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Archer T. Gammon Archer T. Gammon (September 11, 1918 – January 11, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II. Gammon joined the Army from ...

(1918–1945), United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

James Gammon James Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series. Gammon portrayed Lou Brown, the manager of fictionalized versions of the Cleve ...

(1940–2010), American actor *

James Gammon (engraver) James Gammon (fl. 1660–1670), was an English engraver of portraits. Gammon's works were for the most part copies of better known engravings. Joseph Strutt described his works as being executed "in a stiff, tasteless style". He lived in Lon ...

(), English engraver *

Kendall Gammon Kendall Robert Gammon (born October 23, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a long snapper and center for three teams in the National Football League (NFL). In 2004, Gammon was the first pure long snapper to be sel ...

(born 1968), American football player *

Reg Gammon Reginald William Gammon (9 January 1894 – 22 April 1997) was an English painter and illustrator. Biography Gammon was born in Petersfield, Hampshire, on 9 January 1894 and educated at Churcher's College there. His father was a builde ...

(1894–1997), English painter * Richard Gammon (born 1898), English World War I flying ace *

Richard Von Albade Gammon Richard Von Albade Gammon (December 4, 1879 – October 31, 1897) was an American college football fullback who died after injuries sustained in a collegiate football game while playing for the Georgia Bulldogs. Biography Richard Von Albad ...

(1879–1897), American football player *

Roland Gammon Roland I. Gammon (November 17, 1915 – April 8, 1981) was an American writer, publicist, and founder of World Authors, Ltd. Early life Roland Irvine Gammon was born on November 17, 1915, to Charles C. Gammon and Helen Fern (Irvine) Gammon in ...

(1915–1981), American writer *

Russell Gammon Russell Gammon (6 May 1906 – 22 August 1968) was a Canadian rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles ...

(1906–1968), Canadian rower *

Steve Gammon Stephen George Gammon (born 24 September 1939) is a Welsh former professional footballer. A Welsh under-23 international, Gammon's spent seven years with Cardiff City before a broken leg ended his professional career in 1965. Career Gammon was ...

(born 1939), Welsh footballer *

Wayne Gammon Wayne Gammon (born 2 July 1950) is an Australian former representative rowing coxswain. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Local rowing and national titles Gammon was raised in country Victoria. His junior ...

(born 1950), Australian rower

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De Gammon Shelta (; Irish: ) is a language spoken by Irish Travellers (), particularly in Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is also widely known as the Cant, known to its native speakers in Ireland as or , and known to the academic or professional lin ...

, the language of Irish Travellers *

Gammon (tables games) The following is a glossary of terms used in tables games, essentially games played on a Backgammon-type board. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to a single game like Backgammon or Acey-deucey), but applicable to a ...

, a double win in Backgammon and other tables games * Gammon, a word in

Australian Aboriginal English Australian Aboriginal English (AAE or AbE) is a set of dialects of the English language used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population as a result of the colonisation of Aust ...

with various meanings, mainly relating to lying or pretence *

Gammon (insult) ''Gammon'' is a pejorative term popularised in British political culture since the 2010s. The term refers to the colour of a white person's flushed face, which purportedly resembles the type of pork of the same name. It is characterised in t ...

, a British pejorative insult term *

Gammon (meat) Gammon in British English is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining, and may or may not be smoked. Strictly speaking, a gammon is the bottom end of a whole side of bacon (which ''includes'' the back leg); ham i ...

, a cut of quick-cured pork leg * Gammon, the rope

lashing Lash or Lashing may refer to: * Eyelash * Whiplash (disambiguation) * Lashing (ropework), a form of connecting solid objects tightly using rope or cord * Flagellation, a form of torture or punishment involving a whip * Backlash (engineering), clea ...

or iron hardware to attach a mast to a boat or ship *

Gammon bomb The Gammon bomb, officially known as the No. 82 grenade was a British hand grenade used during World War II. Overview Designed by Capt. R. S. Gammon of the 1st Parachute Regiment, the Gammon bomb was developed as a replacement for the temperame ...

, a British hand grenade used during World War II *

Gammon Construction Gammon Construction Limited is a Hong Kong construction and engineering contractor headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. In addition to local construction projects, it is also involved in the construction and engineering of various projects in ...

, a Hong Kong construction company *

Gammon India Gammon India Limited is one of the largest civil engineering construction companies in India. Headquartered in Mumbai, it was founded in 1922 by John C. Gammon. Notable projects Gammon India has executed some notable civil engineering projec ...

, an Indian civil engineering construction company *

Gammon Lake Gammon Lake is a lake in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin, is within Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, and is the source of the Gammon River. There are numerous unna ...

, in Ontario, Canada *

SA-5 Gammon The NPO Almaz S-200 ''Angara/Vega/Dubna'' (), NATO reporting name SA-5 '' Gammon'' (initially ''Tallinn''), is a long-range, high-altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s to defend large areas from ...

, the NATO designation for the Russian ''Angara/Vega/Dubna'' surface-to-air missile system

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