Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy, Mick Murphy or Mike Murphy may refer to:

• Michael Murphy (actor) (born 1938), American actor
• Michael Murphy (author) (born 1930), American Integral Movement author and co-founder of the Esalen Institute
• Mike Murphy (musician) (born 1946), American drummer for the Bee Gees and Chicago
• Michael Bryan Murphy, lead singer of REO Speedwagon
• Mike L. Murphy (born 1975), American film maker and animator
• Michael Murphy (musician), folk musician based in Omaha, Nebraska
• Michael Murphy (singer) (born 1986), New Zealand Idol runner up
• Mic Murphy (born 1958), member of musical duo The System
• Michael Murphy (sculptor) (born 1975), American artist

Footballers

• Mike Murphy (American football) (born 1944), American football coach
• Michael Murphy (Australian footballer) (born 1965), VFL/AFL player
• Mike Murphy (Canadian football), Canadian Football League fullback
• Michael Murphy (Gaelic footballer) (born 1989), Donegal and Glenswilly sportsman
• Mick Murphy (rugby league) (born 1941), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s
• Mick Murphy (footballer) (born 1976), English former football midfielder
• Mike Murphy (footballer) (born 1939), English former football goalkeeper

Other sports

• Mike Murphy (baseball) (1888–1952), American Major League Baseball catcher
• Michael Murphy (cricketer) (1854-1890), Australian cricketer
• Michael Murphy (diver) (born 1973), 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
• Mick Murphy (Limerick hurler) (1897–1955), Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Limerick senior team
• Mick Murphy (Tipperary hurler) (born 1940), Irish sportsperson
• Mike Murphy (trainer and coach) (1860–1913), trainer of boxing champion John L. Sullivan, first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and the "father of American track athletics"
• Michael Murphy, head women's basketball coach for Troy University

• Michael Murphy (Indiana politician) (born 1957), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
• Michael Murphy (Irish politician) (1919–2000), Irish Labour Party politician
• Michael Murphy (New Jersey politician) (born 1949), New Jersey lobbyist, former Prosecutor and candidate for Governor
• Michael C. Murphy (politician) (1839–1903), New York politician
• Mick Murphy (Irish Socialist politician)
• Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician) (born 1942), nationalist politician in Northern Ireland
• Mike Murphy (New Brunswick politician) (born 1958), Canadian lawyer and Liberal politician
• Mike Murphy (political consultant) (born 1962), American Republican political consultant
• Mike Murphy (Washington politician), Democratic Treasurer of the State of Washington
• Mike Murphy, candidate in the United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2010

• Mike Murphy (born 1941), Irish broadcaster
• Michael Murphy (journalist) (born 1948/49), news reader with RTÉ
• Michael Murphy (priest) (c. 1767–1798), co-leader of the Irish Rebellion of 1798
• Michael Murphy (VC) (c. 1837–1893), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Michael D. Murphy, U.S. Air Force colonel charged with falsely claiming to be an attorney
• Michael Derrington Murphy (born 1940), chemistry professor and bluegrass musician
• Michael Joseph Murphy (1915–2007), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Michael P. Murphy (1976–2005), U.S. Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action in Afghanistan
• Michael R. Murphy (born 1947), American judge
• Mike Murphy (sports radio personality) (born 1951), nicknamed "Murph", radio talk-show host on WSCR radio, Chicago, Illinois
• Michael Murphy (New Zealand magistrate) (1806–1852), New Zealander clerk, police magistrate, and subsheriff
• Michael Murphy (academic), current President of University College Cork
• Michael Murphy, fictional character in The Leftovers (TV series)