Macpherson
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MacPherson or Macpherson can refer to:
- Clan MacphersonClan MacphersonClan Macpherson is a Highland Scottish clan from Badenoch, on the River Spey. It is a leading member of the Chattan Confederation.-Origins:...
, a Scottish clan - MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., 217 N.Y. 382, 111 N.E. 1050 is a famous New York Court of Appeals opinion by Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo which removed the requirement of privity of contract for duty in negligence actions.-Facts:...
- MacPherson strutMacPherson strutThe MacPherson strut is a type of car suspension system which uses the axis of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot. It is widely used in modern vehicles and named after Earle S. MacPherson, who developed the design.-History:...
, a car suspension system - MacPherson, SingaporeMacPherson, SingaporeMacPherson is an area in the eastern part of Singapore, lying within the Geylang Planning Area, between Aljunied and Paya Lebar. It consists of a small public housing estate at Circuit Road and an industrial area...
- Macpherson Stadium (disambiguation)
In sports
- Archie MacphersonArchie MacphersonArchibald "Archie" Macpherson is a Scottish football commentator and author.He has been commentating on Scottish football, via both radio and television, for over four decades.- Early life :...
, a Scottish football commentator - Bruce MacPhersonBruce MacPhersonBruce MacPherson is a former field hockey player from Canada.MacPherson participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he finished in tenth place with the Men's National Team....
, a former Canadian field hockey player - Bryden MacphersonBryden MacphersonBryden Macpherson is an Australian amateur golfer known for winning The Amateur Championship in 2011.Macpherson was born in Melbourne, Australia. He won the Dunes Medal in 2008, an amateur event in Australia, and set two course records in the process, shooting a 64 and then bettering it with a 63...
, Australian amateur golfer - Duncan MacPhersonDuncan MacPhersonDuncan MacPherson was a professional ice hockey player who died under mysterious circumstances. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A standout defensive defenceman for the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League, MacPherson was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, of the 1984 NHL...
, a former professional ice hockey player - Gus MacPhersonGus MacPhersonAngus Ian MacPherson is a Scottish former football player and manager. MacPherson played for Kilmarnock for over a decade, making over 350 league appearances. After retiring as a player in 2003, he became manager of St. Mirren, a position he held until May 2010. MacPherson took St...
, a former Scottish footballer - Jeff MacPhersonJeff MacPhersonJeff MacPherson , is a former driver in the CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1986 and 1987 seasons, with 18 career starts, including the 1987 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 5 times, with his best finish in 8th position in 1987 at both Indianapolis and Milwaukee...
, a former driver in the CART Championship Car series - Michelle MacPhersonMichelle MacPhersonMichelle MacPherson is a former backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There the resident of Chandler, Arizona won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, alongside Anne Ottenbrite, Reema...
, a former Canadian swimmer
In politics
- C. B. MacphersonC. B. MacphersonCrawford Brough Macpherson O.C. M.Sc. D. Sc. was an influential Canadian political scientist who taught political theory at the University of Toronto.-Life:...
, a Canadian academic - James Ian Macpherson, a British lawyer and politician
- John Alexander MacPhersonJohn Alexander MacPhersonJohn Alexander MacPherson , Australian colonial politician, was the 7th Premier of Victoria.MacPherson was born at his father's property of Springbank on the Limestone Plains, in New South Wales : he was the first Premier of Victoria born in Australia. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian...
, an Australian politician - John MacPhersonJohn MacPherson (governor of India)John Macpherson, 1st Baronet , from Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland, was a Scottish administrator in India. He was the acting Governor-General of India from 1785 to 1786.-Early life:...
, the Scottish administrator in India - Murdoch MacPhersonMurdoch MacPhersonMurdoch Alexander MacPherson, Q.C. was a Canadian politician. Universally referred to as "M.A. MacPherson", he was Attorney-General of Saskatchewan under Conservative Premier James T.M. Anderson from 1929 to 1932....
, a Canadian politician - Niall MacPhersonNiall Macpherson, 1st Baron DrumalbynNiall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn KBE, PC was a Scottish Tory and National Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
, a Scottish politician
In music
- Ben MacphersonBen MacphersonBennet William Macpherson is an Australian conductor who received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2002 for his services to music as a conductor and choirmaster.-Early life:...
, an Australian musician - Christina MacphersonChristina MacphersonChristina Rutherford Macpherson is credited with having re-played a tune she'd heard circa 1895 which the Australian poet A.B. Patterson then set to words....
, an Australian behind Waltzing Matilda - Fraser MacPhersonFraser MacPhersonJohn Fraser MacPherson, CM was a Canadian jazz musician born in St. Boniface, Manitoba.He moved to Victoria, British Columbia as a child, where he learned piano, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones...
, a Canadian jazz musician - Greg MacPhersonGreg MacPhersonGreg MacPherson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. MacPherson performs both as a solo performer and as part of a band...
, a Canadian singer-songwriter - Jim MacphersonJim MacphersonJim Macpherson is a United States percussionist who has played with well-known rock groups, including Guided by Voices, The Breeders, The Moping Swans, The Raging Mantras, Killjoys and The Amps...
, a United States percussionist
In showbiz and news
- Daniel MacPhersonDaniel MacPhersonDaniel Donald MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as; Joel Samuels on Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait on British police drama The Bill, and Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner in City Homicide...
, an Australian actor and television presenter - Don MacphersonDon MacphersonDon Macpherson is a British screenwriter working in films and television.-Biography:Born in Durham, educated at Nottingham High School and Queen's College, Cambridge where he was awarded an Exhibition to read English.-Journalism:...
, a Canadian journalist - Duncan MacphersonDuncan MacphersonDuncan Ian Macpherson, CM was a Canadian editorial cartoonist. He drew for the Montreal Standard and for Maclean's he illustrated the writings of Gregory Clark and Robert Thomas Allen...
, a Canadian editorial cartoonist - Elle MacphersonElle MacphersonElle Macpherson is an Australian model, actress, and businesswoman nicknamed "The Body". She is perhaps best known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s...
, an Australian supermodel and actress - Richard MacPhersonRichard MacPhersonRichard MacPherson is an actor from Hawaii, who has guest-starred on several television shows. He has appeared in episodes of Hawaiian Heat, Magnum, P.I., Fantasy Island and Lost, as well as the feature film Escape from Atlantis.-References:...
, an American actor
Others
- Alexander MacphersonAlexander MacphersonAlexander MacPherson, , was an English architect. Although born in Nottingham he worked for the majority of his career in and around Derby, where he had moved in 1880. He served as president of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Architectural Society.-Career:He was for many years in partnership...
, an English architect - Anya MacPherson, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Ewen MacPherson of ClunyEwen MacPherson of ClunyEwen MacPherson of Cluny, also known as "Cluny Macpherson", was the chief of the Clan Chattan at the time of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. He took part as a supporter of Charles Edward Stuart and after the rebellion was crushed he went into hiding...
, Scottish Jacobite - Cluny MacPhersonCluny MacPhersonCluny Macpherson, MD was a medical doctor and the inventor of the gas mask.During the First World War the German army used poison gas for the first time, against Allied troops at Ypres, France in 1915...
, a Newfoundland medical doctor and inventor of the gas mask - Lt-Col Donald Macpherson, Canadian Soldier
- Sir Macpherson RobertsonMacpherson RobertsonSir Macpherson Robertson KBE was an Australian philanthropist, entrepreneur and founder of confectionery company MacRobertson's.-Early life:...
, an Australian philanthropist and entrepreneur - Robert MacPhersonRobert MacPhersonRobert Duncan MacPherson is an American mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University. He is best known for the invention of intersection homology with Mark Goresky, whose thesis he directed at Brown University. MacPherson previously taught at Brown University, the...
, mathematician - Jamie MacphersonJamie MacphersonJames MacPherson was a Scottish outlaw, famed for his Lament or Rant, a version of which was rewritten by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns...
, Scottish outlaw, famed for his lament - Earl S. MacPherson, the Ford engineer who developed the MacPherson strutMacPherson strutThe MacPherson strut is a type of car suspension system which uses the axis of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot. It is widely used in modern vehicles and named after Earle S. MacPherson, who developed the design.-History:...
in the 1940s - The MacPherson Report, into the death of Black British teenage Stephen LawrenceStephen LawrenceStephen Lawrence was a black British teenager from Eltham, southeast London, who was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus on the evening of 22 April 1993....