Macpherson Explained
MacPherson or Macpherson is a surname, meaning "son of the parson" in Scottish Gaelic. Notable people with the surname include:
In sports
In politics
- Ben Macpherson (politician), Scottish politician
- C. B. Macpherson, Canadian academic
- Dean Macpherson, South African politician
- Hector Macpherson, Sr. (1875–1970), Canadian-American agricultural economics professor and politician
- Hector Macpherson, Jr. (1918–2015), American farmer and politician
- James Ian Macpherson, British lawyer and politician
- John Alexander MacPherson, Australian politician
- John MacPherson (governor of India), Scottish administrator in India
- John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921), English politician
- Malcolm MacPherson (1904–1971), Scottish politician
- Murdoch MacPherson, Canadian politician
- Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn, Scottish politician
- Nicholas Macpherson, British civil servant
- Thomas Macpherson, 1st Baron Macpherson of Drumochter (1888–1965), Scottish politician
In music
- Ben Macpherson, Australian musician
- Christina Macpherson, Australian behind Waltzing Matilda
- Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz musician
- Greg MacPherson, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Graham MacPherson, better known as Suggs, the lead singer of the English band Madness
- Jim Macpherson, United States percussionist
- Linda Lizotte-MacPherson, Canadian public servant
- Sandy MacPherson, Canadian theatre organist
- Donald Macpherson BEM was a Scottish bagpipe player, and one of the most successful competitive solo pipers of all time
Gillie Mc Pherson, singer songwriter from Belfast,Zoë Mc Pherson, French electronic musician
In literature
In show business and news
- Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television presenter
- Don Macpherson, Canadian journalist
- Duncan Macpherson, Canadian editorial cartoonist
- Elle Macpherson, Australian supermodel and actress
- Gordon Macpherson, Founder of Macpherson Menswear – Palmerston North, New Zealand.
- Hector Macpherson (1851–1924), Scottish journalist and writer
- Malcolm MacPherson (1943–2009), American journalist and author
- Myra MacPherson, American journalist and author
- Richard MacPherson, American actor
Others
- Alexander Macpherson, English architect
- Cluny MacPherson, Newfoundland medical doctor and inventor of the gas mask
- Colin MacPherson, Scottish Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1968 to 1990
- Donald Macpherson (disambiguation), several people
- Earle S. MacPherson, the Ford engineer who developed the MacPherson strut in the 1940s
- Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, Scottish Jacobite
- Fiona Macpherson, FRSE, MAE, Scottish Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience, University of Glasgow
- Hector Macpherson (astronomer) (1888–1956), Scottish clergyman and astronomer, son of Hector C. Macpherson
- Ian MacPherson, Canadian historian
- Jamie Macpherson, Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament
- John Macferson, early 18th-century English pirate
- Sir Macpherson Robertson, Australian philanthropist and entrepreneur
- Robert Macpherson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Colonel Ronald MacPherson or Ranald MacPherson (1817–1869), architect and colonial administrator
- Colonel Tommy Macpherson, British army officer
- Sir William Macpherson, High Court Judge in England
Fictional characters
- Anya MacPherson, fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
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