Gordon Bennett
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  • Gordon Bennett (artist)
    Gordon Bennett (artist)
    Gordon Bennett is an Australian artist of Aboriginal and Anglo-Gaelic descent. Born in Monto, Queensland, and now working in Brisbane, Bennett is a significant figure in contemporary Indigenous Australian art.-Biography:...

     (born 1955), Australian artist
  • Gordon Bennett (bishop)
    Gordon Bennett (bishop)
    Gordon Bennett, S.J., is Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Mandeville.-Episcopacy:Gordon Bennett was ordained Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore on March 3, 1998. Bennett assumed his duties as bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica on September 24, 2004. After retiring as Bishop of Mandeville in 2008, Bishop...

     (born 1946), US Roman Catholic priest
  • Gordon Bennett (football)
    Gordon Bennett (football)
    Gordon Bennett is the Head of Youth Development at League Two side Plymouth Argyle.Earlier in his career, Bennett was Chief Executive of Bristol Rovers and Norwich City F.C. His time at Carrow Road was significant enough that in 2003, he was made an inaugural member of the Norwich City Hall of...

    , UK football (soccer) coach
  • Gordon Bennett (general) (1887–1962), Australian soldier
  • Gordon Lockhart Bennett
    Gordon Lockhart Bennett
    Gordon Lockhart Bennett, OC was a Canadian teacher, politician and the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island....

     (1912–2000), Canadian politician
  • James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
    James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
    James Gordon Bennett, Jr. was publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett, Sr., who emigrated from Scotland. He was generally known as Gordon Bennett to distinguish him from his father....

     (1841–1918), US newspaper publisher and sporting identity.

Other uses

  • A song recorded by Gilbert O'Sullivan
    Gilbert O'Sullivan
    Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...

  • Gordon Bennett (comics), a British comic book character
  • Gordon Bennett Cup
    Gordon Bennett Cup
    There were three Gordon Bennett Cups, all established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr.*Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing*Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning — for a time, a separate cup was also awarded for powered air racing...

    , several awards for cars, balloons, and schooners, established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
    • Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing
      Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing
      As one of three Gordon Bennett Cups established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., millionaire owner of the New York Herald, the automobile racing award was first given in 1900 in France....

    • Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning
      Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning
      The Gordon Bennett Cup is the world's oldest gas balloon race, and is "regarded as the premier event of world balloon racing" according to the Los Angeles Times. Referred to as the "Blue Ribbon" of aeronautics, the first race started from Paris, France, on September 30, 1906...

  • For the phrase "Gordon Bennett" see Wiktionary:Gordon Bennett
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