Noun anderson has 5 senses
- Anderson, Sherwood Anderson - United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
--1 is a kind of writer, author
- Anderson, Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson - United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
--2 is a kind of physicist
- Anderson, Maxwell Anderson - United States dramatist (1888-1959)
--3 is a kind of dramatist, playwright
- Anderson, Marian Anderson - United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993)
--4 is a kind of contralto
- Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson - United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
--5 is a kind of nuclear physicist
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