Murdoch ( , ) Is a Scottish and Irish surname and given name. An

Anglicized Anglicisation or anglicization is a form of cultural assimilation whereby something non-English becomes assimilated into or influenced by the culture of England. It can be sociocultural, in which a non-English place adopts the English language ...

form of the Gaelic personal names '' Muireadhach'' ‘mariner’, ''

Murchadh Murchadh is a masculine given name of Irish origin. It is composed of the elements ''muir'', meaning "sea", and ''cath'', meaning "battle". Murrough is an anglicized form. The surname Murphy (Irish: Ó Murchadha) is derived from the given name. ...

'' ‘sea-warrior’, and '' Muircheartach'' ‘sea-ruler’, the first element in each being ''muir'' ‘sea’.Selectsurnames.com
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Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany () (1362 – 25 May 1425) was a leading Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, and the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland, who founded the Stewart dynasty. In 1389, he became Justicia ...

, Scottish nobleman. * Murdoch Dickie (1919–2004), Scottish footballer * Murdoch Macdonald, British politician and civil engineer * Murdoch MacLennan (born 1949), British media executive * Murdoch McKenzie - several people John Murdoch of Doune - Flint lock Pistol maker... made pistol that fired first shot in he American War of Independence.

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Alexi Murdoch Alexi Murdoch (born 27 December 1973) is an English folk musician and songwriter.Elms, Robert (22 April 2011), "BBC London 94.9". Since his debut in 2002, Murdoch has released two LPs and one EP. His music has been featured in numerous televisi ...

, Scottish-born singer * Alfred Murdoch (1877–1960), New Zealand politician *

Alister Murdoch Air Marshal (Australia), Air Marshal Sir Alister Murray Murdoch, (9 December 1912 – 24 October 1984) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of Air Force (Australia), Chief of the ...

, Australian air marshal * Andrew Murdoch - several people * Arthur Murdoch (1882–1960), British boxer *

Beamish Murdoch Beamish Murdoch (August 1, 1800 – February 9, 1876) was a lawyer, historian, and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (; ), or Legislative ...

, judge and historian of Nova Scotia *

Ben Murdoch-Masila Ben Murdoch-Masila (born 7 February 1991) is a Tonga international rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He played for the Wests Tigers and the Penrith Panthers in ...

, New Zealand Rugby League player * Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer * Billy Murdoch (Scottish footballer) * Blair Murdoch, Canadian television producer *

Bobby Murdoch Robert White Murdoch (17 August 1944 – 15 May 2001) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as a midfielder for Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland. Murdoch was one of the Lisbon Lions, the Celtic team who won the European Cup in 19 ...

, Scottish footballer *

Bradley John Murdoch Bradley John Murdoch (born 19 February 1958) is an Australian criminal serving life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of English backpacker Peter Falconio in Australia. He will be 74 when eligible for parole in 2032. Murdoch is being held ...

, Australian murderer *

Brian H. Murdoch Brian Hughes Murdoch (3 April 1930 – 9 December 2020) was an Irish mathematician who served for 23 years as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). He was an analyst with expertise in potential functions and ran ...

(1930–2020), Irish mathematician *

Colin Murdoch Colin Albert Murdoch (6 February 1929 – 4 May 2008) was a New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proo ...

, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who invented disposable hypodermic syringes *

David Murdoch David Matthew Murdoch (born 17 April 1978) is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions ...

– several people including **

, Scottish sportsman *

Don Murdoch Donald Walter Murdoch (born October 25, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, and Detroit Red Wings between 1976 and 1982. He was featured in ...

, National Hockey League player *

Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman) Elisabeth Murdoch (born 22 August 1968) is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom. She was a non-executive chairperson of Shine Group, the UK-based TV programme production company she founded in 200 ...

, daughter of Rupert Murdoch *

Elisabeth Murdoch (senior) Dame Elisabeth Joy Murdoch, Lady Murdoch (née Greene; 8 February 1909 – 5 December 2012), also known as Elisabeth, Lady Murdoch, was an Australian philanthropist and matriarch of the Murdoch family. She was the wife of Australian newsp ...

, philanthropist, wife of Keith Murdoch and mother of Rupert Murdoch * Francis B. Murdoch (1805–1882) was an American attorney and newspaper publisher * George Murdoch, first mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada * Gilbert Hugh Murdoch, Canadian politician *

Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch ( ; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. Her fi ...

, British novelist and philosopher *

Ivon Murdoch Ivon George Murdoch Military Cross, MC and medal bar, bar (19 October 1892 – 12 August 1964) was an Australian Army officer during World War I. He was notable for the rare distinction of twice being awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bravery. ...

(1892–1964), Australian Army officer during World War I *

James Murdoch James Rupert Jacob Murdoch (born 13 December 1972) is an American - British businessman. He is the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the former chief executive officer (CEO) of 21st Century Fox from 2015 to 2019. He was the chairma ...

– several people including **

(born 1972), British-American businessman *

John E. Murdoch John Emery Murdoch (May 10, 1927 – September 16, 2010) was an American historian of science. Educated in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Murdoch spent most of his career at Harvard University. At Harvard, he was Profes ...

, American historian and philosopher of science *

John Smith Murdoch John Smith Murdoch (29 September 186221 May 1945) was a Scottish architect who practised in Australia from the 1880s until 1930. Employed by the newly formed Commonwealth Public Works Department in 1904, he rose to become chief architect, ...

, Australian architect *

Keith Murdoch Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (12 August 1885 – 4 October 1952) was an Australian journalist and media proprietor who was the founder of the Murdoch media empire. He amassed significant media holdings in Australia which after his death were expan ...

, Australian journalist and father of Rupert Murdoch *

Keith Murdoch (rugby union) Keith Murdoch (9 September 1943 – 27 February 2018) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Biography Murdoch, a prop, played for Otago from 1964 to 1972, except for one season each for Hawke's Bay (1965) and Auckland (1966). He represented New ...

(1943–2018), New Zealand rugby union footballer *

Lachlan Murdoch Lachlan Keith Murdoch (; born 8 September 1971) is a British and Australian businessman and mass media heir. He is the son of the media Business magnate, tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, chairman of N ...

, former chief operating officer of News Corporation and eldest son of Rupert Murdoch *

, Canadian actor * Lesley Murdoch (born 1956), New Zealand former cricketer and field hockey player *

Marion Murdoch Marion Murdoch (October 9, 1849 – January 28, 1943) was an American minister in Iowa. Murdoch was said to be the first woman in America to receive the degree of Bachelor of Divinity. Early years and education Murdoch was born in Garnavillo, Iowa ...

(1849–?), American minister * Mary Murdoch (1864–1916), Scottish-born physician and suffragist *

Nina Murdoch Madoline "Nina" Murdoch (19 October 1890 – 16 April 1976), also known by her married name Madoline Brown and pen name Manin, was an Australian writer and journalist, best known for her biographies and poetry, and travel writings, as well as ...

(1890–1976), Australian writer * Patrick Murdoch, author, publisher, and mathematician *

Paul Murdoch Paul Murdoch (born 3 October 1973) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2007. He held the PABA light-heavyweight title twice between 2001 and 2007 and challenged for the WBO and light-heavyweight title in 2006. ...

(born 1973), Australian former professional boxer *

Richard Murdoch Richard Bernard Murdoch (6 April 1907 – 9 October 1990) was an English actor and entertainer. After early professional experience in the chorus in musical comedy, Murdoch quickly moved on to increasingly prominent roles in musical comedy and ...

, British comedian and light actor *

Robert C. Murdoch Robert C. Murdoch (3 February 1861 in Wangaratta, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia – 11 November 1923Tom Iredale, Iredale, T. (1925). "R. Murdoch". ''The Nautilus'' 39(2)6970.) was a malacologist in New Zealand. Biography He receiv ...

, New Zealand malacologist * Ronald Murdoch (born 1945), New Zealand former cricketer *

Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian - American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of List of assets owned by News Corp, local, national, a ...

, Australian-American media mogul, CEO and Chairman of News Corporation *

Sarah Murdoch Sarah Murdoch () is a British-Australian model, actress, television presenter and philanthropist. Career Born in England and Raised in Sydney, Australia, Murdoch studied at Strathfield's The McDonald College of the Performing Arts, where she st ...

(born 1972), British-Australian model, actress, and television presenter * Sean Murdoch (born 1986), Scottish former professional football goalkeeper *

Steven Murdoch Steven James Murdoch is Professor of Security Engineering in the Computer Science Department, University College London. His research covers privacy-enhancing technology, Internet censorship, and anonymous communication, in particular Tor. He i ...

, Professor of Security Engineering in the Computer Science Department, University College London *

Stuart Murdoch (football manager) Stuart Murdoch (born 17 August 1950) is a football coach. He is perhaps best known for his spell as manager of Wimbledon between May 2002 and June 2004, during which time the team moved to Milton Keynes in 2003. Wimbledon were renamed Milton ...

, former footballer and ex-manager of Milton Keynes Dons F.C. *

Stuart Murdoch (musician) Stuart Lee Murdoch (born 25 August 1968) is a Scottish musician, writer and filmmaker, and the lead singer and songwriter for the indie pop band Belle and Sebastian. Early life Murdoch attended Belmont Academy in Ayr from 1980-1985. Murdoch ...

, Scottish singer * Thomas Murdoch - several people *

Trevor Murdoch William Theodore Mueller (born September 10, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Trevor Murdoch. He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he is one-half of the current NWA World Tag Team ...

, American professional wrestler *

Walter Murdoch Sir Walter Logie Forbes Murdoch, (17 September 187430 July 1970) was a prominent Australian academic and essayist famous for his intelligence and wit. He was a founding professor of English and former Chancellor of the University of Western A ...

, Australian academic and essayist *

Wendi Deng Murdoch Wendi Deng Murdoch (; born Deng Wen'ge; December 5, 1968) is a Chinese Americans, Chinese-born American entrepreneur and socialite. She was the third wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch from 1999 until 2013. Early life and education Wendi Deng w ...

(born 1968), Chinese-born American entrepreneur and socialite *

William Murdoch William Murdoch (sometimes spelled Murdock) (21 August 1754 – 15 November 1839) was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer. Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engin ...

– several people, including: **

William McMaster Murdoch William McMaster Murdoch, Royal Naval Reserve, RNR (28 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British sailor who served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy Reserve and was the Chief mate, first officer on the . He was the officer in charge on th ...

, first officer on the RMS ''Titanic'' **

, Scottish engineer and inventor of gas lighting (sometimes spelt "Murdock") ** William Murdoch (poet), Scottish poet Murdoch O' Daly - Bard... Founder of the name and Can Currie.

Fictional characters

* Detective William Murdoch, the protagonist in a series of novels by Maureen Jennings, and a spin-off television series *

Murdoch Murdoch ( , ) Is a Scottish and Irish surname and given name. An Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal names ''Muireadhach'' ‘mariner’, ''Murchadh'' ‘sea-warrior’, and ''Muirchertach, Muircheartach'' ‘sea-ruler’, the first element i ...

, a tender engine character in ''Thomas & Friends'', Introduced in the Series 7 episode (Peace and Quiet) *

Matt Murdock Daredevil is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with some input from Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #1 (April 1964). ...

, a lawyer blinded in childhood in an accident that gave him special abilities, commonly known by his alias, Daredevil.

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