Noblemen
- John Gordon, Lord Gordon (died 1517), Scottish nobleman
- John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland (1525–1567), Earl of Sutherland
- John Gordon, 13th Earl of Sutherland (1576–1615), Earl of Sutherland
- John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Melgum (died 1630), father of Scottish courtier Henrietta Gordon
- John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure (1599–1634), Scottish nobleman and founder of the town of New Galloway
- John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (1609–1679), Scottish peer
- Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo (1610–1644)
- Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet (c. 1632–1665), Gordon of Dalpholly, Sutherland
- John Gordon, 2nd Viscount of Kenmure (died 1639), successor to John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure
- John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne (died 1732)
- John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661–1733), Scottish nobleman and politician
- John Gordon, 10th Viscount of Kenmure (1750–1840), Viscount of Kenmure
- John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847–1934), Scottish Liberal politician and colonial governor
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