Gord is a given name, usually a diminutive form of

Gordon Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Gordon Heuck ...

, and is seen as uniquely and idiosyncratically

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Gord Cruickshank (1965–2021), Canadian ice hockey player *

Gord Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from ...

(1964–2017), Canadian singer and guitarist with the Tragically Hip * Gord Johns (born 1969), Canadian politician from British Columbia *

Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...

(1938–2023), Canadian singer-songwriter sometimes referred to as "Gord" * Gord Martineau (born 1947), Canadian television journalist * Gord Miller (environmental commissioner) (born 1953), Canadian politician and Environmental Commissioner of Ontario * Gord Sinclair, Canadian bass guitarist with The Tragically Hip *

Gord Stellick Gord Stellick (born May 26, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former National Hockey League, NHL executive. Stellick formerly hosted The Fan 590 Morning Show with Don Landry, and also appears on Hockey Central on Rogers ...

(born 1957), Canadian sportscaster *

Gord Bamford Gordon Bamford (born April 17, 1976) is an Australian-Canadian country music singer. He has released ten studio albums. Bamford stands as one of the most decorated artists in Canadian country music with 26 Canadian Country Music Association (CCM ...

, Australian-Canadian country singer

Fictional characters

* Gord the Rogue, fictional character created by Gary Gygax *Gord, fictional character in the television series '' Between'' *Gord, fictional character from the video game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' *Gord Vendome, a character in the video game

Bully Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing, comments, or threats, in order to abuse, aggressively dominate, or intimidate one or more others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perc ...

* Ranger Gord, fictional character on ''The Red Green Show''

Fictional characters

See also