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, 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