# James Anderson

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**James Anderson** may refer to:

## Arts

- [James Anderson (American actor)](/source/James_Anderson_(American_actor)) (1921–1969), American actor
- [James Anderson (British author)](/source/James_Anderson_(British_author)) (1936–2007), British mystery writer
- [James Anderson (English actor)](/source/James_Anderson_(English_actor)) (born 1980), British actor
- [James Anderson (filmmaker)](/source/James_Anderson_(filmmaker)) (1902–1960), American film director
- [James Anderson (songwriter, born 1825)](/source/James_Anderson_(songwriter,_born_1825)) (1825–1899), Tyneside songwriter
- [James Anderson (poet and songwriter)](/source/James_Anderson_(poet_and_songwriter)) (1835–1922), Scottish poet and songwriter, author of Sawney's Letters
- [James Anderson (American writer)](/source/James_Anderson_(American_writer)), American television writer
- [James Arthur Anderson](/source/James_Arthur_Anderson) (born 1955), American writer
- [James McConnell Anderson](/source/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](/source/Texas_Hippie_Coalition)
- [James Robertson Anderson](/source/James_Robertson_Anderson) (1811–1895), Scottish actor
- [Bill Anderson](/source/Bill_Anderson) (James William Anderson III, born 1937), American singer
- [J-Flexx](/source/J-Flexx) (James Anderson, born 1968), American rapper and producer

## Government

- [James Anderson (British politician)](/source/James_Anderson_(British_politician)) (1800–1864), lord provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling
- [James Anderson (Manitoba politician)](/source/James_Anderson_(Manitoba_politician)) (1903–1983), Canadian politician
- [James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968)](/source/James_Drummond_Anderson_(1886%E2%80%931968)), financial commissioner of the Punjab
- [James Drummond Anderson (1852–1920)](/source/James_Drummond_Anderson_(1852%E2%80%931920)), member of the Indian Civil Service
- [James H. Anderson (politician)](/source/James_H._Anderson_(politician)) (1878–1936), lieutenant governor of Delaware in the 1920s
- [James Hodson Anderson](/source/James_Hodson_Anderson) (1909–1996), Nebraska attorney general
- [James Lee Anderson](/source/James_Lee_Anderson) (born 1948), American politician in the Wyoming Senate
- [James Sibree Anderson](/source/James_Sibree_Anderson) (1841–1927), Scottish-born Wisconsin politician
- [James Thomas Milton Anderson](/source/James_Thomas_Milton_Anderson) (1878–1946), Canadian politician; premier of Saskatchewan, 1929–1934
- [James Alexander Anderson](/source/James_Alexander_Anderson) (died 1930), Canadian politician

## Military

- [James Anderson (defense official)](/source/James_Anderson_(defense_official)), acting under secretary of defense for policy
- [James Anderson Jr.](/source/James_Anderson_Jr.) (1947–1967), USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
- [James Anderson (Royal Navy officer)](/source/James_Anderson_(Royal_Navy_officer)) (1765–1835)
- [James Anderson (Medal of Honor)](/source/James_Anderson_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1849–1918), American Indian Wars soldier
- [James Patton Anderson](/source/James_Patton_Anderson) (1822–1872), Confederate Army general

## Science

- [James A. Anderson (cognitive scientist)](/source/James_A._Anderson_(cognitive_scientist)) (born 1940), American professor of cognitive science and brain science at Brown University
- [James Anderson (biomedical engineer)](/source/James_Anderson_(biomedical_engineer)), American professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University
- [James Anderson (botanical collector)](/source/James_Anderson_(botanical_collector)) (1797–1842), Scottish botanical collector who later became the Superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens
- [James Anderson (botanist)](/source/James_Anderson_(botanist)) (1739–1809), Scottish botanist
- [James Anderson (civil engineer)](/source/James_Anderson_(civil_engineer)) (1793–1861), Scottish civil engineer
- [James Anderson (mechanical engineer)](/source/James_Anderson_(mechanical_engineer)) (1871–1945), Scottish mechanical engineer
- [James B. Anderson](/source/James_B._Anderson) (1935–2021), American professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State University
- [James D. Anderson](/source/James_D._Anderson) (1930–1976), American herpetologist
- [James G. Anderson](/source/James_G._Anderson) (born 1944), American professor of atmospheric chemistry at Harvard University
- [James H. Anderson (computer scientist)](/source/James_H._Anderson_(computer_scientist)), American computer scientist
- [James M. Anderson (scientist)](/source/James_M._Anderson_(scientist)), American scientist
- [Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_James_Anderson,_1st_Baronet) (1792–1861), Irish inventor

## Sports

- [James Allan Anderson (chess player)](/source/James_Allan_Anderson_(chess_player)) (1906–1991), American chess player
- [James Anderson (American football)](/source/James_Anderson_(American_football)) (born 1983), American football linebacker
- [James Anderson (badminton)](/source/James_Anderson_(badminton)) (born 1974), English badminton player
- [James Anderson (basketball)](/source/James_Anderson_(basketball)) (born 1989), American basketball player
- [Duncan Anderson](/source/Duncan_Anderson) (James Duncan Anderson, 1931–1996), Australian amateur Australian rules footballer and cricketer for Oxford University
- [James Anderson (cricketer)](/source/James_Anderson_(cricketer)) (born 1982), English international cricketer
- [James Anderson (Australian cricketer)](/source/James_Anderson_(Australian_cricketer)) (1889–1951), Australian cricketer for the Queensland representative team
- [James Anderson (footballer)](/source/James_Anderson_(footballer)), Scottish footballer
- [Jamie Anderson (golfer)](/source/Jamie_Anderson_(golfer)) (James Anderson, 1842–1905), Scottish golfer
- [Jim Anderson (swimmer)](/source/Jim_Anderson_(swimmer)) (James Allan Anderson, born 1963), British Paralympic swimmer
- [James Anderson (tennis)](/source/James_Anderson_(tennis)) (1894–1973), Australian tennis player
- [James Oswald Anderson](/source/James_Oswald_Anderson) (1872–1932), Argentine sportsman

## Other

- [James A. Anderson (academic administrator)](/source/James_A._Anderson_(academic_administrator)), chancellor of Fayetteville State University
- [James Anderson (explorer)](/source/James_Anderson_(explorer)), Hudson's Bay Company executive after whom the [Anderson River (Northwest Territories)](/source/Anderson_River_(Northwest_Territories)) was named
- [James Anderson (Freemason)](/source/James_Anderson_(Freemason)) (1679/80–1739), Church of Scotland minister, author and Freemason
- [James Anderson (lawyer)](/source/James_Anderson_(lawyer)) (1662–1728), Scottish lawyer
- [James Anderson (missionary)](/source/James_Anderson_(missionary)) (fl. 1865–1870), Protestant Christian missionary
- [James Anderson of Hermiston](/source/James_Anderson_of_Hermiston) (1739–1808), Scottish Enlightenment agriculturalist, lawyer, inventor, economist, writer, publisher
- [James Anderson (farm manager)](/source/James_Anderson_(farm_manager)), whisky distiller at Mount Vernon
- [James Anderson (sea captain)](/source/James_Anderson_(sea_captain)) (1824–1893), captain of SS Great Eastern laying transatlantic telegraph cable
- [James Anderson (trade unionist)](/source/James_Anderson_(trade_unionist)) (died 1917), British trade union leader
- [James Craig Anderson](/source/James_Craig_Anderson) (1963–2011), American murder victim
- [James M. Anderson (hospital executive)](/source/James_M._Anderson_(hospital_executive)), American hospital executive
- Sir James [Norman Dalrymple Anderson](/source/Norman_Dalrymple_Anderson) (1908–1994), English missionary and academic Arabist
- [James R. Anderson](/source/James_R._Anderson) (1864–1913), lawyer in South Australia

## See also

- [Jim Anderson (disambiguation)](/source/Jim_Anderson_(disambiguation))
- [Jamie Anderson (disambiguation)](/source/Jamie_Anderson_(disambiguation))
- [Jimmy Anderson (disambiguation)](/source/Jimmy_Anderson_(disambiguation))
- [James Andersen (disambiguation)](/source/James_Andersen_(disambiguation))

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