Charles Gordon
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- Charles Gordon (American football) (born 1984), American cornerback
- Charles Gordon (Canadian football)Charles Gordon (Canadian football)Charles Gordon was a cornerback football player in the Canadian Football League for seven years between 1991 and 1997. Gordon played for three different teams...
(born 1968), Canadian football player - Charles Gordon (artist)Charles Gordon (artist)Charles Allyn Gordon, Jr. , was a watercolor artist.He graduated from Corsicana High School in 1925 and from the University of Texas, Austin in 1929 with a degree in architecture....
(1909–1978), watercolor artist - Charles Gordon (Royal Navy officer)Charles Gordon (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Charles Gordon, CB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the nineteenth century. Gordon's most notable action was the Action of 18 September 1810, when he was seriously wounded in battle and his frigate HMS Ceylon captured by the French frigate Vénus...
(c. 1780–1860) - Charles Gordon (producer)Charles Gordon (producer)Charles Gordon is an American film producer and brother to Lawrence Gordon.-Selected filmography:*Night of the Creeps *The Wrong Guys *Field of Dreams *K-9 *Lock Up *Die Hard 2...
, film producer of October Sky - Charles George GordonCharles George GordonMajor-General Charles George Gordon, CB , known as "Chinese" Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator....
(1833–1885), British army officer and colonial governor - Charles William Gordon (1860–1937), Canadian novelist
- Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of AboyneCharles Gordon, 1st Earl of AboyneCharles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne . The fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell, he was created 1st Earl of Aboyne and 1st Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet by Letters Patent on 10 September 1660...
(c. 1638–1681) - Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of AboyneCharles Gordon, 2nd Earl of AboyneCharles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne . The eldest son of Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne and Elizabeth Lyon, he succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Aboyne in March 1681...
(c. 1670–1702) - Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of AboyneCharles Gordon, 4th Earl of AboyneCharles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne . The eldest son of John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne and Grace Lockhart, he succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Aboyne on 7 April 1732...
(1726–1794) - Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of HuntlyCharles Gordon, 11th Marquess of HuntlyCharles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly PC, DL, JP , styled Lord Strathavon until 1853 and Earl of Aboyne between 1853 and 1863, was a Scottish Liberal politician...
(1847–1937), Scottish Liberal politician - Charlie GordonCharlie GordonCharles Gordon is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He is the former Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Cathcart....
(born 1951), Scottish Labour Party politician
Fictional characters:
- Charlie Gordon, the main character in Flowers for AlgernonFlowers for AlgernonFlowers for Algernon is a science fiction short story and subsequent novel written by Daniel Keyes. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960...
by Daniel Keyes, and in the film adaptation CharlyCharlyCharly is a 1968 American film directed by Ralph Nelson. The drama stars Cliff Robertson , Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney and Dick Van Patten and tells the story of a mentally retarded bakery worker who is the subject of an experiment to increase human intelligence...