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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
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
See also