Gordon Town

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Gordon Town

Coordinates18.04°, -76.72°

Demographic figures from Statistical Institute of Jamaica. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gordon Town is a settlement in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. It has a population of 1,067 as of 2009. Reggae musician Judah Eskender Tafari was born in Gordon Town, as was Henry Arthur Campbell (1873-1953), electrical engineer.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Linford Christie

English athlete, Olympic medalist

Ricardo Gardner

Jamaican footballer

Michael Manley

4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (1924–1997)

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Henry "Junjo" Lawes

Jamaican record producer

Judy Mowatt

Jamaican singer and songwriter

Augustus Pablo

Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist (1954-1999)

George William Gordon

Jamaican politician (1820–1865)

Alia Atkinson

Jamaican swimmer

Darrell Silvera

set decorator (1900-1983)

Maurice Ashley

American chess grandmaster

Maurice Wignall

athletics competitor

Gyptian

Jamaican reggae singer

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Uriah Grant

Jamaican boxer

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Gillian Russell

Jamaican hurdler

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Clifton Jones

British actor

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Clinton Fearon

Jamaican reggae singer and musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gordon Town

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · 1843

Milton's Poems

John Milton · 1605

Voice Repertoire

Royal Conservatory of Music. · 2012

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1686

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

Glorious gospel hymns (Nazarene hymnal) for use in all services of the church

Haldor Lillenas · 1931

Search results from Open Library.