James Anderson may refer to:

Arts

* James Anderson (American actor) (1921–1969), American actor *

James Anderson (author) James Anderson (b. Swindon, Wiltshire 1936 – d. Penarth, Glamorganshire 2007) was a British author. He is best known for his books featuring Inspector Wilkins. Set in the 1930s, the action of the books takes place in a large fictional British ...

(1936–2007), British mystery writer * James Anderson (English actor) (born 1980), British actor * James Anderson (filmmaker) (1902–1960), American film director * James Anderson (songwriter) (1825–1899), Tyneside songwriter *

James Anderson (writer) James Anderson is an American television writer and actor. From 2000 to 2020, he was a writer for NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). On ''SNL'', he usually wrote with Kristen Wiig, and then with Cecily Strong. He wrote or co-wrote many qu ...

, American television writer *

James Arthur Anderson James Arthur Andersons first published short story appeared in Andrew J. Offutt's '' Swords Against Darkness V'' anthology in 1979. He has since published stories in Lin Carter's '' Weird Tales 4'', ''Elditch Tales'', ''Fantasy Tales'', and ''Ha ...

(born 1955), American writer *

James McConnell Anderson James McConnell "Mac" Anderson (August 9, 1907 in New Orleans – April 3, 1998 in Jackson County, Mississippi) was an American painter, muralist, and pottery designer and decorator, youngest of the three brothers (along with Walter Inglis Anders ...

(1907–1998), American painter and potter *

Big Dad Ritch James Richard "Big Dad Ritch" Anderson is an American singer and the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition from Denison, Texas. History Big Dad Ritch came to prominence in 2004 when he co-founded the metal band Texas Hipp ...

(James Richard Anderson), lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition * James Robertson Anderson (1811–1895), Scottish actor

Government

* James Anderson (British politician) (1800–1864), Lord Provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling *

James Anderson (Manitoba politician) James Frederick Anderson (September 2, 1903 – October 18, 1983) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958 as a Liberal-Progressive. The son of William V. Anderson and Harriet Ell ...

(1903–1983), Canadian politician *

James Drummond Anderson (1886–1968) Sir James Drummond Anderson KCIE (1886–1968) was Financial Commissioner of the Punjab from 1941 to 1946, and knighted in 1944. He was the eldest son of James Drummond Anderson, D.Litt., University Lecturer in Bengali at Cambridge; and his yo ...

, 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 James Thomas Milton Anderson (July 23, 1878 – December 29, 1946) was the fifth premier of Saskatchewan and the first Conservative to hold the office. Early career Anderson was chosen as leader of the Conservatives in 1924 and was one of the pa ...

(1878–1946), Canadian politician; Premier of Saskatchewan, 1929–1934

Military

* James Anderson (defense official), acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy *

James Anderson Jr. Private First Class James Anderson Jr. (January 22, 1947 – February 28, 1967) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for heroism while serving in Vietnam in February 1967. When his Medal of Honor was awarded on ...

(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 James Patton Anderson (February 16, 1822 – September 20, 1872) was an American slave owner, physician, lawyer, and politician, most notably serving as a United States Congressman from the Washington Territory, a Mississippi state legislator, ...

(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 A. D. W. Anderson (born 1958), British computer scientist * James Anderson (biomedical engineer), American professor of pathology, macromolecular science and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University *

James Anderson (botanical collector) James Anderson (1797 – 22 April 1842) was a Scottish botanical collector who later became the superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens. Early life Anderson was born in Boquhan near Stirling in Scotland in 1797. Plant collecting Between ...

(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) James Edward Anderson, CBE (3 April 1871 – 15 January 1945) was a mechanical engineer of the Midland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and had a great influence on the latter's adoption of the former's conservative loc ...

(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) James M. Anderson is an American Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology and is a Chief of Section of Digestive Diseases at the Yale School of Medicine. Anderson is also a director of the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic I ...

, American scientist * Sir James Anderson, 1st Baronet (1792–1861), Irish inventor

Sports

James Allan Anderson (chess player) James Allan Anderson (28 June 1906 – 23 December 1991) was an American chess player. Biography James Allan Anderson was a three-time St. Louis Chess Champion who defeated Alexander Alekhine in a simultaneous exhibition in 1929. He finished sec ...

(1906–1991), American chess player * James Anderson (American football) (born 1983), American football linebacker *

James Anderson (badminton) James Anderson (born 15 February 1974) is a retired English badminton player. He was part of the English national team that won the gold medal in the mixed team event, and a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games ...

(born 1974), English badminton player *

James Anderson (basketball) James Lee Anderson (born March 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball at Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball, Oklahoma State University. In 2010, Anderson w ...

(born 1989), American basketball player * Duncan Anderson (James Duncan Anderson, born 1931), Australian amateur Australian rules footballer and cricketer for Oxford University *

James Anderson (cricketer) James Michael Anderson (born 30 July 1982) is an English international cricketer who plays for the England Test cricket team, and previously played for England's limited overs cricket teams. In domestic cricket, he represents Lancashire Coun ...

(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 (27 June 1842 – 16 August 1905) was a nineteenth-century professional golfer who won The Open Championship three consecutive times, from 1877 to 1879. Early life Anderson was born in St Andrews, Scotland, the son of David "Da" A ...

(James Anderson, 1842–1905), Scottish golfer *

Jim Anderson (swimmer) James Allan Anderson OBE (born 14 April 1963) is a Scottish former paralympic swimmer who competed in the S2 classification. He is a six-time Paralympic Games, nine-time World Paraswimming champion. Swimming career Anderson has represented G ...

(James Allan Anderson, born 1963), British Paralympic swimmer *

James Anderson (tennis) James Outram Anderson (17 September 1894 – 22 December 1973), commonly known as ''J.O. Anderson'', was an Australian tennis player. Personal life Anderson was the eighth child of James Outram Anderson and his wife Patience (née Laycock) ...

(1894–1973), Australian tennis player * James Oswald Anderson (1872–1932), sportsman in Argentina

Other

* James A. Anderson (academic administrator), chancellor of Fayetteville State University *

James Anderson (explorer) James Anderson may refer to: Arts *James Anderson (American actor) (1921–1969), American actor * James Anderson (author) (1936–2007), British mystery writer *James Anderson (English actor) (born 1980), British actor *James Anderson (filmmaker) ...

, 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) James Anderson (5 August 1662 – 3 April 1728), Scottish antiquary and historian, was born at Edinburgh. His father was Patrick Anderson of Walston, a church minister, who was for some time imprisoned on the Bass Rock on the Firth of Forth in H ...

(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 (sea captain) Sir James Anderson (1824–1893) captained SS Great Eastern, SS ''Great Eastern'' on the laying of the Transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865 and 1866. Anderson was born in Dumfries in south west Scotland and educated at the Dumfries Academy, aca ...

(1824–1893), captain of SS Great Eastern laying transatlantic telegraph cable *

James Anderson (trade unionist) James Anderson (died 13 May 1917) was a British trade union leader. Anderson worked in London as a docker, and he became active in the Amalgamated Stevedores' Labour Protection League. He took part in the London dock strike of 1889, and gained ...

(died 1917), British trade union leader * James Craig Anderson (1963–2011), American murder victim * James M. Anderson (hospital executive), American hospital executive *

James R. Anderson James Robert Anderson KC (12 June 1864 – 7 April 1913) was a lawyer in the Colony and State of South Australia. He was unique in South Australia and possibly Australia in serving as Attorney General without being a Member of Parliament. Histo ...