Gord (given name)
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Gord is a given name, especially popular in Canada
, often as a diminutive form of Gordon, and may refer to:
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, often as a diminutive form of Gordon, and may refer to:
In sports:
- Gord AshGord AshGordon Ian Ash is vice president and assistant general manager for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was the general manager for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1995 to 2001....
, assistant general manager for the Milwaukee Brewers - Gord KluzakGord KluzakGordon Glen Kluzak is a retired NHL defenceman who played his entire abbreviated career for the Boston Bruins, and is now a broadcaster for the team.-Playing career:...
, retired NHL defenseman who played his entire career for the Boston Bruins - Gord Miller (sportscaster)Gord Miller (sportscaster)Gord Miller is a Canadian sportscaster for the cable networks, TSN and Versus. Working alongside Pierre McGuire, Miller has been the lead National Hockey League play-by-play announcer for TSN since 2002, when the network re-acquired national broadcast rights for the NHL...
, Canadian sportscaster for the cable network TSN - Gord SpenceGord SpenceEdward Gordon Spence , was a professional ice hockey player who played one season in the NHL for the Toronto St. Pats. Spence appeared in three games during the 1925–26 season....
, Professional Hockey player who played 1 season in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats
In politics:
- Gord MackintoshGord MackintoshGordon Henry Alexander "Gord" Mackintosh is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Greg Selinger....
, politician in Manitoba, Canada - Gord Miller (politician)Gord Miller (politician)Gordon Irvin Miller is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1975 to 1990.- Biography :Miller was educated in Jarvis, and worked as a farmer...
, former politician in Ontario, Canada
In ecology:
- Gord Miller (environmental commissioner)Gord Miller (environmental commissioner)Gord Miller is the current Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Canada. He has served as the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario since 2000, and oversees the implementation of the Environmental Bill of Rights....
, the current Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Canada - Gord PerksGord PerksGord Perks is a Canadian environmentalist, political activist, writer and is the city councillor for the Toronto municipal electoral district of Parkdale—High Park, Ward 14.-Environmentalist:...
, Canadian environmentalist, political activist, and writer
In fiction:
- Gord Afrid (GordafaridGordafaridGurdāfarīd is one of the heroines in the Shāhnāmeh "The Book of Kings" or "The Epic of Kings", an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Hakīm Abū l-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī around 1000 AD. She was a champion who fought against Sohrab and delayed the Turanian troops who were marching on Persia...
) was a female warrior in Shahnama - Ranger Gord, fictional character on The Red Green Show, full name Gordon Ranger
- Gord Vendome, a character in the video game BullyBully (video game)Bully, also known as Canis Canem Edit for the PAL PlayStation 2 version, is an open world video game released by Rockstar Vancouver for the PlayStation 2 on 17 October 2006 in North America, and 25 October 2006 in the United Kingdom...
In other fields:
- Gord Downie, lead singer for the popular Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip
- Gord MartineauGord MartineauGord Martineau is a Canadian television journalist.Martineau is the senior anchor of Citytv's CityNews newscast in Toronto. He has been with the station since its inception, except for a few weeks in 1980 when he moved to Global Television Network as a news co-anchor for CIII...
, Canadian television journalist - Gord Sinclair, bass guitarist for the popular Canadian rock group The Tragically Hip