Muir (surname)

Muir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–J

 * Adam Muir (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Alex Muir (1923–1995), Scottish footballer
 * Alex Muir (Albion Rovers footballer), Scottish footballer
 * Alexander Muir, songwriter, poet and school headmaster
 * Andrew Muir (chess player) (born 1958), Scottish chess player
 * Andrew Muir (politician), Northern Irish politician
 * Barry Muir (1937–2022), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Bill Muir (born 1942), American football coach
 * Bryan Muir (born 1973), Canadian National Hockey League player
 * Charles Henry Muir (1860–1933), U.S. Army officer
 * Chris Muir (cartoonist) (born 1958), U.S. cartoonist (webcomic Day by Day)
 * David Muir, anchor of ABC World News Tonight
 * Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach
 * Edwin Muir (1887–1959), British poet, novelist and translator, husband of Willa Muir
 * Florabel Muir (1889-1970), American journalist, writer, and newspaper columnist
 * Francis Muir (born 1926), British geophysicist
 * Frank Muir (1920–1998), British comedian
 * Frederick Muir (1849–1921), Australian cricketer
 * Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir (1873–1931), British entomologist
 * Gary Muir (born 1985), Scottish footballer
 * Harry Muir (fl.1960s–1980s), owner of Beck Book Company, forerunner of Wakefield Press in Adelaide, South Australia
 * Hope Muir, Canadian dancer, rehearsal director and teacher
 * Ian Muir (Scottish footballer) (1929–2009), Scottish footballer (Motherwell)
 * Ian Muir (English footballer) (born 1963), English footballer (Tranmere Rovers)
 * Jamie Muir (politician), Canadian educator and politician
 * Jamie Muir, Scottish painter and former percussionist
 * Jean Muir (actress) (1911–1996), American actress
 * Jean Muir (1928–1995), British fashion designer
 * Jo Muir (born 1994), British modern pentathlete
 * John Kenneth Muir (born 1969), U.S. writer on film and television
 * John Muir (1838–1914), naturalist, engineer, explorer, and writer
 * John Muir (disambiguation), several people
 * John Muir (South African naturalist) (1874–1947), South African naturalist and cultural historian
 * John Muir (indologist) (1810–1882), Scottish sanskritist

K–Z

 * Kado Muir, Aboriginal Australian artist and land rights advocate
 * Karen Muir (1952–2013), South African swimmer
 * Kenneth Muir (disambiguation), several people
 * Kenneth Muir (scholar) (1907–1996), literary scholar and author
 * Kenneth Muir (VC) (1912–1950), British soldier
 * Kirsty Muir (born 2004), Scottish freestyle skier
 * Laura Muir (born 1993), Scottish athlete
 * Leilani Muir (1944–2016), Canadian plaintiff
 * Lewis F. Muir (1883–1915), American composer
 * Lindsay Muir (born 1956), Scottish footballer
 * Lois Muir (born 1935), New Zealand sportswoman
 * M. M. Pattison Muir (1848–1931), chemist and author
 * Malcolm Muir (publisher) (1885–1979), U.S. magazine industrialist
 * Malcolm Muir (judge) (1914–2011), American judge
 * Marjorie Muir Worthington (1900–1976), American writer
 * Mike Muir (born 1964), U.S. singer
 * Nat Muir (born 1958), Scottish athlete
 * Norrie Muir (1948–2019), British mountaineer
 * Richard David Muir (1857–1924), British prosecutor
 * Robert Muir (disambiguation), several people
 * Robbie Muir (footballer), Australian rules footballer
 * Ruby Muir, cross-country runner from New Zealand
 * Tamsyn Muir, novelist from New Zealand
 * Thomas Muir (disambiguation), several people
 * Thomas Muir (mathematician) (1844–1934), British mathematician
 * Thomas Muir of Huntershill (1765–1799), Scottish political reformer
 * Walter Muir (soccer) (born 1953), Scottish footballer
 * Ward Muir (1878–1927), English photographer
 * Willa Muir (1890–1970), Scottish novelist, essayist and translator, wife of Edwin Muir
 * William Muir (1819–1905), British orientalist, founder of Muir College
 * William Muir (coach) (1895–1967), college sports coach

Fictional characters

 * Lucy Muir, a character in the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
 * Carolyn Muir, a character in the subsequent TV series (1968)