People
- Charles Gordon (American football) (born 1984), American cornerback
- Charles Gordon (Canadian football) (born 1968), Canadian football player
- Charles Gordon (artist) (1909–1978), watercolor artist
- Charles Gordon (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1780–1860)
- Charles Gordon (producer), film producer of October Sky
- Charles George Gordon (1833–1885), British army officer and colonial governor
- Ralph Connor (1860–1937), pen name of Rev. Charles William Gordon, Canadian novelist
- Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (c. 1638–1681)
- Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne (c. 1670–1702)
- Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (1726–1794)
- Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792–1863), Scottish peer and politician
- Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (1847–1937), Scottish Liberal politician
- Charles Jason Gordon (born 1959), bishop of Barbados
- Charlie Gordon (born 1951), Scottish Labour Party politician
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