Military
- John Gordon (admiral) (1792–1869), son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo
- John Rutherford Gordon (1895–1978), Australian fighter pilot in World War I
- John A. Gordon (born 1946), deputy director of the CIA, Homeland Security advisor to President Bush
- John E. Gordon, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy, 1990–1992
- John William Gordon (1805–1870), British Army officer and Inspector-General of Engineers
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it. The antique arm whined as he reached for another mug. It was a Russian military prosthesis, a seven-function force-feedback manipulator, cased in grubby pink plastic.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I’m a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colours for those who see none.”
—Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)