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
  • Alex 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
  • Jessie McPherson (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player
  • 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
  • Donald M McPherson, United States Navy fighter ace
  • 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 (poet) (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 film and television

  • Patricia McPherson (born 1954), American actress

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
  • Burchell McPherson (1951–2026), Jamaican Roman Catholic prelate
  • Lisa McPherson, scientologist who died while in the care of the Church of Scientology
  • Stewart McPherson (geographer), British geographer

See also

  • McPhearson
  • Macpherson

References