James or Jim Gordon may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

James Gordon (actor) James Gordon (April 23, 1871 – May 12, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1911 and 1935. He also directed 4 films between 1913 and 1915, including the 1915 film ''The New Adventures of J. R ...

(1871–1941), American actor *

Jim Gordon (sportscaster) Jim Gordon (February 15, 1927 – February 16, 2003) was an American television and radio newscaster and play-by-play sportscaster in the New York City area for nearly 40 years. He delivered the first newscast for New York's WINS radio when i ...

(1927–2003), American sportscaster *

James Alexander Gordon James Alexander Gordon (10 February 1936 – 18 August 2014) was a Scottish radio broadcaster, best known for reading out association football, football results on BBC radio. Born in Edinburgh in 1936, as a baby he was paralysed with polio a ...

(1936–2014), British radio presenter *

Jim Gordon (musician) James Beck Gordon (July 14, 1945 – March 13, 2023) was an American musician, songwriter and convicted murderer. Gordon was a session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and played drums in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos. ...

(1945–2023), American rock drummer *

James Gordon (Canadian musician) James Gordon is a Canadian singer-songwriter, known as a founding member of Tamarack. He has also released more than 20 solo albums. Musical career As a prolific songwriter, James Gordon is known for such diverse songs as " Sweaters for Pen ...

(born 1955), Canadian singer-songwriter * James Gordon (journalist), British broadcast journalist and radio presenter * Jim Gordon (bassist), bassist on Sordid Humor * Jim Gordon (jazz musician), on ''

Home Plate A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...

'' * James Gordon (poet) (1874-1949), Australian poet

Military

James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne (c. 1620 – February 1649) was the second son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, a Scotland, Scottish royalist commander in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Early life Aboyne was a member of the powerf ...

(1620–1649), Scottish royalist commander in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms *

James Willoughby Gordon General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Baronet (21 October 1772 – 4 January 1851) was a general officer in the British Army. He notably served as most long-standing Quartermaster-General to the Forces, holding the position for some 40 years. ...

(1772–1851), British Army general and long-serving Quartermaster-General to the Forces *

James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB (6 October 1782 – 8 January 1869) was a Royal Navy officer. As a volunteer, he fought at the Battle of Groix, at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and at the Battle of Cape St Vinc ...

(1782–1869), British admiral *

James Gordon (British Army officer, died 1783) Lieutenant-Colonel James Gordon, the third and last Laird of the barony of Ellon, (17 October 1783) was a highly regarded British Army officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. In 1782, he played a role in the Asgill Affair, the cont ...

, British Army officer who fought in the American War of Independence *

James B. Gordon James Byron Gordon (November 2, 1822 – May 18, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge. Early life Gordon was born in Wilkes County, ...

(1822–1864), Confederate general *

James Gordon (Australian soldier) James Hannah Gordon, VC (7 March 1909 – 24 July 1986) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Gordon was one of 20 Aus ...

(1909–1986), awarded the Victoria Cross in 1941 * James Gordon (British Army officer, born 1957), British Army general

Politics and law

* James Gordon (New York politician) (1739–1810), American Indian trader, U.S. Congressman * James Gordon Sr. (1750–1796), American politician *

James Gordon (MP) James Gordon (c. 1758–1822) was a British barrister, politician and plantation owner on Antigua and St Vincent. Life He was the son of James Brebner and Anne Lavington (or Mary), born on Antigua. His father adopted the surname Gordon in 1768. ...

(c. 1758–1822), member of Parliament for Stockbridge, Truro, Clitheroe and Tregony *

James Gordon (Upper Canada politician) James Gordon (August 26, 1786 – April 10, 1865) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1786 and studied at the Inverness Royal Academy. He came to Amherstburg in Upper Can ...

(1786–1865), Upper Canada political figure *

James Wright Gordon James Wright Gordon (1809 – December 1853), usually referred to as J. Wright Gordon, was a United States Whig Party, Whig politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Life and politics in Michigan Gordon was born in Plainfield, Connecticu ...

(J. Wright Gordon, 1809–1853), Whig politician from Michigan *

James Lindsay Gordon James L. Gordon (October 13, 1813 – December 7, 1877) was a Virginia lawyer and politician in Louisa County who served two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates.Malcolm H. Harris, History of Louisa County, Virginia (Richmond: The Dietz Pre ...

(1813–1877) attorney and member of the Virginia House of Delegates *

James Gordon (Mississippi politician) James Gordon (December 6, 1833November 28, 1912) was an American planter, writer, former Confederate officer and politician from Okolona, Mississippi. He was a United States senator for eight weeks, from December 27, 1909, to February 22, 1910 ...

(1833–1912), American planter, U.S. Senator *

James Gordon (Australian politician) James Gordon (27 June 1845 – 22 November 1914) was a politician and solicitor in New South Wales, Australia. He was born at Braidwood to pastoralist Hugh Gordon and Mary Macarthur. His grandfather was Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur. He was ...

(1845–1914), New South Wales politician *

James Lindsay Gordon (attorney) James Lindsay Gordon (1858-November 30, 1904) was an American lawyer who briefly served in the Virginia Senate and practiced in Virginia and New York City, where he died. He was the grandson of U.S. Congressman William F. Gordon, son of attorney ...

(1858–1904), American attorney and Virginia state senator, nephew of James Lindsay Gordon *

James Thomas Gordon James Thomas Gordon (December 24, 1859—December 21, 1919) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1901 to 1910, as a member of the Conservative Party. Gordon was born in Tweed, Hastings Co ...

(1859–1919), Canadian politician, Manitoba * James H. Gordon (1868–1936), American judge, Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court *

James L. Gordon James Leonard Tagle Gordon Sr. (January 17, 1917 – February 20, 1967) was a Filipino-American politician who was mayor of Olongapo from December 30, 1963, until his assassination on February 20, 1967. As mayor, he presided over the transitio ...

(1917–1967), American-Filipino politician *

James Fleming Gordon James Fleming Gordon (May 18, 1918 – February 9, 1990) was a United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Education and career Born in Madisonville, Kentuc ...

(1918–1990), U.S. federal judge *

Jim Gordon (politician) James K. Gordon (born March 6, 1937) is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1976 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2003, and as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the provincial electoral district of Sudbury from 19 ...

(born 1937), Canadian politician *

James Gordon (New Brunswick politician) James Kenneth Gordon (born March 10, 1949) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1982 to 1987 as member of the Progressive Conservative Party from the constituency of Miramichi Bay. On Jan ...

(born 1949), Canadian politician * James D. Gordon III (born 1954), American legal academic

Religion

James Gordon (Jesuit) James Gordon (1541 – 16 April 1620) was a Scottish Jesuit. He is sometimes known as James Gordon Huntly, to distinguish him from James Gordon (1553–1641), another Jesuit. Life He was the fifth son of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, by E ...

(1541–1620), Scottish Jesuit *

James Gordon (vicar apostolic) James Gordon (31 January 1665 – 18 February 1746) was a Bishop (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic for the whole of Scotland from 1718 to 1727, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Lo ...

(1665–1746), Vicar Apostolic of Scotland *

James Bentley Gordon James Bentley Gordon (1750 – 10 April 1819) was an Irish clergyman, and a geographer and historian. He published a history of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, soon after the events. Life Gordon was the son of the Rev. James Gordon of Neeve Hall in C ...

(1750–1819), Irish clergyman and historian *

James Frederick Skinner Gordon James Frederick Skinner Gordon (1821–1904) was a Scottish antiquary and a minister in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Life James Frederick Skinner Gordon, born at Keith, Moray, Keith, Banffshire, in 1821, claimed descent from the Gordons o ...

(1821–1904), Scottish antiquary and Episcopal church minister * James Gordon (missionary) (1832–1872), Scottish missionary to the New Hebrides *

James Henry Hamilton-Gordon James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince James ...

(1845–1868), prospective missionary, son of

George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (28 September 1816 – 22 March 1864), styled Lord Haddo before 1860, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician. Early life Lord Haddo was born at Bentley Priory in Hertfordshi ...

James Gordon (bishop of Jarrow) James Geoffrey Gordon (11 December 1881 – 28 August 1938) was a priest and bishop in the Church of England. Life James Gordon was the son of James Edward Henry Gordon, J. E. H. Gordon, an early electrical engineer and Alice Mary Gordon (née ...

(1881–1938), Bishop of Jarrow in the Church of England

Other people

* James Gordon (botanist) (1708–1780), gardener, nurseryman and seed merchant *

James Davidson Gordon Sir James Davidson Gordon (1835–1889) was a British civil servant and administrator who served as the Chief Commissioner to Mysore and Coorg from 1878 to 1881 and as the Chief Commissioner of Coorg up to 1883. He is credited with having int ...

(1835–1889), British civil servant and administrator *

James Edward Henry Gordon James Edward Henry Gordon (26 June 1852 – 3 February 1893) was a British electrical engineer, the son of James Alexander Gordon (1793–1872). He took his B.A. at Caius College, Cambridge in 1876. Gordon designed large electrical machines, ...

(1852–1893), British engineer *

James Gordon (athlete) James Gordon (December 27, 1908 – May 26, 1997) was an American sprint (running), sprinter. He competed in the Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres, men's 400 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. References

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(1908–1997), American Olympic sprinter *

J. E. Gordon James Edward Gordon (9 August 1913–26 June 1998) was a materials scientist and biomechanical engineer who is considered to be one of the founders of materials science and biomechanics. He was a professor of materials science at the University ...

(James Edward Gordon, 1913–1998), British professor of materials science and biomechanics *

James P. Gordon James Power Gordon (March 20, 1928 – June 21, 2013) was an American physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics. His contributions include the design, analysis and construction of the first maser in 1954 as ...

(1928–2013), American physicist and engineer *

James Riely Gordon James Riely Gordon (August 2, 1863 – March 16, 1937) was an architect who practiced in San Antonio until 1902 and then in New York City, where he gained national recognition. He is best known for his landmark county courthouses, in particular t ...

(1863–1937), American architect *

James Roycroft Gordon Roy Gordon was a chemist and a research metallurgist who rose to become President of Inco Limited. Biography James Roycroft Gordon was born a Methodist in 1898 near Kingston, Ontario. He graduated from Queen's University in 1920 with a B.Sc. in Ch ...

(1898-1980), Canadian industrialist and President of Inco Limited * James Gordon, Baron Gordon of Strathblane (1936–2020), Scottish businessman *

James Gordon (American football) Jimmy Gordon (born August 1, 1991) is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the Arena Football League (AFL) for the Jacksonville Sharks, Tampa Bay Storm, and Washington Valor. College career Gordon committed to the U ...

(born 1991), American football player *

James Samuel Gordon James Samuel Gordon is an American author and psychiatrist known for mind-body medicine. In 1991, he founded and is the director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization. At the Georgetown Medica ...

, American author and psychiatrist

Fictional people

James Gordon (character) James W. "Jim" Gordon Sr. is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, most commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane as an ally of Batman, the character debuted in the firs ...

, fictional police commissioner of Gotham City in ''Batman'' comics *

James Gordon Jr. G.I. Robot G'nort Walker Gabriel Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe Galactic Golem The Galactic Golem is a solar-powered creature created by Lex Luthor who is an enemy of Superman. Creator Len Wein said that he created the Golem "because I needed ...

, a fictional supervillain in DC Comics and an enemy of Batman *

James Gordon (Gotham) James "Jim" Gordon is a fictional character adapted for television by screenwriter Bruno Heller. He serves as the main protagonist of the Warner Bros. and DC Comics television series '' Gotham'', portrayed by Ben McKenzie. He is based on a ...