Michael Murphy
Michael, Mick, or Mike Murphy may refer to:
Artists and entertainers
- Michael Murphy (actor), American actor
- Michael Murphy (Canadian actor), Canadian actor best known for the role of "Sam Foster" in the sitcom Life with Boys
- Mike Murphy (musician), American drummer for the Bee Gees and Chicago
- Michael Bryan Murphy, lead singer of REO Speedwagon
- Michael John Murphy, American folk musician
- Mike L. Murphy, American film maker and animator
- Michael Murphy (singer), New Zealand Idol runner up
- Mic Murphy, member of musical duo The System
- Michael Murphy (sculptor), American artist
- Mick Murphy (guitarist), American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
Sportspeople
Association football
- Mick Murphy (footballer), English former football midfielder
- Mike Murphy (footballer), English former football goalkeeper
Gaelic football
- Michael Murphy (Gaelic footballer), Donegal and Glenswilly sportsman
- Mick Murphy (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic footballer
Gridiron football
- Mike Murphy (American football), American football coach
- Mike Murphy (Canadian football), Canadian Football League fullback
- Mike Murphy (trainer and coach), trainer of boxing champion John L. Sullivan, first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and the "father of American track athletics"
Hurling
- Mick Murphy (Limerick hurler), Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Limerick senior team
- Michael Murphy (Templederry hurler), Irish hurler
- Mick Murphy (Tipperary hurler), Irish sportsperson
- Mick Murphy (hurler, born 1918), Irish hurler with Tipperary and Clare
- Mick Murphy (Cork hurler), Irish sportsman and revolutionary figure
Other sports
- Michael Murphy (Australian footballer), VFL/AFL player
- Mick Murphy (rugby league), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s
- Mike Murphy (baseball), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Michael Murphy (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Mick Murphy (cyclist), Irish cyclist, wrestler and boxer
- Michael Murphy (diver), Australian Olympic diver
- Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950), ice hockey player and head coach, currently NHL vice-president of hockey operations
- Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1989), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Mike Murphy (trainer and coach), trainer of boxing champion John L. Sullivan, first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and the "father of American track athletics"
- Mick Murphy (speedway rider), Australian speedway rider
Politicians
- Michael Murphy (New Hampshire politician), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Michael Murphy (Indiana politician), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Michael Pat Murphy, Irish Labour Party politician
- Michael Murphy (Tennessee politician), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
- Michael C. Murphy (New York politician), New York politician and Medal of Honor recipient
- Michael C. Murphy (Michigan politician), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Mick Murphy (Irish Socialist politician), Irish Socialist Party political activist
- Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician), nationalist politician in Northern Ireland
- Mike Murphy (Illinois politician), Illinois politician
- Mike Murphy (New Brunswick politician), Canadian lawyer and Liberal politician
- Mike Murphy (political consultant), American Republican political consultant
- Mike Murphy (Washington politician), treasurer of the state of Washington
- Michael Murphy (Kansas politician), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
- Michael A. Murphy, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
- Michael Murphy (Fine Gael politician), Irish Fine Gael politician
Soldiers
- Michael Murphy (VC), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Michael D. Murphy, U.S. Air Force colonel charged with falsely claiming to be an attorney
- Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient, killed in the War in Afghanistan
Characters
- Michael Murphy, fictional character in the TV series The Leftovers
- Michael Murphy, main protagonist of ''Babylon Rising''
Others
- Michael Murphy (author), American Integral Movement author and co-founder of the Esalen Institute
- Michael Murphy (priest), co-leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
- Michael Murphy (bishop), 20th-century Irish Roman Catholic bishop
- Michael Derrington Murphy, chemistry professor and bluegrass musician
- Michael J. Murphy (police commissioner), American police commissioner
- Michael Joseph Murphy, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Michael R. Murphy, American judge
- Michael Murphy (academic), former President of University College Cork
- Michael Murphy (New Zealand magistrate), New Zealander clerk, police magistrate, and subsheriff
- Michael Murphy (journalist), news reader with RTÉ
- Mike Murphy (presenter), Irish broadcaster
- Mike Murphy (sports radio personality), nicknamed "Murph", American radio talk-show host
- Michael J. Murphy (builder), master builder in the Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Michael J. Murphy (diplomat), American diplomat
- USS Michael Murphy, a destroyer