Gurdon (surname)

Gurdon is a surname, and may refer to:

• Adam de Gurdon (died 1305), English knight
• Al Gurdon, British broadcast lighting designer
• Bertram Gurdon, 2nd Baron Cranworth (1877–1964), British peer and soldier
• Bertrand Evelyn Mellish Gurdon (1867–1949), British soldier and administrator
• Brampton Gurdon (of Assington and Letton) (died 1649), Member of Parliament for Sudbury (1621) and High Sheriff of Suffolk
• Brampton Gurdon (of Letton) (1606–1669), his son, Member of Parliament for Sudbury (1645–1653) and a cavalry colonel in the English Civil War
• Brampton Gurdon (lecturer) (died 1741), Archdeacon of Sudbury, fellow of Caius College, Cambridge and Boyle lecturer
• Brampton Gurdon (Norfolk MP) (1797–1881), British politician
• Charles Gurdon (1855–1931), English barrister, judge, rower and rugby union footballer
• Edward Temple Gurdon (1854–1929), English rugby union footballer
• Francis Gurdon (1861–1929), Anglican bishop
• John Gurdon (born 1933), British developmental biologist
• John Gurdon (died 1623) (c.1544–1623), English landowner and politician
• John Gurdon (died 1679) (1595–1679), English politician
• John Everard Gurdon (1898–1973), British flying ace
• John Gurdon (MP) (1595–1679) English politician
• Madeleine Gurdon (born 1962), English equestrian
• Norah Gurdon (1882–1974), Australian artist
• Philip Gurdon (1800–1874), English cricketer
• Robert Gurdon, 1st Baron Cranworth (1829–1902), British politician
• Temple Gurdon (British Army officer) (1896–1959), British Army officer
• Thornhagh Gurdon (1663–1733), English antiquary
• William Gurdon (cricketer) (1804–1884), English judge and cricketer
• William Brampton Gurdon (1840–1911), British civil servant and politician

See also

• Gardon (surname)
• Gordon (surname)