'''James Anderson''' may refer to:
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==Arts== *James Anderson (American actor) (1921–1969), American actor *James Anderson (British author) (1936–2007), British mystery writer *James Anderson (English actor) (born 1980), British actor *James Anderson (filmmaker) (1902–1960), American film director *James Anderson (songwriter, born 1825) (1825–1899), Tyneside songwriter *James Anderson (poet and songwriter) (1835–1922), Scottish poet and songwriter, author of Sawney's Letters *James Anderson (American writer), American television writer *James Arthur Anderson (born 1955), American writer *James McConnell Anderson (1907–1998), American painter and potter *Big Dad Ritch (James Richard Earl Anderson), lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition *James Robertson Anderson (1811–1895), Scottish actor *Bill Anderson (James William Anderson III, born 1937), American singer *J-Flexx (James Anderson, born 1968), American rapper and producer
==Government== *James Anderson (British politician) (1800–1864), lord provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling *James Anderson (Manitoba politician) (1903–1983), Canadian politician *James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968), financial commissioner of the Punjab *James Drummond Anderson (1852–1920), member of the Indian Civil Service *James H. Anderson (politician) (1878–1936), lieutenant governor of Delaware in the 1920s *James Hodson Anderson (1909–1996), Nebraska attorney general *James Lee Anderson (born 1948), American politician in the Wyoming Senate *James Sibree Anderson (1841–1927), Scottish-born Wisconsin politician *James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946), Canadian politician; premier of Saskatchewan, 1929–1934 *James Alexander Anderson (died 1930), Canadian politician
==Military== *James Anderson (defense official), acting under secretary of defense for policy *James Anderson Jr. (1947–1967), USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient *James Anderson (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1835) *James Anderson (Medal of Honor) (1849–1918), American Indian Wars soldier *James Patton Anderson (1822–1872), Confederate Army general
==Science== *James A. Anderson (cognitive scientist) (born 1940), American professor of cognitive science and brain science at Brown University *James Anderson (biomedical engineer), American professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University *James Anderson (botanical collector) (1797–1842), Scottish botanical collector who later became the Superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens *James Anderson (botanist) (1739–1809), Scottish botanist *James Anderson (civil engineer) (1793–1861), Scottish civil engineer *James Anderson (mechanical engineer) (1871–1945), Scottish mechanical engineer *James B. Anderson (1935–2021), American professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State University *James D. Anderson (1930–1976), American herpetologist *James G. Anderson (born 1944), American professor of atmospheric chemistry at Harvard University *James H. Anderson (computer scientist), American computer scientist *James M. Anderson (scientist), American scientist *Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet (1792–1861), Irish inventor
==Sports== *James Allan Anderson (chess player) (1906–1991), American chess player *James Anderson (American football) (born 1983), American football linebacker *James Anderson (badminton) (born 1974), English badminton player *James Anderson (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player *Duncan Anderson (James Duncan Anderson, 1931–1996), Australian amateur Australian rules footballer and cricketer for Oxford University *James Anderson (cricketer) (born 1982), English international cricketer *James Anderson (Australian cricketer) (1889–1951), Australian cricketer for the Queensland representative team *James Anderson (footballer), Scottish footballer *Jamie Anderson (golfer) (James Anderson, 1842–1905), Scottish golfer *Jim Anderson (swimmer) (James Allan Anderson, born 1963), British Paralympic swimmer *James Anderson (tennis) (1894–1973), Australian tennis player *James Oswald Anderson (1872–1932), Argentine sportsman
==Other== *James A. Anderson (academic administrator), chancellor of Fayetteville State University *James Anderson (explorer), Hudson's Bay Company executive after whom the Anderson River (Northwest Territories) was named *James Anderson (Freemason) (1679/80–1739), Church of Scotland minister, author and Freemason *James Anderson (lawyer) (1662–1728), Scottish lawyer *James Anderson (missionary) (fl. 1865–1870), Protestant Christian missionary *James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808), Scottish Enlightenment agriculturalist, lawyer, inventor, economist, writer, publisher *James Anderson (farm manager), whisky distiller at Mount Vernon *James Anderson (sea captain) (1824–1893), captain of SS Great Eastern laying transatlantic telegraph cable *James Anderson (trade unionist) (died 1917), British trade union leader *James Craig Anderson (1963–2011), American murder victim *James M. Anderson (hospital executive), American hospital executive *Sir James Norman Dalrymple Anderson (1908–1994), English missionary and academic Arabist *James R. Anderson (1864–1913), lawyer in South Australia
==See also== *Jim Anderson (disambiguation) *Jamie Anderson (disambiguation) *Jimmy Anderson (disambiguation) *James Andersen (disambiguation)
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