Gordo (Spanish and Portuguese for "fat") may refer to:

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Afonso II of Portugal Afonso II (; 23 April 118525 March 1223), also called Afonso the Fat () and Afonso the Leper (), was List of Portuguese monarchs, King of Portugal from 1211 until 1223. Afonso was the third monarch of Portugal. Afonso was the second but eldest ...

(1185–1223), King of Portugal nicknamed "''o Gordo'' ("the Fat") *

Agustín Calleri Agustín Calleri (, ; born 14 September 1976) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His nickname is ''Gordo'' which means ''Fat'' in Spanish. He is known as a hard-hitter and he prefers playing on clay. Calleri served as ...

(born 1976), Argentine retired tennis player nicknamed "Gordo" *

Gordo (DJ) Diamanté Anthony Blackmon (born January 3, 1991), known professionally as Gordo (stylized GORDO) and formerly known as Carnage (or DJ Carnage), is an American disc jockey, record producer, and former rapper. He first gained recognition for his ...

, Guatemalan-American DJ and record producer *

Gordon Cooper Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force Aviator, pilot, and the youngest of the Mercury Seven, seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the f ...

(1927–2004), one of the seven original American astronauts, nicknamed "Gordo" *

Gordon Lish Gordon Lish (born February 11, 1934) is an American writer. As a literary editor, he championed many American authors, particularly Raymond Carver, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Rick Bass, Tom Spanbauer, and Richard Ford. He is the father of the no ...

(born 1934), American writer and editor who used the pseudonym "Gordo Lockwood" *

João Gordo João Gordo (born João Francisco Benedan on 13 March 1964) is a Brazilian vocalist, TV host and paleontologist. He is the lead singer of the hardcore punk band Ratos de Porão, also known simply as RxDxPx. He participated in many seminal punk ...

(born 1964), Brazilian vocalist and TV host *

John Gordon (sportscaster) John "Gordo" Gordon (born July 7, 1940) is an American former Major League Baseball radio broadcaster who was best known as the play by play announcer for the Minnesota Twins on the Twins Radio Network and their Metro Affiliate KSTP 1500 AM. He is ...

(born 1940), retired Major League Baseball radio broadcaster nicknamed "Gordo" *

Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida (born 19 October 1984) is a Brazilian swimmer who specializes in the butterfly. He is also known by the reduced versions of his name: ''Kaio Márcio'', ''Kaio Márcio de Almeida'', ''Kaio Almeida'', or ''K ...

(born 1984), Brazilian swimmer nicknamed "''Gordo'' as a child *

Ricardo María Carles Gordó Ricardo María Carles Gordó (24 September 1926 – 17 December 2013) was a cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona in the Catholic Church. Biography Born in Valencia, Spain, Carles Gordó was ordained a priest on 29 June 1951. H ...

(1926–2013), Roman Catholic cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona

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Gordo, Alabama Gordo is a town in Pickens County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 1,628, down from 1,750 in 2010. It was the second-largest municipality in Pickens County as of 2020, after Aliceville. The town incorporated in 190 ...

, USA, a town *

Monte Gordo (Cape Verde) Monte Gordo is a mountain on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde. At 1,312 m elevation, it is the island's highest point. It is situated in the western part of the island, 6 km west of the island capital Ribeira Brava. The mountain is ...

, the highest point on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde * Gordo, a hill or mountain in

Añasco, Puerto Rico Añasco (, ), named after one of its settlers, Don Luis de Añasco, is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the west coast of the island bordering the Mona Passage to the west, north of Mayagüez, and Las Marias; south of Rincón, ...

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* ''Gordo'' (comic strip), a comic strip (1941–1985) created by Gus Arriola * David "Gordo" Gordon, a character from the Disney sitcom ''Lizzie McGuire'' *

Eddy Gordo is a fictional character from the ''Tekken'' series by Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco). Eddy is a Brazilian capoeira fighter. Introduced in the 1997 fighting game ''Tekken 3'', Eddy has since appeared in every main game thereafter. He ...

, a character from the ''Tekken'' series of fighting games * Gordo, a gluttonous Black Pirate in the video game ''

Skies of Arcadia ''Skies of Arcadia'' is a 2000 role-playing video game developed by Overworks and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. Players control Vyse, a young air pirate, and his friends as they attempt to stop the Valuan Empire from reviving ancient weapo ...

'' * Gordo, an undead abomination in the

Warcraft Universe ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of six core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ...

* Gordo, a fictional character from the anime series '' Beyblade V-Force'' * Gordo, a common enemy character from the ''

Kirby Kirby may refer to: Buildings * Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States * Kirby Lofts, a building in Houston, Texas, United States * Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England * Kirby Ho ...

'' video game franchise * Mr. Gordo, the name of Buffy Summers' stuffed pig in ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. The concept is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film, also written by Whedon, a ...

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Gordo High School Gordo High School is a public secondary school located in Gordo, Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Ten ...

, Gordo, Alabama *

Gordo (monkey) Gordo was one of the first monkeys to travel into space. As part of the NASA space program, Gordo, also known as Old Reliable, was launched from Cape Canaveral on December 13, 1958, in the U.S. PGM-19 Jupiter rocket on its AM-13 mission. The rock ...

, the first monkey to travel beyond Earth's orbit *

Gordo (dinosaur) ''Barosaurus'' ( ) is a genus of giant, long-tailed, long-necked, plant-eating sauropod dinosaur closely related to the more familiar '' Diplodocus''. Remains have been found in the Morrison Formation from the Upper Jurassic Period of Colora ...

, a dinosaur specimen of the genus ''Barosaurus'' *

Chipotle A chipotle ( , ), or chilpotle, is a smoke-dried ripe jalapeño chili pepper used for seasoning. It is a chili used primarily in Mexican and Mexican-inspired cuisines, such as Tex-Mex and Southwestern United States dishes. It comes in differen ...

, also called ''gordo'' in Mexico * Gordo, another name for the

Muscat of Alexandria Muscat of Alexandria is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of ''Vitis vinifera''. It is considered an "ancient vine", and wine experts believe it is one of the oldest genetically unmodified vines still in existence.J. Robi ...

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