# McPherson

McPherson is a Scottish surname. It is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Mac a' Phearsain and Mac a Phearsoin, meaning "son of the parson". Notable people with the surname include:

## In sports

* Adrian McPherson, American football player
* Archie McPherson (footballer), Scottish footballer
* Bill McPherson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Cheryl McPherson (born 1963), Canadian curler
* Dallas McPherson, American baseball player
* Daniel McPherson, Australian rules footballer
* David McPherson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Don McPherson, American academic and football player
* Donald McPherson (figure skater), Canadian figure skater
* Evan McPherson (born 1999), American football player
* James McPherson (cricketer), (1842–1891), Australian cricketer
* John McPherson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kristy McPherson, Professional golfer on the LPGA
* Lachlan McPherson (born 1900), Scottish footballer
* Robert McPherson (disambiguation), multiple people

## In politics and law

* Bruce McPherson, American politician
* Edward McPherson, American politician
* Ewan McPherson, Canadian politician and judge
* Harriet McPherson, American politician, farmer, and educator
* Heather McPherson (politician) (born 1972), Canadian politician
* James L. McPherson (1881–1951), Canadian politician
* Jim McPherson, Canadian politician
* Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of Bengal
* Newton Leroy McPherson, birth name of Newt Gingrich
* Sean McPherson, American politician
* Tom McPherson, American politician

## In music

* Casey McPherson, American musician from Austin (Texas)
* Charles McPherson, American saxophonist
* Dave McPherson (musician), English singer and guitarist for rock band InMe and drummer for metal band Centiment
* Gordon McPherson, Scottish songwriter
* Graham McPherson (better known as Suggs), British vocalist of the second-wave ska band Madness
* Greg McPherson, English singer and guitarist for metal band Centiment and bassist for rock band InMe
* JD McPherson, American musician
* Naomi McPherson, American guitarist and keyboardist for alternative band MUNA and, also, Charles McPherson's grandchild

## In the military

* Andrew McPherson (RAF officer), Scottish World War II pilot
* James B. McPherson, an American general of the Union Army during the American Civil War
* Stewart McPherson (VC), a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross

## In theatre and literature

* Anna Talbott McPherson, American biographer and illustrator
* Conor McPherson, Irish playwright and director
* Heather McPherson (1942–2017), New Zealand feminist poet, publisher and editor
* James Alan McPherson, American novelist and short story writer
* James M. McPherson, American Civil War author and historian at Princeton University
* John Macpherson (minister), Scottish minister and antiquarian
* Neil McPherson (artistic director), British theatre director
* Rosamond McPherson "Roz" Young (1912–2005), American columnist, author, educator and historian

## In business

* Lydia Starr McPherson (1827–1903), American newspaper writer, editor, and founder
* William McPherson Allen, president of the Boeing Company from 1945 to 1970

## Others

* Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist in the 1920s and 1930s
* Anna McPherson, Canadian physicist
* Lisa McPherson, scientologist who died while in the care of the Church of Scientology
* Stewart McPherson (geographer), British geographer