William Gordon

William Gordon may refer to:

Law and politics

United Kingdom

• William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (c. 1672–1716), Scottish Jacobite politician
• William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (1679–1746), Scottish peer, Tory politician and Jacobite
• William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver (1683–1720), Scottish politician, MP for Tain Burghs
• Sir William Gordon, 1st Baronet (died 1742), Scottish politician, MP for Sutherland, Cromartyshire and Nairnshire
• Sir William Gordon (diplomat) (1726–1798), British diplomat and politician, MP for Portsmouth
• William Gordon (Rochester MP) (c. 1735–1776), English politician, MP for Rochester
• Lord William Gordon (1744–1823), Scottish politician, MP for Elginshire, Inverness-shire, and Horsham
• William Duff-Gordon (1772–1823), known as William Gordon until 1815, Scottish politician
• William Gordon (Chelsea MP) (1818–1894), British MP for Chelsea
• William McD. Gordon (1899–1950), Scottish provost of Peterhead

United States

• William Gordon (New Hampshire politician) (1763–1802), U.S. representative from New Hampshire
• William F. Gordon (1787–1858), U.S. representative from Virginia
• William Washington Gordon (1796–1842), American politician and railroad executive
• William Osceola Gordon (1837–1914), American judge
• William D. Gordon (politician) (1858–1917), American politician and attorney in Michigan
• William Gordon (Ohio politician) (1862–1942), U.S. representative from Ohio

Elsewhere

• William Gordon (Australian politician) (1862–1943), Australian politician
• Billy Gordon (1972/1973–2022), Australian politician

Military

• William Gordon (Royal Navy officer, born 1705) (1705–1769), Scottish Royal Navy commander
• William Gordon (British Army officer, born 1736) (1736–1816), British general
• William Gordon (Royal Navy officer, born 1784) (1784–1858), Scottish naval commander
• William Gordon (British Army officer, born 1814) (1814–1870), British general
• William Washington Gordon II (1834–1912), Confederate officer and U.S. Army general
• William James Gordon (1864–1922), West Indian soldier in the British army
• William Eagleson Gordon (1866–1941), Scottish officer in the British army

Religion

• William Gordon of Earlston (1614–1679), Scottish landowner and Covenanter
• William Gordon (bishop of Aberdeen) (died 1577), Scottish prelate
• William Gordon (bishop of Leeds) (1831–1911), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• William Gordon (bishop of Alaska) (1918–1994), American Episcopal bishop

Science and medicine

• William Gordon (physician) (1801–1849), English physician
• William Thomas Gordon (1884–1950), British palaeontologist and palaeobotanist
• William E. Gordon (1918–2010), American physicist and astronomer
• William J. J. Gordon (1919–2003), American inventor and psychologist

Others

• William Deuchar Gordon (1871–1951), Australian pastoralist
• William D. Gordon (actor) (1918–1991), American actor, writer and director
• William Francis Gordon (1820–1901), English coal-master and railway director
• William Robert Gordon (1872–1955), Northern Irish landscape and portrait painter
• Willy Gordon (1918–2003), Swedish sculptor and artist

See also

• William Gordon-Cumming (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing William Gordon
• Billi Gordon (1954–2018), American author, television writer, neuroscientist, actor and model