William or Bill Murray may refer to:

Nobility

William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine William Murray, 2nd Earl of Tullibardine (c. 1574–1626) was a Scottish landowner and courtier. He was the son of John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine and Catherine Drummond, daughter of David, 2nd Lord Drummond. He travelled abroad in 1594 ...

(c. 1574–1626), Scottish landowner * William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart (1600?–1655), Scottish nobleman and whipping-boy to King Charles I of England *

William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne William Murray, 2nd Lord Nairne (''c.'' 1665 – 3 February 1726) was a Scottish peer and Jacobite who fought in the Rising of 1715, after which he was attainted and condemned to death for treason, but in 1717 he was indemnified and released. ...

(c. 1665–1726), Scottish peer and Jacobite *

William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine (14 April 1689 – 9 July 1746) was a Scottish nobleman and Jacobite who took part in the rebellions of 1715, 1719, and 1745. Attainted for his role in 1715, his younger brother James succeeded as ...

(1689–1746), Jacobite * William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793), British jurist *

William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, KT, DL (21 February 1806 – 1 August 1898) was a British Conservative politician. The son of David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield, and Frederica Markham, daughter of ...

(1806–1898), British nobleman * William Murray, 5th Earl of Mansfield (1860–1906), British nobleman, Earl of Mansfield * William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield (1930–2015), Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician *

William Keith Murray Lt Colonel William Keith-Murray 7th Baronet of Ochtertyre FRSE FRSSA (19 July 1801 – 16 October 1861) was a Scottish peer, landowner and soldier. Life He was born William Murray at Ochtertyre on 19 July 1801 the son of Patrick Murray of Ochtert ...

(1801–1861), Scottish peer, landowner and soldier

Sports

Association football

* Bill Murray (footballer, born 1898), English footballer *

Bill Murray (footballer, born 1901) William Murray (10 June 1901 – 14 December 1961) was a football player and manager for Sunderland. He also played for Scottish League clubs Cowdenbeath and St Mirren. Managerial career Murray having formerly played for Sunderland for 10 seaso ...

(1901–?), Scottish football player and manager (Sunderland AFC) * Bill Murray (footballer, born 1904) (1904–?), Scottish footballer *

Billy Murray (footballer) Billy Murray was an English footballer, who played as a wing half in the Football League for Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire ...

(1922–1992), English footballer (Manchester City) * Willie Murray (footballer, born 1954), Scottish footballer who played in the 1974 Scottish League Cup Final * Willie Murray (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1929), Scottish footballer for Sunderland

Other sports

Bill Murray (baseball) William Allenwood Murray (September 6, 1893 – September 14, 1943) was an American professional baseball infielder. In 1917, he played in 8 games with the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators of Major League Baseball. In 21 at-bat ...

(1893–1943), American professional baseball infielder * Billy Murray (boxer) (1892–1926), American boxer *

Billy Murray (baseball) William Jeremiah Murray (April 13, 1864 — March 25, 1937) was one of the most successful managers in American minor league baseball during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also spent three seasons (1907–09) in Major League Baseball ...

(1864–1937), American baseball manager *

W. H. Murray William Hutchison Murray (18 March 1913 – 19 March 1996) was a Scottish mountaineer and writer, one of a group of active mountain climbers, mainly from Clydeside, before and just after World War II. Life Murray was born in Liverpool, the so ...

(William Hutchison Murray, 1913–1996), Scottish mountain climber and writer *

Bill Murray (offensive lineman) Bill Murray (born July 3, 1997) is an American football guard for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at William & Mary. Early life Bill was born in Millington, New Jersey to Doug and Alison Mur ...

(born 1997), American football player *

William D. Murray William D. Murray (September 9, 1908 – March 29, 1986) was an American football and basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at University of Delaware from 1940 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1950 and ...

(1908–1986), head football coach at University of Delaware from 1940 to 1950 and Duke University from 1951 to 1965 * William Murray (Irish athlete) (1881–1942), Irish athlete at the 1908 Olympic Games *

William Murray (Australian athlete) William Murray (17 April 1882 – 12 November 1977) was an Australian athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Murray joined the Melbourne Harriers when he was a young man and started off in long distance ru ...

(1882–1977), Australian athlete at the 1912 Olympic Games *

William Murray (rugby union) William Alexander Kininmonth Murray (17 April 1894 – ?) was a Scottish international rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th c ...

(1894–?), Scottish international rugby union player *

Willie Murray (bowls) William Murray is a Northern Irish international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Murray started bowling aged just 14 and won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg. He won the 1975 si ...

(born 1940), Irish lawn and indoor bowler

Politics

William Murray (Australian politician) William Thomas Murray (9 April 1890 – 23 October 1980) was an Australian politician. He was born at Lilyfield to power station engineer Michael Murray and Mary Ryan. He was educated by the Marist Brothers and at Fort Street High School, b ...

(1890–1980), New South Wales politician *

William Murray (Dumfriesshire MP) Major William Murray (1865 – 5 March 1923) was a Liberal Unionist and later Unionist Party politician in Scotland. He was elected at 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire, as a Coalition Unionist, but did no ...

(1865–1923), British MP for Dumfriesshire, 1918–1922 *

William Murray (New Brunswick politician) William Murray (February 13, 1857 – March 27, 1913) was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Restigouche County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1885 to 1892 as a Liberal-Conservative. He ...

(1857–?), Canadian politician *

William Murray (Newcastle-under-Lyme MP) William Murray (1796–?) was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1859 to 1865. At the 1859 general election Murray was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Newcastle-under-Lyme ...

(1796–?), British MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1859–1865 *

William Murray (New York politician) William Murray (October 1, 1803 – August 25, 1875) was an American banker and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1851 to 1855. Biography Murray was born near Middletown, New York on October 1 ...

(1803–1875), U.S. Representative from New York *

William Murray (New Zealand politician) William Archibald Murray (1832 – 26 June 1900) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand. During his time in parliament, he moved to the Waikato. Biography Brothers William, John (died 1896), and James Murray (died 1899) ar ...

(1832–1900), New Zealand politician *

William Murray (Ontario politician) William Murray (June 17, 1839 – July 15, 1898) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Renfrew North in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1874 to 1875. He was born in Goulbourn T ...

(1839–1898), 19th-century Canadian politician * Bill Murray (CIA officer), American CIA officer *

William Francis Murray William Francis Murray (September 7, 1881 – September 21, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and the Postmaster of Boston. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Murray attended the public schools and the Boston Latin School. He was ...

(1881–1918), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts *

William H. Murray William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray (November 21, 1869 – October 15, 1956) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who became active in Oklahoma before statehood as legal adviser to Governor Douglas H. Johnston of the Chic ...

(1869–1956), American politician from Oklahoma *

William Harvey Murray William Harvey Murray (September 2, 1916 – July 7, 1991) was a political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Prince Rupert in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1956 to 1972 as a Social Credit member. He was ...

(1916–1991), political figure in British Columbia, Canada * William J. Murray (politician) (c. 1884–1966), New York state senator 1937–1944 * William Pitt Murray (1825–1910), American lawyer and politician * William Vans Murray (1760–1803), U.S. Representative from Maryland

Arts and entertainment

William Henry Murray William Henry Wood Murray (1790–1852), a Scottish actor, manager and theatre owner in Edinburgh, was a friend of Walter Scott and particularly associated with dramatisations of Scott's Waverley Novels. Life Born in Bath on 26 August 1790, h ...

(1790–1852), Scottish actor and theatre manager * Billy Murray (singer) (1877–1954), Irish-American singer * William Staite Murray (1881–1962), British studio potter *

William Murray (musician) William Murray (died 1998) was a drummer and photographer from Glasgow, Scotland. Career As a drummer in the early 1970s Murray played with acts including Richard and Linda Thompson's 'Sour Grapes' band and Irish progressive folk band Mello ...

(died 1998), Scottish drummer and photographer * William B. Murray (born 1935), opera baritone * Billy Murray (actor) (born 1941), English actor * Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor * William Murray (writer) (1926–2005), American writer of mystery novels *

Will Murray William Murray (born 1953) is an American novelist, journalist, short story, and comic book writer. Much of his fiction has been published under pseudonyms. With artist Steve Ditko, he co-created the superhero Squirrel Girl. Biography Early ...

(born 1953), author and scholar of pulp fiction *

Bill Murray (cartoonist) Bill Murray (born 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American cartoonist. Life and work Bill Murray obtained a bachelor of fine arts degree in visual communications from the Art institute of Chicago, and served his art apprenticeship with Johns ...

(born 1955), American cartoonist *

William Grant Murray William Grant Murray (11 August 1877 – 11 November 1950), usually known as Grant Murray, was a British art teacher, gallery curator and artist. He was Principal of Swansea Art School from 1908 to 1943, and the first curator of the Glynn ...

(1877–1950), British art teacher, gallery curator and artist

Religion

* William Henry Harrison Murray (1840–1904), American clergyman, author, and promoter of outdoor pursuits *

William J. Murray William J. Murray III (born May 25, 1946) is an American author, Baptist minister, and Social conservatism in the United States, social conservative lobbyist who serves as the chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition, a non-profit organizatio ...

(born 1946), American Christian author and evangelist *

William Edward Murray William Edward Murray Order of Australia, AM (16 February 192021 April 2013) was an Australian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Murray was born in Leichhardt and was ordained as a priest on 21 July 1945 in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

(1920–2013), Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

William Murray (bishop) William Murray was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the Seventeenth century. Formerly Chaplain-in-Ordinary to King James I & VI he was nominated Bishop of Kilfenora on 15 March 1622 and consecrated on 18 December that year. He was transl ...

, 17th-century Anglican bishop

Other

* William Murray (gardener) (1819–1901), South Australian pioneer gardener *

William Daniel Murray William Daniel Murray (November 20, 1908 – October 3, 1994) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Education and career Born in Butte, Montana, Murray attended Columbia University, ...

(1908–1994), U.S. federal judge *

William George Murray William George Murray (1884 – 2 December 1975) was a constable in the Northern Territory Police force who, in 1928, led a series of punitive expeditions against Aboriginal Australians that became known as the Coniston massacre. Early life Murra ...

(1884–1975), main perpetrator of the Coniston massacre * William H. Murray (Medal of Honor) (1876–1923), American Medal of Honor recipient *William Mackintosh Murray (1831–1920), co-founder of D. & W. Murray Limited, Australian drapery wholesaler *

William S. Murray William Spencer Murray, Sr. (August 4, 1873 – January 9, 1942) was an American engineer. Lake Murray in South Carolina is named after him. Biography He was born August 4, 1873, in Annapolis, Maryland. He was the fourth child of Elizabeth Murr ...

(1873–1942), American engineer * William Robert Murray (1896–1990), New Zealand labourer, policeman and unionist * William Murray (educationist) (1912–1995), created the Ladybird ''Peter and Jane'' reading scheme * William Murray (died 1562), Scottish landowner * William Murray of Tullibardine (died 1583), his son, Scottish courtier * William Murray (valet), Scottish courtier * William M. Murray (engineer), American engineer * R William Murray, American chief executive *"William Murray", an alias briefly used by

Monk Eastman Edward "Monk" Eastman (1875 – December 26, 1920) was a New York City gangster who founded and led the Eastman Gang in the late 19th and early 20th century; it became one of the most powerful street gangs in the city. His aliases included Jose ...