Murray (given name)

Murray is a masculine given name. It may refer to:

Acting

 * F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), American actor
 * Murray Alper (1904–1984), American actor
 * Murray Bartlett (born 1971), Australian actor
 * Murray Hamilton (1923–1986), American actor
 * Murray Head (born 1946), English singer and actor
 * Murray Cruchley, Canadian actor and radio personality active 1979–1995
 * Murray Langston (born 1944), Canadian/American actor and comedian known as The Unknown Comic

Music

 * Murray Adaskin (1906–2002), Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher
 * Murray C. Anderson, South African composer, recording engineer and producer
 * Murray Attaway (born 1957), American musician
 * Murray Bernthal (1911–2010), American musician and producer
 * Murray Boren (born 1950), American composer
 * Murray Cook (born 1960), Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist with The Wiggles
 * Murray Gold (born 1969), English composer, known for composing music for Doctor Who
 * Murray Head (born 1946), English singer and actor
 * Murray Kaufman a.k.a. Murray the K (1922–1982), American disc jockey
 * Murray Perahia (born 1947), American conductor and pianist
 * Murray Cutter (1902–1983), French-American orchestrator

Other arts and entertainment

 * Murray Ball (1939–2017), New Zealand cartoonist
 * Murray Lerner (1927–2017), American documentary filmmaker
 * Murray SawChuck (born 1973), magician on America's Got Talent (season 5) and magic expert for Pawn Stars
 * Murray Smith (writer) (1940–2003), British TV writer and producer
 * Murray Chercover (1929–2010), Canadian television producer and executive
 * Murray Cohl (1929–2008), Canadian film producer
 * Murray (escapologist), born Norman Murray Walters (1901–1988), Australian escapologist

Business

 * Murray M. Baker (1872–1964), American businessman
 * Murray Lender (1930–2012), American businessman

Education

 * Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
 * Murray Brown (born 1936), Economics professor
 * Murray Barnson Emeneau (1904–2005), American linguistics professor
 * Murray S Smith, British professor of film studies and philosopher at the University of Kent
 * Murray A. Straus (1926–2016), American professor of sociology
 * Murray C. Wells (born 1936), New Zealand economist and professor
 * Murray Clarke, Canadian Philosophy professor

Politics

 * Murray Biggar, Canadian politician in office 1895
 * Murray Bourchier (1881–1937), Australian soldier and politician
 * Murray Bourchier (diplomat) (1925–1981), Australian public servant and diplomat
 * Murray Byrne (1928–2012), Australian politician
 * Murray Calder (born 1951), Canadian politician
 * Murray Gaunt (1935–2009), Canadian politician, 1962–1981
 * Murray McBride (born 1935), Canadian politician and author
 * Murray McCully (born 1953), New Zealand politician
 * Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) (1919–2001), American politician
 * Murray Smith (Alberta politician), Canadian lawyer and politician, 1993–2004
 * Murray Smith (Canadian politician) (1930–2010), MP for Winnipeg North, 1958–1962
 * Murray Smith (New Zealand politician), in office 2002–2005
 * Murray Robert Smith (1941–2009), New Zealand Labour Party politician & MP
 * Robert Murray Smith (1831–1921), known as Murray Smith, politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
 * Murray Cardiff (1934–2013), Canadian MP in office 1980–1993
 * Murray Chotiner (1909–1974), American political strategist, attorney, and government official
 * Murray Clark (1899–1973), Canadian parliament member in office 1935–1957
 * Murray Coell (born 1955 or 1954), Canadian politician in office 1996–2013
 * Murray Cowper (born 1960), Australian politician in office 2005–2017
 * Murray Criddle (born 1943), Australian politician in office 1993–2008
 * Murray Van Wagoner (1898–1986), American politician from Michigan

Science and medicine

 * Murray Banks (1917–2008), American psychologist
 * Murray Barr (1908–1995), Canadian physician and medical researcher
 * Murray Batchelor (born 1961), Australian mathematical physicist
 * Murray Bornstein (1917–1995), American neuroscientist
 * Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
 * Murray Brennan (born 1940), New Zealand surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, and academic
 * Ian Brooker (1934–2016), Australian botanist
 * Murray Campbell, Canadian computer scientist involved with IBM Deep Blue
 * Murray Feingold (1930-2015), American pediatrician and geneticist, founder of the National Birth Defects Center (now Feingold Center for Children)
 * Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019), Nobel prize–winning theoretical physicist
 * Murray Goldberg (born 1962), Canadian eLearning pioneer
 * Murray Heimberg American medical scientist

Association football

 * Murray Archibald (1917–2006), Scottish footballer
 * Murray Barnes (1954–2011), Australian soccer player
 * Murray Brodie (born 1950), Scottish footballer

Cricket

 * Murray Bennett (born 1956), Australian cricketer
 * Murray Bisset (1876–1931), South African cricketer
 * Murray Brown (umpire) (born 1966), South African cricket umpire
 * Murray Chapple (1930–1985), New Zealand cricketer
 * Murray Child (born 1953), New Zealand cricketer
 * Murray Commins (born 1997), South African cricketer
 * Murray Creed (born 1979), South African cricketer active 1997–2002

Ice hockey

 * Murray Anderson (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian player
 * Murray Armstrong (1916–2010), Canadian player and coach
 * Murray Balagus (born 1929), Canadian player
 * Murray Balfour (1936–1965), American player
 * Murray Bannerman (born 1957), Canadian player
 * Murray Baron (born 1967), Canadian player
 * Murray Brumwell (born 1960), Canadian player
 * Murray McIntosh (born 1967), Canadian player
 * Murray Costello (born 1934), Canadian player, executive, administrator, and builder
 * Murray Craven (born 1964), Canadian centre

Other sports

 * Murray Anderson (field hockey) (born 1968), South African field hockey player
 * Murray Arnold (1938–2012), American basketball coach
 * Murray Ashby (1931–1990), New Zealand rower
 * Murray Bedel, Canadian para–alpine skier at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
 * Murray Browne (born 1963), Australian rules football player
 * Murray Buchan (born 1991), Scottish freestyle skier
 * Murray Burdan (born 1975), New Zealand swimmer
 * Murray Buswell (born 1962), English swimmer
 * Murray Carter (born 1931), Australian racing driver
 * Murray Cheater (1947–2020), New Zealand hammer thrower
 * Murray Chessell (born 1944), Australian lawyer and gymnast
 * Murray Clapham (1939–2011), Australian rules footballer
 * Murray Cockburn (born 1933), Canadian sprinter
 * Murray Cook (baseball) (born 1940), Canadian scout and general manager
 * Murray Couper (born 1948), Australian rules football player
 * Murray Craig, Scottish rugby union player active in the 1990s and 2000s
 * Murray Deaker, New Zealand sports broadcaster
 * Murray Mexted (born 1953), New Zealand rugby union player
 * Murray Walker (1923–2021), English motorsport commentator and pundit

Writing

 * Murray Bail (born 1941), Australian author
 * Murray Bishoff, American writer active in the late 20th century
 * Murray Boltinoff (1911–1994), American writer and editor of comic books
 * Murray Cammick, New Zealand journalist, photographer and record label founder active since the 1970s
 * Murray Campbell (columnist) (born 1950), Canadian columnist
 * Murray Chass (born 1938), American sports writer
 * Murray Kempton (1917–1997), American journalist
 * Murray Leinster (1896–1975), American author
 * Murray McBride (born 1935), Canadian politician and author
 * Murray Rothbard (1926–1995), American economist, individualist anarchist, and author
 * Murray Sayle (1926–2010), Australian journalist

Other

 * Murray Adams-Acton (1886–1971), English historian and interior designer
 * Murray Angus, Canadian First Nations activist
 * Murray Arbeid (1935–2011), British fashion designer
 * Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans (born 1939)
 * Murray Bookchin (1921–2006), American political theorist, creator of the theory of social ecology
 * Murray Chandler (born 1960), New Zealand chess grandmaster
 * Murray Chatlain (born 1963), Canadian clergyman
 * Murray Cotterill (1913–1995), Canadian trade union activist
 * Murray Coutts-Trotter (1874–1929), British barrister and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
 * Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), American mathematician and lawyer
 * Murray A. Hansen, American military officer
 * Murray Beresford Roberts (1919–1974), Australian–New Zealand confidence trickster and thief
 * Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), American federal judge from Delaware
 * Murray J. Shubin (1917–1956), American World War II flying ace
 * Murray A. Wiener (1909–????), American explorer and photographer