William Murphy

William, Billy or Bill Murphy may refer to:

• William Murphy (Australian politician) (1858–1929), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales and Western Australian parliaments
• William Murphy (Irish politician) (1892–1967), Irish Fine Gael TD
• William Murphy (Wisconsin legislator), Irish-born merchant and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• William Edward Murphy, Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Queensland
• William "Billy" Murphy, Jr., Baltimore attorney and political figure
• William J. Murphy (Labour politician) (born 1928), Irish Labour Party politician
• William J. Murphy (Idaho politician) (1912–1993), U.S. Democratic politician from Idaho
• William J. Murphy (Rhode Island politician) (born 1963), U.S. Democratic politician from Rhode Island
• William John Murphy (1839–1923), founder of Glendale, Arizona
• William Samuel Murphy (1882–1961), Canadian politician
• William T. Murphy (1899–1978), American member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois

• William Murphy (boxer) (born 1904), Irish Olympic boxer
• William Murphy (rugby union), rugby union player who represented Australia
• William Murphy (tennis) (1917–2005), American championship tennis player and coach
• Yale Murphy (William Henry Murphy, 1869–1906), former Fordham University football coach
• Bill Murphy (baseball) (born 1981), American baseball player
• Bill Murphy (footballer) (1921–2004), English footballer
• Billy Murphy (footballer) (1895–1962), English footballer
• Billy Murphy (outfielder) (born 1944), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Billy J. Murphy (1921–2008), head football coach at the University of Memphis
• Torpedo Billy Murphy (1863–1939), featherweight boxer from New Zealand

• William Murphy (Bishop of Kerry) (born 1936), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
• William Murphy (Bishop of Rockville Centre) (born 1940), American Roman Catholic bishop
• William Murphy (Bishop of Saginaw) (1885–1950), American Roman Catholic bishop

• William Murphy (actor) (1921–1989), American actor
• William Beverly Murphy (1907–1994), American food industry executive
• William Lawrence Murphy (1876–1959), inventor of the Murphy bed
• William Lindsay Murphy (1888–1965), British Governor of the Bahamas, 1945–1950
• William Martin Murphy (1844–1919), Irish industrialist and newspaper proprietor, involved in the Dublin Lockout
• William P. Murphy (1898–1986), American attorney and former member of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1955–1972
• William P. Murphy (1892–1987), American physician and Nobel laureate
• William P. Murphy Jr. (born 1923), his son, American scientist and inventor in the field of medical instrumentation
• Bill Murphy (businessman), chairman and director of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee
• William B. Murphy (1908–1970), American film editor
• William Murphy (musician) (born 1973), American gospel musician
• William L. Murphy (1944–2010), Staten Island (Richmond County) District Attorney
• William J. Murphy (RAF officer), British Royal Air Force pilot
• Billy Murphy (fashion entrepreneur) (1940-2014), British fashion entrepreneur