Famous People with Name Jordan

Jordan Cox            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jordan Cox: is an American tennis player. In 2009 he reached the final of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships - Boys' Singles, where he lost to Andrey Kuznetsov. He lost to Yuki Bhambri in the first round of the 2009 Junior US Open.

Jordan Danyluk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jordan Danyluk: is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names J.D. Michaels and J.D. Maverick. He has competed for numerous independent promotions all over Canada, Europe and America and held several titles.

Jordan Harry Jemison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jordan Harry Jemison: is a collegiate athlete. Jemison attended North Atlanta High School, one of the Nation's Schools of Excellence, where he set various school and Georgia Highschool Swimming and Diving records in the Atlanta, GA Athletic Division 4A. Jemison was awarded a f

Jordan Davis Hartney            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jordan Davis Hartney: is a national swimmer from Canada, who specializes in the individual medley. He grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and is the youngest of two siblings, Melanie and Kendra Hartney. Hartney started swimming at the age of 3 and trained with the Richmond R

Jordan Malloch            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jordan Malloch: is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. He was eliminated in the heats of both the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Four years later in Athens, Malloch was eliminated in the semifinals

Robert Byrd "Bob" Jordan, III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Robert Byrd "Bob" Jordan, III: was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina for one term (1985–1989) and who unsuccessfully ran for Governor of North Carolina in 1988.Jordan ran his family's lumber company and served in the North Carolina Senate as a D

Barbara Charline Jordan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Barbara Charline Jordan: was an American politician who was both a product, and a leader, of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African-American elected to the Texas Senate after reconstruction and the first Southern black woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Represe

Leonard Beck "Len" Jordan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leonard Beck "Len" Jordan: was the 23rd Governor of Idaho and United States Senator from Idaho.Jordan was elected to a single four-year term as Governor of Idaho in 1950. In 1955 he was appointed by President Eisenhower as Chairman of the United States section of the International

Joseph Louis (Joe) Jordan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Louis (Joe) Jordan: is a Canadian politician. Jordan was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Leeds—Grenville from 1997 to 2004. Jordan is a former businessman and professor. He was parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, and parliamentary secretary to the president of the Treasury Board with special emphasis on regulatory reform. He lost his seat in the 2004 election to Conservative candidate Gord Brown.

Jim Jordan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jim Jordan: was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. His career had been in education as a teacher and administrator. Jordan was an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the 1987 provincial election, losing by fewer than 200 votes to Progressive Conservative incumbent Bob Runciman. He then chose to contest the 1988 federal election, defeating incumbent MP Jennifer Cossitt by over 2,000 votes. He was re-elected in the 1993 election, and retired in 1997. His son Joe Jordan secured the Liberal nomination in Leeds and Grenville that year, and succeeded his father as MP in the 1997 election. This marked the first time in Canadian history that a son had directly succeeded his father as MP for the same constituency.