Government and Military
- James Anderson, Jr. (1947–1967), USMC, Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient
- James Anderson (Medal of Honor) (1849–1918), American Indian Wars soldier
- James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946), Canadian politician; Premier of Saskatchewan, 1929–1934
- James Anderson (Freemason) (1679/80–1739), Church of Scotland minister, author and Freemason
- James Patton Anderson (1822–1872), Confederate Army general
- James Anderson (British politician) (1800–1864), Lord Provost of Glasgow and British MP for Stirling
- James Anderson (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1835)
- James Anderson (Manitoba politician) (1903–1983), Canadian politician
- James H. Anderson, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in the 1920s
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