Famous Members
James Macpherson, probable author of the poem Ossian, though he pretended only to have found it. The 27th and current Chief of the Clan is Sir William Macpherson of Cluny Macpherson, retired High court judge, and author of the Macpherson report into the racially motivated murder of Stephen Lawrence. Model Elle Macpherson is a member of the clan despite being a Macpherson only by adoption, since she was born a Gow, one of the associated families. Jack White of the White Stripes and the Raconteurs has sported the MacPherson kilt and said in an interview that he is from the clan MacPherson. Jack White's original last name is Gillis.
Jamie Macpherson was an outlaw and musician, famed for his "lament," or "rant."
Jean Moorhead Macpherson Duffy was a member of the California State Legislature from 1978 to 1985. During her time on the Legislature she worked closely with the new organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving to pass new legislation that increased penalties against drunk drivers. After leaving the Legislature she wrote a book and began her public speaking career on health advocacy, focused around Cancer. Her youngest daughter Lorna Jean Moorhead, who was baptized into the clan in 1976, followed in her footsteps and wrote her own book on health advocacy, focused around living with Multiple Sclerosis.
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—Dorothy Allison (b. 1953)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)