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
• Enlistee in the British Gordon Highlanders infantry regiment

Education

• Gordon State College, 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
• Gordon College of Education, a public college in Haifa, Israel

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 and 1940s
• 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