James McPherson may refer to: *

James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who re ...

(1943–2016), American short story writer and essayist, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction *

James Alpin McPherson James Alpin MacPherson (1842–23 August 1895) otherwise known as The Wild Scotchman, was a Scottish–born Australian bushranger active in Queensland and New South Wales in the 1860s. He was operational throughout the greater Wide Bay are ...

(1842–1895), Australian bushranger *

James B. McPherson James Birdseye McPherson (November 14, 1828 – July 22, 1864) was a career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the General's staff of Henry Halleck and late ...

(1828–1864), general in the United States Civil War *

James M. McPherson James Munro McPherson (born October 11, 1936) is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for '' Battle Cry of ...

(born 1936), Pulitzer Prize–winning United States history professor and Civil War historian * James E. McPherson (born 1953), acting United States Secretary of the Navy *

James Unaipon James Unaipon, born James Ngunaitponi, (c. 1835 – 1907) was an Australian Indigenous preacher of the Warrawaldie (also spelt Waruwaldi) Lakalinyeri of the Ngarrindjeri. Born James Ngunaitponi, he took the name James Reid in honour of the Sc ...

(died 1907), Australian Aboriginal leader (used the surname McPherson prior to 1861) *

James McPherson (cricketer) James McPherson (20 November 1842 – 23 August 1891) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1866. See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cri ...

(1842–1891), Australian cricketer *

James McPherson (football coach) James "Jim" Quar McPherson, (13 April 1891 in Kilmarnock, Scotland – 12 August 1960 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England) was a Scottish Association football, football trainer and manager. Career 1919–1920: Start in the Netherlands - Olympics w ...

(1891–1960), Scottish football trainer and coach *

James McPherson (New Zealand politician) James McPherson (1831/1832 – 23 August 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Waikato region of New Zealand. McPherson was born into a Highland family in . He arrived in New Zealand on the ''HMS Calcutta (1831), Calcutta'' in ...

(1831/32–1905), Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand *

James Anderson McPherson James Anderson McPherson (3 June 1900–18 February 1980) was a New Zealand horticulturist, horticultural administrator and writer. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwest ...

(1900–1980), New Zealand horticulturist, horticultural administrator and writer * James L. McPherson (1881–1951), member of the Alberta Legislature from 1935 to 1952 *

Jim McPherson James McPherson was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 to 1986 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus. Political career McPherson ran ...

, former member of the Alberta Legislature from 1982 to 1986