Michael Murphy Explained
Michael, Mick, or Mike Murphy may refer to:
Artists and entertainers
Sportspeople
Association football
Gaelic football
Gridiron football
Hurling
Other sports
- Michael Murphy (Australian footballer) (born 1965), VFL/AFL player
- Mick Murphy (rugby league) (1941–2019), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s
- Mike Murphy (baseball) (1888–1952), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Michael Murphy (cricketer) (1854–1890), Australian cricketer
- Mick Murphy (cyclist) (1934–2015), Irish cyclist, wrestler and boxer
- 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
- 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"
- Mick Murphy (speedway rider) (1911 – 1998), Australian speedway rider
Politicians
- Michael Murphy (Indiana politician) (born 1957), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Michael Pat Murphy (1919–2000), Irish Labour Party politician
- Michael Murphy (Tennessee politician), member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1971–1986)
- Michael C. Murphy (New York politician) (1839–1903), New York politician and Medal of Honor recipient
- Michael C. Murphy (Michigan politician) (1952–2014), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- Mick Murphy (Irish Socialist politician), Irish Socialist Party political activist
- Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin politician) (born 1942), nationalist politician in Northern Ireland
- Mike Murphy (Illinois politician), Illinois politician
- 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), treasurer of the state of Washington
- Michael Murphy (Kansas politician), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
- Michael A. Murphy (1837–1909), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
Soldiers
- 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 P. Murphy (1976–2005), U.S. Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient, killed in the War in Afghanistan
Characters
Others
- Michael Murphy (author) (born 1930), 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 (born 1940), chemistry professor and bluegrass musician
- Michael J. Murphy (police commissioner) (1913–1997), American police commissioner
- Michael Joseph Murphy (1915–2007), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Michael R. Murphy (born 1947), American judge
- Michael Murphy (academic), former President of University College Cork
- Michael Murphy (New Zealand magistrate) (1806–1852), New Zealander clerk, police magistrate, and subsheriff
- Michael Murphy (journalist) (born 1948/49), news reader with RTÉ
- Mike Murphy (presenter) (born 1941), Irish broadcaster
- Mike Murphy (sports radio personality) (born 1951), nicknamed "Murph", American radio talk-show host
- Michael J. Murphy (builder) (1885–1959), master builder in the Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Michael J. Murphy (diplomat), American diplomat
- USS Michael Murphy, a destroyer
See also