Jean Gordon

Jean Gordon may refer to:

  • Jean Gordon (countess of Bothwell), first wife of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
  • Jean Gordon (Gypsy) (died 1746) famous Gypsy queen, the basis for the character Meg Merrilies in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering
  • John Gordon (bishop) (1544–1619), Dean of Salisbury, called "Jean Gordon" while he lived in France
  • Jean Gordon (politician) (born 1918), Canadian politician
  • Jean Gordon (publisher) (died 1985) associate publisher (1952–1985) and owner (1970–1985) of US-based Dance Magazine

Famous quotes containing the word gordon:

    Many are poets but without the name,
    For what is poesy but to create
    From overfeeling good or ill; and aim
    At an external life beyond our fate,
    And be the new Prometheus of new men.
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)