Jordan (disambiguation)
The name
Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the
Hebrew Yarden, meaning "one which descends", through the
Latin Jordanus. In
Arabic it is
Urdunn, in
Italian Giordano, in
Spanish Jordán, in
French Jourdain, and in
Catalan Jordà.
*
Jordan, a country in the Middle East
*
Jordan River, a river in the Middle East
*
Jordan River, New Zealand, a river in New Zealand
*
River Jordan, Cornwall, a small river flowing through Boscastle in Cornwall, England
*
Jordan, Hong Kong, a road and area in Kowloon, Hong Kong
* Several places in the United States:
**
Jordan, Minnesota**
Jordan, Montana**
Jordan, New York**
Jordan, Wisconsin**
Jordan Township, Pennsylvania *
Jordan, Guimaras, a municipality in the Philippines
*
Jordaan, a district of the city of Amsterdam
*
Jordan is an affluent neighborhood in
Tehran,
Iran, named after
Samuel M. Jordan*
Jordan, first bishop of Poland (d. 982 or 984)
*
Jordan I of Capua,
prince of Capua (1078-1091)
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Jordan II of Capua,
prince of Capua (1120-1127)
*
Jordan of Ariano (d.1127),
Norman count
*
Jordan of Hauteville (d.1092), count of
Syracuse*
Jordan of Saxony (d.1237),
Dominican master general*
Jordan,
Bishop of Warmia (1327-1328)
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Jordan, the pseudonym of a British glamour model (real name Katie Price)
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Jordan Catalani (d.1330),
Dominican missionary and
explorer*
Jordan Kerner, film producer
*
Jordan Mechner,
game programmer and
game designer*
Jordan Nemorarius (b.1237), German scientist
*
Jordan Pierleoni, leader of the
Commune of Rome (1143-1145)
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Alexis Jordan (1814-1897), French botanist
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Alfonso-Jordan (d.1148),
count of Toulouse and
Tripoli*
David Starr Jordan (1851-1931), US biologist
*
Eddie Jordan, Irish millionaire and owner of a Formula One team (see below)
*
Hamilton Jordan, advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter
*
Louis Jordan (1908-1975), African-American musician and songwriter
*
Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (1838-1922), French mathematician
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Michael Jordan, American basketball player,
Air Jordan being his clothing line (not the name of a Jordanian arline as one would think)
*
Neil Jordan, Irish film director
*
Pascual Jordan (1902-1980), German physicist
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Robert Jordan, U.S. fantasy author (The Wheel of Time)
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Robert Jordan, U.S. lawyer and former diplomat
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Ronny Jordan, British musician
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Tony Jordan, British television writer
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Wilhelm Jordan, German geodesist (best known for the
Gauss-Jordan elimination method)
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William-Jordan (d.1109),
count of Cerdagne and
Tripoli*
Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One racing team
*
Crossing Jordan, an NBC television drama that first aired in 2001
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Jordan Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer of the 1920s
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Jordan Almonds, a type of candy, popular at weddings.
