Members of The Scottish Clan Gordon
- George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637–1720), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
- George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722–1801), Scottish peer
- George Gordon, Lord Haddo (1764–1791)
- Lord George Gordon (1751–1793), politician
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864), British peer and Liberal Party politician
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870), Scottish peer and sailor
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879–1965), 8th Earl of Aberdeen
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (1562–1636), Scottish nobleman
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592–1649)
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562), Scottish nobleman
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (died 1576), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
- George Gordon (bishop) (died 1588), bishop of Galloway
- George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (1761–1853), Scottish peer
- George Gordon of Gight (1741–1779), maternal grandfather of poet George Gordon Byron
- George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon (1643–1716), Scottish peer
- George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770–1836), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore (1871–1957), British Liberal politician
- George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly (before 1455–1501), Chancellor of Scotland, 1498–1501
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