kenmure (died 1663)
- Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount of Kenmure (died 1698)
- William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (died 1715) (attainted 1715)
Descent of titles during attainder:
- Robert Gordon, 7th Viscount of Kenmure (1714–1741)
- John Gordon, 8th Viscount of Kenmure (1713–1769)
- William Gordon, 9th Viscount of Kenmure (c. 1748 – 1772)
- John Gordon, 10th Viscount of Kenmure(1750–1840) (restored 1824)
- Adam Gordon, 11th Viscount of Kenmure (died 1847)
- John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Melgum (died 1630)
Spanish Gordons
- Mauricio González-Gordon y Diez(1923–2013), Spanish sherry maker and conservationist, descendant of Scottish Gordons
Fictional characters
- Adrian Gordon, protagonist of the horror adventure games The Black Mirror 2 and 3
- Allan Gordon, protagonist of The Surpassing Adventures of Allan Gordon by James Hogg
- Artemus Gordon, United States Secret Service agent in "The Wild Wild West" TV series
- Audrey Gordon, is a host of Australian satirical television cooking show Audrey's Kitchen
- James "Jim" Gordon, commissioner of Gotham City in Batman
- Barbara Gordon, first Batgirl, now the information broker known as Oracle
- Dr. Bruce Gordon, the original alter-ego of Eclipso
- David "Gordo" Gordonin Lizzie McGuire
- Flash Gordon, lead character of the Alex Raymond comic strip of the same name, and the movie, television, and comic books based on the comic strip
- Sir Frank Gordon character in the 1980s British sitcom Yes Minister
- Lawrence Gordon, fictional character in the first of the Saw franchise
- Maggie Gordon, character in The Last Starfighter
- Melinda Gordon, the title character of Ghost Whisperer
- Meredith Gordon, biological mother of Claire Bennet, and Flint Gordon, Meredith's brother, from Heroes
- Patrick Gordon, fictional character on the second season of the television series Downton Abbey
- Samuel Gordon, protagonist of the award-winning 2001 adventure game The Black Mirror
- Tony Gordon, fictional character on the television series Coronation Street
References
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