Anderson (surname)

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Anderson is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Anders/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas", meaning "man" or "manly"). It originated in parallel in the British Isles and the Nordic countries.

In Scotland, the name first appeared in records of the 14th century as "Fitz Andreu" (meaning son of Andrew), and developed in various forms by the Scottish Gaelic patronymic of "MacGhilleAndrais" which means the servant of St. Andrew. Variations of this name were MacAndrew, Gillanders and Anderson. The name soon migrated to other parts of Scotland due to the popularity of the name "Andrew" as associated with the Patron Saint of Scotland and the largest grouping lies in the north-east of Scotland from the Mearns through Aberdeenshire, Banff and Moray.

In England, the very first recorded spelling of the family name is probably that of William Andreu, which was dated 1237, in the ancient charters of the county of Buckinghamshire, England, in the year 1237.

Anderson is the eighth most frequent surname in Scotland and 52nd most common in England.

In Sweden, the form Andersson is the most common surname.

In Norway and Denmark, the form Andersen is quite common, being the fifth most common surname in both countries - see Andersen.

The Scandinavian forms Andersson and Andersen were often rendered as Anderson by immigrants to the English-speaking countries, whereby the latter form became one of the most common surnames in Anglophone North America. The name was eleventh most common surname reported in the 1990 United States census, accounting for 0.3% of the population. It is the twelfth most common surname reported in the 2000 United States Census. Anderson is also one of the most common surnames in Canada.

Other spelling variations include: Andison, Andersonne, Andersoun, Andirsoone, Andresoun, Androson, Andirston, Andresson, Andrewson, and Andresen.

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List of people

Notable persons with the surname Anderson include:

A

• Adam Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Adam Anderson (economist) (c. 1693-1765), Scottish economist
  • Adam Anderson (physicist) (1783-1846), Scottish writer on physics and encyclopedist
  • Adam Anderson, Lord Anderson (c. 1797-1853), Scottish judge
• Alan Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Alan Garrett Anderson (1877-1952), public servant and shipowner
  • Alan Anderson (basketball) (born 1982), basketball player
  • Alan Orr Anderson (1879-1958), Scottish historian
  • Alan Ross Anderson (1925-1973), American logician
  • Alan Paul Anderson (born 1961), American commissioner for the Federal Maritime Commission
• Alexander Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Alexander Anderson (physicist), Irish physicist known for Anderson's Bridge
  • Alexander Anderson (poet) (1845-1909), Scottish poet
  • Alexander Anderson (botanist) (1748-1811), Scottish surgeon and botanist
  • Alexander Anderson (Australian politician) (1811-1862), hotelier and MHA in South Australia
• Alf Anderson (1914-1985), American baseball player
• Alice Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • Alice Anderson (born 1972), French-British artist
  • Alice Anderson (writer) (born 1966), American poet
• Amy Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Amy Anderson (golfer) LPGA professional golfer
  • Amy Anderson (comedian), American comedian
• Andrade Antunes Anderson (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Andrew Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Anna Anderson (1896-1984), impostor who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
• Anne Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Anthony Anderson, American actor
• Anton Anderson (1892-1960), American engineer and mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
• Arnold Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Arnold Anderson (athlete) (1912-1996), New Zealand track and field athlete
  • Arnold Anderson (scientist), chemical engineer on the Manhattan Project
• Axel Anderson (1929-2012), German actor

B

• Benjamin Anderson (1886-1949), American economist
• Ben Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Ben Anderson (journalist) (born 1975), English journalist and television reporter
  • Ben Anderson (entrepreneur) (born 1981), American entrepreneur
  • Ben Anderson (rugby league) (born 1978), rugby league footballer of the 1990s
• Benedict Anderson (1936-2015), American social scientist and professor
• Bill Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bill Anderson (baseball), baseball player
• Bob Anderson (runner), (born 1947), American runner
• Brady Anderson (born 1964), American baseball player
• Brent F. Anderson (1932-2013), American politician
• Brett Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Brett Anderson, English singer-songwriter with Suede
  • Brett Anderson (The Donnas) (born 1979), American vocalist
  • Brett Anderson (baseball) (born 1988), American major league baseball player
  • Brett Anderson (rugby league) (born 1986), Australian rugby player
• Brooke Anderson, American television personality, co-host of The Insider
• Bryan Anderson, Iraqi War veteran and stuntman
• Bud Anderson, American aviator and flying ace

C

• Cal Anderson (1948-1995), American politician
• Carl Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Carl David Anderson (1905-1991), American physicist, Nobel laureate
  • Carl Thomas Anderson (1865-1948), American cartoonist
• Carlotta Adele Anderson (1876-?), teacher of the deaf and dumb
• Casey Anderson (naturalist) (born 1975), American naturalist and TV presenter
• Charles Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Charles D. Anderson (1827-1901), Confederate general
  • Charles DeWitt Anderson (1827-1901), Confederate colonel
• Chic Anderson (1931-1979), American horse race announcer
• Chris Anderson (writer), editor and entrepreneur
• Clayton Conrad Anderson (born 1959), American NASA astronaut
• Cliff Anderson (born 1944), American basketball player
• Cliff Anderson (American football) (1929-1979), American football player
• Clinton Presba Anderson (1895-1975), American politician
• Clive Anderson, British lawyer and comedian
• Cora Reynolds Anderson, American politician
• Craig Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Craig Anderson (ice hockey), American ice hockey goaltender
• Cornealious Michael Anderson III, American robber
• Curt Anderson (born 1949), Maryland legislator and former broadcast journalist

D

• Daphne Anderson (1922-2013), British actor
• Dale Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Dale Anderson (ice hockey) (1932-2015), Canadian ice hockey defencemen
  • Dale Anderson (politician) (1916-1996), American politician
• David Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • David Leroy Anderson, film makeup artist
  • David Murray Anderson (1874-1936), Governor of Newfoundland and New South Wales
• Des Anderson (born 1940), Northern Irish footballer

E

• Edmund E. Anderson, American auto designer
• Eduardo Belmont Anderson (born c. 1945), Peruvian billionaire businessman
• Ernie Anderson, American voice actor and radio personality
• Evelyn M. Anderson (1899-1985), Physiologist and biochemist

F

• Felipe Anderson (born 1993), Brazilian midfield footballer
• Floyd E. Anderson (1891-1976), New York politician and judge
• Frank Anderson (baseball coach), American college baseball coach

G

• G Anderson, English cricketer
• Galusha Anderson, American theologian
• Garret Anderson, American baseball player
• Gary Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Gary Anderson (darts player), Premier League 2011 Champion darts player
  • Gary Anderson (F1 designer), Northern Irish former Formula One racing car designer
• George Frederick Anderson, British musician and Master of the Queen's Music
• George W. Anderson, Jr., U.S. Naval officer, admiral, and the Chief of Naval Operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Geraint Anderson, British analyst and columnist
• Gerald Anderson, Filipino celebrity
• Gerry Anderson, British television producer and puppeteer
• Gillian Anderson (born 1968), American actress
• Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player

H

• Harry Anderson, American actor and magician
• Harry Anderson (artist), American illustrator
• Ho Che Anderson, American comic book artist
• Hugh C. Anderson (1851-1915), Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee

I

• Ian Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Ian Anderson (musician) (born 1947), British singer, songwriter and flautist, with Jethro Tull
  • Ian A. Anderson, folk musician and editor of "fRoots" magazine
• Ijah Anderson (born 1975), English footballer
• Ivie Anderson (1904-1949), American jazz singer

J

• Jace Anderson, American scriptwriter
• Jack Anderson (columnist) (1922-2005), American journalist
• James Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • James Anderson (cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer
  • James B. Anderson (born 1935), Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and Physics at Pennsylvania State University
• James Hampton Anderson, American engineer
• Jane Anderson (born 1954), American actress, screenwriter and director
• Janet Anderson Perkin (1921-2012), Canadian baseball player and curler
• Jason Anderson (American football), baseball player
• Jeff Anderson, American actor
• Jeffrey Anderson (radio producer) (1928-2014), Canadian music critic, journalist, and television and radio producer
• Jerald C. Anderson (1934-2014), American dentist and politician
• Jesse Anderson, American murderer
• Jodi Anderson (born 1957), American heptathlete
• John Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, British civil servant and politician
  • John B. Anderson, U.S. Congressman from Illinois, and a candidate for President in 1980
• Jon Anderson (born 1944), English musician and singer, with Yes
• Jonathan Anderson, Irish-bred London fashion designer working as JW Anderson
• Judith Anderson (1897-1992), Australian film actor

K

• Karen Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Karen Anderson (writer) (born 1932), American fantasy writer
  • Karen Anderson (athlete) (born 1938), American javelin thrower
• Karl Anderson (athlete) (1900-1989), American hurdler
• Kenneth Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Ken Anderson (defensive lineman) (1975-2009), American football defensive lineman
  • Ken Anderson (quarterback) (born 1949), American football quarterback
  • Ken Anderson (wrestler) (born 1976), American professional wrestler known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE and Mr. Anderson in TNA
• Kevin Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kevin Anderson (tennis), South African professional tennis player
• Kim Andersson, (born 1982), Swedish professional handball player
• Kyle Anderson (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player

L

• Laurie Anderson (born 1947), American singer and performance artist
• Lennart Anderson (1928-2015), American painter
• Leroy Anderson (1908-1975), American composer
• Liz Anderson (1930-2011), American country music singer
• Loni Anderson (born 1945), American actress
• Lorna Anderson, Scottish soprano
• Lory Anderson (born 1982), Paraguayan actor and presenter
• Louie Anderson, American comedian
• Louis Anderson, New Zealand rugby player
• Lucy Anderson (1797-1878), English pianist
• Lynn Anderson (1947-2015), American country music singer

M

• Marc Anderson, American percussionist
• Marcia M. Anderson, first African-American woman to attain major general in the US Army Reserve
• Marian Anderson (1897-1993), opera singer; first African-American singer at the Metropolitan Opera
• Margaret Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Margaret Caroline Anderson (1886-1973), American founder, The Little Review
  • Margaret L. Anderson, historian
• Marge Anderson (1932-2013), American politician
• Mark Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Mark Anderson (writer) (born 1967), American journalist and author
  • Mark Anderson (football player), American football player
• Martin Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Martina Anderson (born 1962), Northern Irish politician
• Marques Anderson (born 1979), Founder of World Education Foundation
• Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) (1918-2014), American actor
• Matt Anderson (volleyball) (born 1987) American volleyball player, Member of the United States men's team/ Olympic team
• Maurice Anderson (American football) (born 1975), American football player
• Maxie Anderson (1934-1983), American balloonist
• Melissa Sue Anderson (born 1962), American actor
• Melody Anderson (born 1955), Canadian-American actor and social worker
• Merle K. Anderson (1904-1982), American politician and farmer
• Mike Anderson (disambiguation)
• Miller Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Miller Anderson (musician), Scottish musician
  • Miller Anderson (diver) (1922-1965), American diver
• Moses Anderson (1928-2013), American Roman Catholic bishop

N

• Nicole Anderson (born 1990), American actor

O

• Oskar Johann Viktor Anderson (1887-1960), Russian-German statistician
• Ottis Anderson (born 1957; also known as O. J. Anderson), American football player

P

• Pamela Anderson (born 1967), Canadian-American model and actor
• Pamela Sue Anderson, English philosopher
• Paul Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson (born 1970), American filmmaker
  • Paul W. S. Anderson (born 1965), British filmmaker
  • Paul Anderson (footballer) (born 1988), English winger
  • Paul Anderson (rugby league) (born 1971), rugby league footballer and coach
• Pete D. Anderson (1931-2013), American jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• Peter Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Philip Warren Anderson (born 1923), American theoretical physicist
• Phyllis Margery Anderson (1901-1957), Australian pathologist
• Poul Anderson (born 1926), American science fiction author

R

• Richard Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Richard Anderson (1926-2017), American actor
  • Richard "Big Daddy Ritch" Anderson, lead vocalist for American band Texas Hippie Coalition
  • Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor and television producer
• Ricky Anderson (American football) (born 1963), American football player
• Robert Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Sir Robert Anderson, 1st Baronet (1837-1921), Irish businessman and Lord Mayor of Belfast
  • Robert M. Anderson (economist), American economist
• Rodney Anderson (Texas politician) (born 1968), American politician
• Rona Anderson (1926-2013), Scottish actor
• Rupert Anderson (1859-1944), English footballer
• Rudolf Anderson (1927-1962), U.S. Air Force pilot and first recipient of the Air Force Cross
• Russell Anderson (born 1978), Scottish footballer
• Ryan Anderson (disambiguation)

S

• Sam Anderson (rugby league) (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
• Samuel Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sari Anderson (born 1978), American multisport and endurance athlete
• Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941), American writer
• Sonny Anderson (born 1970), Brazilian footballer
• Sparky Anderson (1934-2010), American baseball manager
• Stan Anderson (born 1933), English footballer
• Stephen Wayne Anderson (1953-2002), executed murderer of Elizabeth Lyman
• Steve Anderson (athlete) (1906-1988), American athlete
• Sylvia Anderson (1927-2016), English television and film producer, co-creator of TV series with Gerry Anderson

T

• Terry Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Theodore Wilbur Anderson (born 1918), American statistician, co-inventor of the Anderson-Darling test
• Thomas Anderson (disambiguation)
• Tom Anderson (born 1970), American co-founder of the social networking website Myspace

V

• Victor Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Viv Anderson (born 1954), English footballer
• Vivian Anderson (baseball) (born 1921), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player

W

• Warren Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Warren Anderson (American businessman) (1921-2014), American former chairman of Union Carbide Corporation
  • Warren M. Anderson (1915-2007), New York politician
• Wayne D. Anderson (1930-2013), American college sports coach
• Wendell Anderson (1933-2016), Minnesota politician
• Wes Anderson, film director
• William Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • William Anderson (Bishop of Salisbury) (1882-1972), Anglican Bishop of Croydon, of Portsmouth and of Salisbury
  • William T. Anderson, Confederate guerrilla leader in the American Civil War

Family

• Anderson family, a group of American professional wrestlers who are billed as relatives:
  • Gene Anderson (1933-1991), fictional brother
  • Lars Anderson (born 1939, real name Lawrence Heinemi), fictional brother
  • Ole Anderson (born 1942, real name Alan Rogowski), fictional brother
  • Arn Anderson (born 1958, real name Martin Lunde), fictional cousin
  • Brad Anderson (wrestler) (born 1969), real-life son of Gene
  • Bryant Anderson, born 1970 as Brian Rogowski, real-life son of Ole
  • C.W. Anderson (born 1971; real name Chris Wright), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"
  • Karl Anderson (born 1980; real name Chad Allegra), relationship undetermined but billed as a part of the "family"

Fictional characters

• Sgt. Zeke Anderson, character in the TV series Tour of Duty
• Sgt. Suzanne Anderson, star of in the TV series Police Woman
• Thomas A. Anderson ("Neo"), character from The Matrix
• Mike Anderson, protagonist of the Nintendo video games Battle Clash and Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
• Judge Anderson, character from Judge Dredd
• Alexander Anderson (Hellsing), character in the Japanese anime/manga series
• Amy Anderson, the name briefly used by Sailor Moon character Ami Mizuno
• Mr. Anderson (Beavis and Butt-head), neighbor from Beavis and Butthead
• Jesse Andersen, character from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
• Trent Anderson, character from Dan Brown's novel The Lost Symbol
• Bonnie Anderson, a character in Toy Story 3
• Blaine Anderson, character from Glee
• Dru Anderson, character from the book series Strange Angels
• Andersson, fictional family, featuring several of the main characters in the Sune book series

Maps Anderson (surname)

See also

• Andersen
• Clan Anderson

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References

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