Murphy (given name) explained
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
- the title character of Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first published novel
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