Gordo

Gordo (Spanish and Portuguese for "fat") may refer to:

People

• Afonso II of Portugal (1185-1223), King of Portugal nicknamed "o Gordo" ("the Fat")
• Gordon Cooper (1927-2004), one of the seven original American astronauts, nicknamed "Gordo"
• Kaio de Almeida (born 1984), Brazilian swimmer nicknamed "gordo" as a child
• Agustín Calleri (born 1976), Argentine retired tennis player nicknamed "Gordo"
• John Gordon (broadcaster) (born 1940), retired Major League Baseball radio broadcaster nicknamed "Gordo"
• Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926-2013), Roman Catholic cardinal priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Barcelona
• Gordon Lish (born 1934), American writer and editor who used the pseudonym "Gordo Lockwood"

Places

• Gordo, Alabama, USA, a town
• Monte Gordo, Cape Verde, the highest point on the island of São Nicolau, Cape Verde
• Gordo, a hill or mountain in Añasco, Puerto Rico

In entertainment

• Gordo (comic strip), a comic strip (1941-1985) created by Gus Arriola
• Gordo, a spiked invincible enemy in the Kirby series of video games
• David "Gordo" Gordon, a character from the Disney sitcom Lizzie McGuire
• Eddy Gordo, a character from the Tekken series of fighting games
• Gordo, a gluttonous Black Pirate in Skies of Arcadia
• Gordo, an undead abomination in the Warcraft Universe
• Gordo, a fictional character from the anime series Beyblade V-Force

Other uses

• Gordo High School, Gordo, Alabama
• Gordo (space monkey), the first monkey to travel beyond Earth's orbit
• Barosaurus (“Gordo”), a dinosaur specimen
• Chipotle, also called gordo in Mexico
• Gordo, another name for the Muscat of Alexandria grape
• GORDO, an operating system circa 1969, used by the UCLA ARPANET host

See also

• All pages beginning with "Gordo"
• All pages with titles containing Gordo
• El Gordo (disambiguation)