James Anderson

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James Anderson can refer to these persons:

Arts

• James Anderson (actor)
• James Anderson (author), British mystery fiction writer
• James Anderson (writer), American television writer

Law

• James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808), Scottish Enlightenment agriculturalist, lawyer, inventor, economist, writer, publisher
• James Anderson (lawyer) (1662–1728), Scottish lawyer

Government

• James Anderson, Jr., USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
• James T.M. Anderson (1878–1946), Premier of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934
• James Roy Anderson (1904-1945), USAF brigadier general; Anderson AFB, Guam named for Gen. Anderson
• James Anderson (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• James Anderson (Mason) (c. 1679–1739), minister (Church of Scotland), author and Freemason
• James Patton Anderson, Confederate Army general
• Jim Anderson (politician), Australian politician
• James Anderson (explorer), Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor after whom the Anderson River (Northwest Territories) was named
• James Anderson (MP) (1800-1864), Glasgow manufacturer and MP for Stirling

Science

• James Anderson (engineer) (1871–1945), Scottish mechanical engineer
• James Anderson (botanist), 18th century Scottish botanist
• James Anderson (computer scientist), who made the news for claiming to have solved the problem of division by 0
• James A. Anderson, a Brown University brain scientist
• James Anderson (explorer) (1812–1867), explorer and Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company
• James D. Anderson, A herpetologist and taxonomist specializing in Mexican species

Sport

• James Anderson (tennis)
• James Anderson (cricketer)
• James Anderson (golfer)
• James Anderson (football player), American football linebacker for the Carolina Panthers

Other

• James Anderson Burns
• Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best), fictional character in the 1950s television series Father Knows Best

[edit] See also

• Jim Anderson