Murphy (given name)

Murphy is a given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:

People

• Murphy Akanji (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
• Murphy Anderson (1926–2015), American comics artist
• Murphy Bennett (born 2004), British footballer
• Murphy Dunne (born 1942), American actor and musician
• Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921), American politician
• Murphy James Foster Jr., known as Mike Foster (1930–2020), American businessman and politician
• Murphy Guyer (born 1952), American actor, playwright, writer and director
• Murphy Holloway (born 1990), American basketball player
• Murphy Jensen (born 1968), American tennis player and businessman
• Murphy Lee (born 1979/1980), American rapper
• Murphy Mahoney (born 2001), English footballer
• Murphy Morobe, South African anti-apartheid activist
• Murphy Nagbe (born 1984), Liberian footballer
• Murphy Pakiam (born 1938), Malaysian Catholic archbishop
• Murphy O. Shewchuk, Canadian writer
• Murphy Taramai (born 1992), New Zealand rugby union player
• Murphy Tomlinson, American curler
• Murphy Troy (born 1989), American volleyball player
• Murphy Walker (born 1999), Scottish rugby union player
• Murphy Wiredu (born 1985), Canadian soccer player

Fictional characters

• Murphy Bellman, in the British TV series The Dumping Ground
• Murphy Brown, the title character from the TV show Murphy Brown played by Candice Bergen
• Murphy Cooper, in the film Interstellar (2014)
• Murphy MacManus, one of the two main characters from the movie The Boondock Saints
• Murphy Pendleton, the protagonist of the video game Silent Hill: Downpour
• the title character of Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first published novel

See also

• Murphy (surname)