William Murphy
William, Bill or Billy Murphy may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- William B. Murphy, American film editor
- William Murphy (actor), American actor
- Bill Murphy (Irish actor), Irish actor, writer and producer
- Billy Murphy (fashion entrepreneur), British fashion entrepreneur
- Bishop William Murphy III, American gospel musician & pastor
Business and industry
- William John Murphy, American businessman, founder of Glendale, Arizona
- William Martin Murphy, Irish industrialist and newspaper proprietor, involved in the Dublin Lockout
- William Dennistoun Murphy, American real estate manager
- William Lawrence Murphy, Irish-American inventor of the Murphy bed
- William Beverly Murphy, American food industry executive
- William J. Murphy (journalist), American newspaper proprietor
Politics and law
Australia
- William Edward Murphy, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- William Murphy (Australian politician), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales and Western Australian parliaments
- William Murphy (Queensland politician), Australian politician and newspaper proprietor, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- William Emmet Murphy, Australian trade unionist and politician
U.S.
- William Sumter Murphy, American lawyer and diplomat
- William P. Murphy (judge), American attorney, member of the Minnesota Supreme Court
- William T. Murphy, American politician, U.S. Representative from Illinois
- W. Tayloe Murphy, American politician from Virginia
- William J. Murphy (Idaho politician), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho
- W. Tayloe Murphy Jr., American politician from Virginia
- Billy Murphy Jr., American attorney, judge, and civil rights advocate
- William H. Murphy Sr., American judge, lawyer, and civil rights activist
- William L. Murphy, American lawyer, Staten Island District Attorney
- William J. Murphy (Rhode Island politician), American politician, Rhode Island state representative
- William Murphy (Wisconsin legislator), Irish-born American merchant, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Elsewhere
- William Samuel Murphy, Canadian politician
- William Lindsay Murphy, British Governor of the Bahamas
- William Murphy (Irish politician), Irish Fine Gael TD
- William J. Murphy (Labour politician), Irish Labour Party politician
Religion
- William Murphy (bishop of Saginaw), American Roman Catholic bishop
- William Murphy (bishop of Kerry), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
- William Murphy (bishop of Rockville Centre), American Roman Catholic bishop
- William J. Murphy (Jesuit), American educator and president of Boston College
- William Murphy (activist), Irish anti-Catholic activist and public lecturer
Sport
Baseball
- Yale Murphy, American Major League Baseball player and college football coach
- Billy Murphy (baseball), American Major League Baseball outfielder
- Bill Murphy (pitcher), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Bill Murphy (baseball coach), American baseball coach
Other sports
- Torpedo Billy Murphy, featherweight boxer from New Zealand
- William Murphy (lacrosse), American Olympic lacrosse player
- William Murphy (rugby union), Australian rugby union footballer
- William Murphy (rower), Canadian Olympic rower
- Billy Murphy (footballer), English footballer
- William Murphy (boxer), Irish Olympic boxer
- William Murphy (tennis), American tennis player and coach
- Bill Murphy (footballer), English footballer
- Bill Murphy (Gaelic footballer), scored the decisive goal in the 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
- Billy J. Murphy, American college football coach at the University of Memphis
- Bill Murphy (businessman), American NFL football player and businessman
Others
- William P. Murphy, American physician and Nobel laureate
- William J. Murphy (RAF officer), British Royal Air Force pilot
- William P. Murphy Jr., American scientist and inventor