** George Gordon, Lord Haddo ( 1674-d. between 1694-1708 )

** George Gordon, Lord Haddo ( 1764 – 1791 )

** British businessman Greville Wynne, imprisoned in Moscow since 1963 for spying, is exchanged for Soviet spy Gordon Lonsdale.

** Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

** Gordon Gould invents the laser.

** Gordon Parks, African-American photographer and artist ( d. 2006 )

** Gordon Burns, British journalist and TV presenter

** Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

** John Gordon Mein, US Ambassador to Guatemala, is assassinated on the streets of Guatemala City.

** Gordon Moore, American computing entrepreneur and benefactor

** Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada ( Keith Gordon Ham ), Hare Krishna guru

** Gordon Banks, English footballer

** Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader ( d. 2008 )

** Gemini 11 ( Richard Gordon, Pete Conrad ) docks with an Agena target vehicle.

** Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor ( died 1986 )

** Jeff Gordon, American race car driver

** Dale Gordon, English footballer

** The-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board ( an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot ).

** Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0. 16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.

** Gordon MacRae, American actor, singer ( b. 1921 )

** Gordon Jump, American television actor ( WKRP in Cincinnati ) ( d. 2003 )

** Gordon J.

** Gordon Liu, Chinese actor

** Fats Waller, American pianist and comedian ( d. 1943 )

** Also published ( book by Waller ):

** Tribe Decatopectinini Waller, 1986

** Best Costume Design ( Elizabeth Waller )

** Amanda Waller, former organizer of Suicide Squad

** A Scottish Borders tradition with a repertoire heavy in hornpipes and with heavy use of double stops.

** A Highland tradition, highly influenced by the ornamentation and mixolydian scale of the Great Highland Bagpipe, as well as smoother bowing than other Scottish fiddle styles and a swinging of the 6 / 8 jig rhythm.

** The Forth River, named after the Scottish River Forth ( see above.

** Pipes and drums or pipe bands, composed of musicians who play the Scottish and Irish bagpipes

** Scottish Reformation, in 1560, part of the wider Protestant Reformation

** Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player

** Calvin Harris, Scottish singer-songwriter

** Darren Fletcher, Scottish football player

** Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer ( b. 1925 )

** George Bannatyne, collector of Scottish poems ( b. 1545 )

** William Barclay, Scottish jurist ( b. 1546 )

** M / V Braer, a Liberian oil tanker, runs aground off the Scottish island of Mainland, causing a massive oil spill.

** James Donald, Scottish actor ( b. 1917 )

** Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1907 )

** Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and football manager

** Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish entrepreneur

** Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer

** Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician ( d. 2002 )

** Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera

** James Stirling, Scottish architect ( d. 1992 )

** Irvin Duguid, Scottish rock keyboard player ( Stiltskin )

** Walter Smith, Scottish football manager

** Andrew Brown, Scottish soccer coach ( b. 1870 )

** Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish naval officer ( b. 1883 )

** Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager ( d. 1981 )