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, 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 composer
• 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

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

See also

• McPhearson
• Macpherson

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname McPherson.
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