James Anderson
James Anderson may refer to:
Arts
- James Anderson (American actor), American actor
- James Anderson (British author), British mystery writer
- James Anderson (English actor), British actor
- James Anderson (filmmaker), American film director
- James Anderson (songwriter, born 1825), Tyneside songwriter
- James Anderson (poet and songwriter), Scottish poet and songwriter, author of Sawney's Letters
- James Anderson (American writer), American television writer
- James Arthur Anderson, American writer
- James McConnell Anderson, American painter and potter
- Big Dad Ritch, lead vocalist for American heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition
- James Robertson Anderson, Scottish actor
- James William Anderson III, American singer
- J-Flexx, American rapper and producer
Government
- James Anderson (British politician), lord provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling
- James Anderson (Manitoba politician), 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), lieutenant governor of Delaware in the 1920s
- James Hodson Anderson, Nebraska attorney general
- James Lee Anderson, American politician in the Wyoming Senate
- James Sibree Anderson, Scottish-born Wisconsin politician
- James Thomas Milton Anderson, Canadian politician; premier of Saskatchewan, 1929–1934
- James Alexander Anderson, Canadian politician
Military
- James Anderson (defense official), acting under secretary of defense for policy
- James Anderson Jr., USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
- James Anderson (Royal Navy officer)
- James Anderson (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier
- James Patton Anderson, Confederate Army general
Science
- James A. Anderson (cognitive scientist), 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), Scottish botanical collector who later became the Superintendent of the Sydney Botanic Gardens
- James Anderson (botanist), Scottish botanist
- James Anderson (civil engineer), Scottish civil engineer
- James Anderson (mechanical engineer), Scottish mechanical engineer
- James B. Anderson, American professor of chemistry and physics at Penn State University
- James D. Anderson, American herpetologist
- James G. Anderson, 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, Irish inventor
Sports
- James Allan Anderson (chess player), American chess player
- James Anderson (American football), American football linebacker
- James Anderson (badminton), English badminton player
- James Anderson (basketball), American basketball player
- Duncan Anderson, Australian amateur Australian rules footballer and cricketer for Oxford University
- James Anderson (cricketer), English international cricketer
- James Anderson (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer for the Queensland representative team
- James Anderson (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Jamie Anderson (golfer), Scottish golfer
- Jim Anderson (swimmer), British Paralympic swimmer
- James Anderson (tennis), Australian tennis player
- James Oswald Anderson, 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), Church of Scotland minister, author and Freemason
- James Anderson (lawyer), Scottish lawyer
- James Anderson (missionary), Protestant Christian missionary
- James Anderson of Hermiston, Scottish Enlightenment agriculturalist, lawyer, inventor, economist, writer, publisher
- James Anderson (farm manager), whisky distiller at Mount Vernon
- James Anderson (sea captain), captain of SS Great Eastern laying transatlantic telegraph cable
- James Anderson (trade unionist), British trade union leader
- James Craig Anderson, American murder victim
- James M. Anderson (hospital executive), American hospital executive
- Sir James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, English missionary and academic Arabist
- James R. Anderson, lawyer in South Australia