John Murphy may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* John Francis Murphy (1853–1921), American landscape painter * John Murphy (fiddle player) (1875–1955), Irish fiddle player * John Cullen Murphy (1919–2004), American illustrator * John Murphy (playwright) (1929–1998), Irish dramatist, author of ''The Country Boy'' * John Murphy (musician) (1959–2015), Australian drummer and multi-instrument musician *

Kim Deal Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was the bassist and the co-vocalist in the alternative rock band Pixies, before forming the Breeders in 1989. Deal joined Pixies in January ...

(a.k.a. Mrs. John Murphy, born 1961), American singer/songwriter *

John Murphy (composer) John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is a British film composer. He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s, working with The Lotus Eaters (band), The Lotus Eaters, Thomas Lang (singer), Thomas Lang, and Claud ...

(born 1965), British composer of film scores *

John Murphy (voice actor) John Murphy may refer to: Arts and entertainment *John Francis Murphy (1853–1921), American landscape painter * John Murphy (fiddle player) (1875–1955), Irish fiddle player *John Cullen Murphy (1919–2004), American illustrator * John Murphy ...

( 2010s), English voice actor in ''

The Little Prince ''The Little Prince'' (french: Le Petit Prince, ) is a novella by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United States by Reynal & Hitchcock in April 1943 an ...

'' *John Murphy ( 2010s), fictional character in '' The 100'' *John Murphy ( 2010s), fictional character in '' The Leftovers''

Business and industry

John Murphy (bellfounder) John Murphy ( fl. 1837 - 1879) was an Irish bellfounder. His foundry, which started making bells in 1843, cast bells for many churches in Ireland and elsewhere, including several rings of bells hung for change ringing. Murphy's foundry, which c ...

(fl. 1837–1879), Irish bellfounder *

John H. Murphy Sr. John Henry Murphy Sr. (25 December 1840 – 5 April 1922) was an African-American newspaper publisher based in Baltimore, Maryland. Born into slavery, he is best known as the founder of the ''Baltimore Afro-American'' (also known colloquially/for ...

(1841–1922), African-American newspaper publisher * John Murphy (contractor) (1913–2009), British building contractor * John H. Murphy III (1916–2010), American publisher and newspaper executive * Joe Murphy (contractor) (John Murphy, 1917–2000), Irish civil engineering contractor *

John Murphy (engineer) John A. Murphy is an American inventor and computer engineer credited with inventing ARCNET, the first commercial networking system, in 1976. He was working for Datapoint Corporation at the time. His biography appeared in the IT History Society web ...

(born 1943), American inventor and computer engineer, credited with inventing ARCNET *

John Murphy (branding consultant) John Matthew Murphy (born 1944, Essex) is a British branding consultant who pioneered the art of brand valuation, that is, measuring the accounting value of a company's brands as assets, and in so doing, he stimulated the development of brandin ...

(born 1946), British branding consultant, founder of Interbrand * John Murphy (technical analyst) ( 1960s–2000s), American financial market analyst

Military

* John Murphy (priest) (1753–1798), Irish Roman Catholic priest and military leader in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 *

John McLeod Murphy John McLeod Murphy (February 14, 1827 – June 1, 1871) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Biography Murphy was born in Westchester County, New York, and was appointed midshipman on August 10, 1841. He ...

(1827–1871), U.S. Navy officer during the American Civil War *

John Murphy (Saint Patrick's Battalion) John Murphy, Irish people, Irish soldier, fl. 1846-48. Murphy was a native of County Mayo, Ireland who later served with the Saint Patrick's Battalion. He had deserted the U.S. army 8th Infantry on 17 May 1846, and joined the Mexican army. Beca ...

( 1846–1848), Irish soldier * John E. Murphy (1869–1941), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient during the Spanish–American War * John Alphonsus Murphy (1881–1935), American Medal of Honor recipient

Politics and law

Australia

John Murphy (Queensland politician) John Murphy was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the member for Ipswich 18 June 1867 to 12 August 1870. Early life He was born 25 September 1820 (County Cork, Ireland) t ...

(1820–1883), Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *

John Murphy (1821–1883) John Murphy (1821 – 24 June 1883) was an English-born Australian politician. He migrated to New South Wales around 1843 and became a pastoralist. On 22 February 1855 he married Mary Albon, with whom he had six children. By 1866 he owned Ky ...

, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * John Murphy (Australian politician) (born 1950), Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives

Canada

* John Joseph Murphy (Newfoundland MHA) (1849–1938), Canadian politician, member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly * John Joseph Murphy (1922–2010), Canadian politician, mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland *

John Murphy (Canadian politician) John Murphy (born 26 August 1937) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Murphy became a Liberal party candidate for the Annapolis Valley—Hants electoral district in the 1988 fede ...

(born 1937), Canadian politician, member of the Canadian House of Commons

U.S.

John Murphy (Alabama politician) John Murphy (1786 – September 21, 1841) was the fourth Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, serving two terms from 1825 to 1829. Biography Early life John Murphy was born in 1786 in Robeson County, North Carolina. He attended South Carol ...

(1786–1841), American politician, Governor of Alabama * John Luttrell Murphy (1842–1912), American jurist, Justice of the Territorial Montana Supreme Court * John R. Murphy (1856–1932), American politician and attorney in Massachusetts *

John W. Murphy (Connecticut politician) John W. Murphy (January 16, 1878 – December 9, 1963), a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, was Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, elected to seven consecutive terms between 1932 and 1945. He was the city's leading political figure ...

(1878–1963), American politician, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut * John W. Murphy (Pennsylvania politician) (1902–1962), American congressman from Pennsylvania *

John W. Murphy (Arizona politician) John W. Murphy (1874 – April 10, 1947) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the Attorney General of Arizona from 1923 to 1928. Life and career Murphy was born in Edgar County, Illinois. He studied law and worked ...

, American lawyer and Attorney General of Arizona * John F. Murphy Sr. (1923–2011), American politician from Vermont *

John Ellsworth Murphy John Ellsworth Murphy (October 27, 1925 Omaha, Nebraska – November 12, 1984, Omaha Nebraska) was a lawyer and judge in Omaha, Nebraska. From 1960 to 1978 he served as a judge on the district 8 court of Nebraska. The most notable cases over whi ...

(1925–1984), American lawyer and judge in Omaha, Nebraska *

John M. Murphy John Michael Murphy (August 3, 1926 – May 25, 2015) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th (1963–1973) and 17th (1973–1981) districts. He was convicted of taking bribes in the 1980 Abscam scanda ...

(1926–2015), US Congressman from New York, implicated in Abscam *

John F. Murphy (South Dakota politician) John Francis Murphy (July 19, 1930 – March 19, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. Murphy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 19, 1930, to parents Frank and Myrtle Murphy. The family lived in Saint Cloud, and Murphy graduated f ...

(1930–2003), American lawyer and politician from South Dakota * John F. Murphy (law professor) (1937–2021), American law professor at Villanova University * John Murphy (Texas politician) (born 1945), American politician, mayor pro tem of Richardson, Texas * John F. Murphy (JAG) ( 2000s), American lawyer, Chief Prosecutor of the Guantanamo Military Commissions

Elsewhere

John Murphy (Irish Parliamentary Party politician) John Murphy (1870 – 17 April 1930) was an Irish people, Irish Irish nationalism, nationalist politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kerry (UK Parliament constituency), East Kerry from 1900 to 1910, taking his seat in the House o ...

(1870–1930), Irish politician, member of the UK Parliament for East Kerry *

Jack Murphy (Irish politician) John Murphy (1920 – 11 July 1984) was an Irish politician and the first unemployed person ever elected to a national legislature.''The man in the black beret leads the battle for Éire's workless'', Andrew Boyd (1957). He was elected to Dáil ...

(1920–1984), Irish politician, TD Dublin South Central *

John A. Murphy John A. Murphy (17 January 1927 – 28 February 2022) was an Irish historian and senator. He was professor of history at University College Cork (UCC). Biography Murphy was born in Macroom, County Cork, and has said he was very bookish as a boy ...

(1927–2022), Irish historian and senator from Cork

Religion

* John Murphy (priest) (1753–1798), Irish Roman Catholic priest and military leader in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 * John James Murphy (1796–1883), Irish Roman Catholic priest *

John Tuohill Murphy John Baptist Tuohill Murphy, C.S.Sp. (24 June 1854 – 16 April 1926) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, who served from 1886 to 1899 as the president of the Pittsburgh Catholic College, which was later re ...

(1854–1926), Irish Roman Catholic priest *

John Murphy (archbishop of Cardiff) John Aloysius Murphy (21 December 1905 – 18 November 1995) was a Roman Catholic Church prelate who served firstly as the Roman Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury, Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1949 to 1961, then as the Archbishop of Cardiff from 1961 ...

(1905–1995), English Roman Catholic archbishop *

John Murphy (bishop of Cork) John Murphy (23 May 1772 in Shandon, Cork – 1 April 1847, in Cork) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop in the nineteenth century. Murphy commenced his priestly studies in Paris, leaving due to political unrest, he completed his studies at the ...

(1772–1847), Irish Roman Catholic bishop

Sports

Association football (soccer)

John Murphy (footballer, born 1872) John H. Murphy (1872−1924) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward and right half for Notts County and Doncaster Rovers in the Football League at the turn of the 20th century. In the 1896–97 season, he was joint top scor ...

(1872–1924), English footballer * John Murphy (footballer, born 1886), Irish footballer for Bradford and Luton * John Murphy (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1921), Scottish footballer with Hamilton Academical, Bury, Rotherham County *

John Murphy (footballer, born 1898) John Dickie Elliot Murphy (born 1898) was a Scottish Association football, footballer who played as an Forward (association football)#Outside forward, outside right. His first and longest senior spell was with Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of M ...

, Scottish footballer for Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock * John Murphy (1900s footballer), English footballer for Stoke and Bradford *

John Murphy (footballer, born 1942) John 'Spud' Murphy (6 December 1942 – 23 April 2020) was a Scottish footballer who played his List of one-club men in association football, entire senior career with Ayr United. A Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back, Murphy mad ...

(1942–2020), Scottish footballer * John Murphy (Scottish footballer) ( 1950s–1960s), Scottish footballer *

John Murphy (footballer, born 1976) John Murphy (born 18 October 1976) is an English former professional footballer who became a coach. He had two spells with Chester City, having left first time round to join Blackpool in 1999. He came through the youth ranks with Chester and ...

, English footballer * John Murphy (soccer) (born 2000), American soccer player

Australian rules football

Johnny Murphy (footballer, born 1879) Johnny Murphy (12 December 1879 – 29 August 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia servi ...

(1879–1950), Australian rules footballer * John P. Murphy (born 1945), Australian rules footballer at South Melbourne and Sturt *

John Murphy (Australian rules footballer) John Murphy (born 20 November 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (now AFL). Playing career Murphy debuted with the Fitzroy Football Club in 1967 after being recruited from Diamond Vall ...

(born 1949), Australian rules footballer for the Fitzroy Football Club

Baseball

John Murphy (pitcher) John Henry Murphy (1858 – March 7, 1905) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball in 1884 with Altoona Mountain City and the Wilmington Quicksteps. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ph ...

(1858–1905), American baseball pitcher *

John Murphy (infielder) John Murphy may refer to: Arts and entertainment *John Francis Murphy (1853–1921), American landscape painter * John Murphy (fiddle player) (1875–1955), Irish fiddle player *John Cullen Murphy (1919–2004), American illustrator * John Murphy ...

(1879–1949), American baseball infielder * Johnny Murphy (1908–1970), American baseball pitcher * John Ryan Murphy (born 1991), American baseball catcher

Other sports

John Murphy (Cork hurler) John 'Curtis' Murphy was an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Blackrock and with the Cork senior inter-county team in the 1880s and 1890s. Murphy captained Cork to All-Ireland victory in 1893. Playing career Club Mur ...

( 1880s–1890s), Irish hurler * John Murphy (Offaly hurler) (born 1999), Irish hurler *

Johnny Murphy (coach) John David Murphy (October 8, 1891 – September 13, 1961) was an American basketball player-coach for the Rochester Centrals from 1925 to 1931. Murphy played for the Centrals until 1927 and co-held the positions of head coach and general manager. ...

(1891–1961), American basketball player-coach for the Rochester Centrals * John Murphy (athlete) (1895–1972), American high jumper * John Murphy (sport shooter) (1919–1997), Australian Olympic shooter * John Murphy (basketball) (1924–2003), American basketball player *

John Murphy (Derry Gaelic footballer) John Murphy (–2009) was a Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county football team, Derry county team. He was part of the first Derry side to win the National Football League (Ireland), National Football League. Murphy played club foo ...

(1925/1926–2009), Irish Gaelic footballer *

Jack Murphy (American football) John A. Murphy (August 6, 1932 – January 9, 2021) was a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio in 1970 and at the University of Toledo from 1971 to 1976, compiling a car ...

(John A. Murphy, 1932–2021), American college football coach for the Toledo Rockets * John Murphy (Down Gaelic footballer) (1948–2020) Irish Gaelic footballer, manager, coach and selector * John Murphy (swimmer) (born 1953), American Olympic gold medal swimmer * Johnny Murphy (hurler) (born 1954), Irish hurler *

John Murphy (sportscaster) John Murphy (born March 14, 1955) is an American sportscaster from Buffalo, New York. He is best known as the voice of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network and host of ''One Bills Live'' (formerly ''The John Murphy Show'') on WGR and MSG Western New ...

(born 1955), American football announcer for the Buffalo Bills * John Murphy (cyclist) (born 1984), American cyclist *

Johne Murphy Johne Murphy (; born John Edmund Murphy 10 November 1984) is a retired Irish rugby union player who played wing, fullback or centre. On 27 August 2015, Murphy announced his retirement from rugby. Family Murphy was born John Edmund Murphy to ...

(born 1984), Irish rugby union player *

Jonny Murphy Jonny Murphy (born 6 February 1992) is a former professional rugby union player from Northern Ireland, who played hooker for Ulster (2015-17), Rotherham Titans (2017-18) and Connacht (2018-22). Early life Murphy was born in Belfast in 1992. ...

(born 1992), Irish rugby union player

Others

* John Benjamin Murphy (1857–1916), American surgeon, president of the American Medical Association * John Murphy (sanatorium operator) (1912–1977), American professional wrestler and sanatorium operator, nicknamed "Dropkick" and namesake of the band Dropkick Murphys *

John Murphy (loyalist) John Alexander Thompson Murphy (26 August 1950 – 10 August 1998) was a Northern Irish loyalist. He was one of the three leading men in the "Shankill Butchers", an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gang. Early life Murphy was the second of three sons ...

, loyalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland *John Murphy, architect in Australia, see

John and Phyllis Murphy John and Phyllis Murphy were architects in Australia. Phyllis was also known for her work with wallpaper design and restoration. The Murphys completed a number of conservation projects through the National Trust (Victoria) in the 1960s and 1970s ...