William Murphy

William, Bill or Billy Murphy may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * William B. Murphy (1908–1970), American film editor
 * William Murphy (actor) (1921–1989), American actor
 * Bill Murphy (Irish actor) (born 1963), Irish actor, writer and producer
 * Billy Murphy (fashion entrepreneur) (1940–2014), British fashion entrepreneur
 * William Murphy (musician) (born 1973), American gospel musician

Business and industry

 * William John Murphy (1839–1923), American businessman, founder of Glendale, Arizona
 * William Martin Murphy (1844–1919), Irish industrialist and newspaper proprietor, involved in the Dublin Lockout
 * William Dennistoun Murphy (1859–1935), American real estate manager
 * William Lawrence Murphy (1876–1959), Irish-American inventor of the Murphy bed
 * William Beverly Murphy (1907–1994), American food industry executive

Australia

 * William Edward Murphy (1833–1881), Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 * William Murphy (Australian politician) (1858–1929), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales and Western Australian parliaments
 * William Murphy (Queensland politician) (1868–1930), Australian politician and newspaper proprietor, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 * William Emmet Murphy, Australian trade unionist and politician

U.S.

 * William Sumter Murphy (1796–1844), American lawyer and diplomat
 * William P. Murphy (judge) (1898–1986), American attorney, member of the Minnesota Supreme Court
 * William T. Murphy (1899–1978), American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois
 * William J. Murphy (Idaho politician) (1912–1993), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
 * Billy Murphy Jr. (born 1943), American attorney, judge, and civil rights advocate
 * William L. Murphy (1944–2010), American lawyer, Staten Island (Richmond County) District Attorney
 * William J. Murphy (Rhode Island politician) (born 1963), American politician, Rhode Island state representative
 * William Murphy (Wisconsin legislator), Irish-born American merchant, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Elsewhere

 * William Samuel Murphy (1882–1961), Canadian politician
 * William Lindsay Murphy (1888–1965), British Governor of the Bahamas
 * William Murphy (Irish politician) (1892–1967), Irish Fine Gael TD
 * William J. Murphy (Labour politician) (1928–2018), Irish Labour Party politician

Religion

 * William Murphy (bishop of Saginaw) (1885–1950), American Roman Catholic bishop
 * William Murphy (bishop of Kerry) (born 1936), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
 * William Murphy (bishop of Rockville Centre) (born 1940), American Roman Catholic bishop
 * William J. Murphy (Jesuit) (1895 – 1973), American educator and president of Boston College
 * William Murphy (activist) (1834–1872), Irish anti-Catholic activist and public lecturer

Baseball

 * Yale Murphy (William Henry Murphy, 1869–1906), American Major League Baseball player and college football coach
 * Billy Murphy (baseball) (born 1944), American Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Bill Murphy (pitcher) (born 1981), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Bill Murphy (baseball coach), American baseball coach

Other sports

 * Torpedo Billy Murphy (1863–1939), featherweight boxer from New Zealand
 * William Murphy (lacrosse) (1867–1957), American Olympic lacrosse player
 * William Murphy (rugby union) (c.1880–c.1957), Australian rugby union footballer
 * William Murphy (rower) (1889–1916), Canadian Olympic rower
 * Billy Murphy (footballer) (1895–1962), English footballer
 * William Murphy (boxer) (1904–?), Irish Olympic boxer
 * William Murphy (tennis) (1917–2005), American tennis player and coach
 * Bill Murphy (footballer) (1921–2004), English footballer
 * Bill Murphy (Gaelic footballer), scored the decisive goal in the 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
 * Billy J. Murphy (1921–2008), American college football coach at the University of Memphis
 * Bill Murphy (businessman) (born 1946), American NFL football player and businessman

Others

 * William P. Murphy (1892–1987), American physician and Nobel laureate
 * William J. Murphy (RAF officer) (1916–1939), British Royal Air Force pilot
 * William P. Murphy Jr. (1923–2023), American scientist and inventor