Murph may refer to:
People
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Erwin Chamberlain
Erwin Groves "Murph" Chamberlain (February 14, 1915 in Shawville, Quebec – May 8, 1986) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Brooklyn Americans and Boston Bru ...
(1915–1986), Canadian National Hockey League player
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Marvin Leonard Goldberger
Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger (October 22, 1922 – November 26, 2014) was an American theoretical physicist and former president of the California Institute of Technology.
Biography
Goldberger was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went on to re ...
(1922–2014), American theoretical physicist and former president of Caltech
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Murph Harrold, poker player inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1984
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Matthew Murphy (born 1984), English rock singer and musician with The Wombats
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Michael P. Murphy (1976-2005), United States Navy SEAL officer posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
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Mike Murphy (sports radio personality)
Mike Murphy (born May 1, 1951) is an American sports radio personality, who hosted ''The Mike Murphy Show'' on Chicago's Sports Radio 670 The Score. His last show aired on June 12, 2009. He currently hosts a show on WMVP-AM every Saturday from 9 ...
(born 1951), American talk show host
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Simona Hunyadi Murph
Simona Hunyadi Murph is a Romanian-American scientist, engineer, inventor at Savannah River National Laboratory ( Aiken, South Carolina), and she is an adjunct professor in the physics and astronomy department at the University of Georgia (in Athen ...
, Romanian-American scientist, engineer and inventor
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Murph (drummer)
Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born December 21, 1964), professionally credited as both Patrick Murphy and Murph, is best known for being the drummer for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He was a member of the group from its founding in 1984 ...
, a stage name of American musician Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born 1964)
Fictional characters
* Dale Murphy, in the nonfiction book ''
The Perfect Storm'' and the 2000 film adaptation
* Murphy Cooper, in the 2014 science fiction film ''
Interstellar''
* Murph, keyboardist of the band reformed in the 1980 film ''
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respective ...
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* Murphy Savage, in the 1958 war film ''
Imitation General''
* Murph, a main character in the novel ''
The Yellow Birds''
Other uses
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Murph, a
CrossFit
CrossFit is a branded fitness regimen that involves constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity. The method was developed by Greg Glassman, who founded CrossFit with Lauren Jenai in 2000, with CrossFit its registered trad ...
workout, named in honor of Michael P. Murphy
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Morph (disambiguation)
Morph may refer to:
Biology
* Morph (zoology), a visual or behavioral difference between organisms of distinct populations in a species
* Muller's morphs, a classification scheme for genetic mutations
* "-morph", a suffix commonly used in tax ...
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Murphy (disambiguation) Murphy is a common Irish surname.
Murphy may also refer to:
Places United States
* Murphy, Idaho, an unincorporated village
* Murphy, Missouri, a census-designated place
* Murphy, North Carolina, a town
* Murphy, Texas, a city
* Murphy, Virginia ...
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Jack Roland Murphy
Jack Roland Murphy (May 26, 1937 – September 12, 2020), known as "Murph the Surf" or "Murf the Surf", was convicted of murder in 1969. He was also involved in the biggest jewel heist in American history, the 1964 burglary of the jewel collecti ...
(born 1938), American jewel thief, surfing champion, musician, author, artist and convicted murderer known as "Murph the Surf"
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