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