Muir (surname)

Muir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A

• Adam Muir (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
• Alan Muir (anatomist) (1925–1974), British anatomist
• Alan Muir (footballer) (1922–1996), Australian rules footballer
• Alan Muir (referee) (born 1975), Scottish football referee
• Alex Muir (1923–1995), Scottish footballer
• Alex Muir (Albion Rovers footballer), Scottish footballer
• Alexander Muir (1830–1906), Canadian songwriter, poet and school headmaster
• Amy Muir (born 2000), Scottish footballer
• Andrew Muir (chess player) (born 1958), Scottish chess player
• Andrew Muir (politician) (born 1976), Northern Irish politician

B

• Barry Muir (1937–2022), Australian rugby league footballer
• Bill Muir (born 1942), American football coach
• Bob Muir (footballer) (1907–1973), Australian rules footballer
• Bobby Muir (1876–1953), Scottish footballer
• Bryan Muir (born 1973), Canadian National Hockey League player

C

• Charles Henry Muir (1860–1933), U.S. Army officer
• Chris Muir (born 1958), American cartoonist
• Christopher Muir (1931–2022), Australian director and producer

D

• Daniel Muir (born 1983), American former National Football League player
• Daniel Muir (footballer), Scottish footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
• David Muir (disambiguation)
• Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach

E

• Edwin Muir (1887–1959), British poet, novelist and translator, husband of Willa Muir

F

• Florabel Muir (1889–1970), American journalist, writer, and newspaper columnist
• Francis Muir (born 1926), British geophysicist
• Frank Muir (1920–1998), British comedian
• Frederick Muir (1849–1921), Australian cricketer
• Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir (1873–1931), British entomologist

G

• Gary Muir (born 1985), Scottish footballer

H

• Harry Muir (fl. 1960s–1980s), owner of Beck Book Company, forerunner of Wakefield Press in Adelaide, South Australia
• Helen Muir (1920–2005), British biochemist
• Helen Muir (reporter) (1911–2006), American reporter and author
• Hope Muir (born 1970/1971), Canadian dancer, rehearsal director and teacher

I

• Ian Muir (Scottish footballer) (1929–2009), Scottish footballer
• Ian Muir (English footballer) (born 1963), English footballer
• Ian Fraser Muir (1921–2008), English plastic surgeon

J

• Jamie Muir (1942–2025), Scottish painter and former percussionist
• Jamie Muir (politician) (born 1941), Canadian educator and politician
• Jean Muir (1928–1995), British fashion designer
• Jean Muir (actress) (1911–1996), American actress
• Jo Muir (born 1994), British modern pentathlete
• John Muir (disambiguation)

K

• Kado Muir, Aboriginal Australian artist and land rights advocate
• Karen Muir (1952–2013), South African swimmer
• Kenneth Muir (disambiguation)
• Kirsty Muir (born 2004), Scottish freestyle skier

L

• Laura Muir (born 1993), Scottish athlete
• Leilani Muir (1944–2016), Canadian plaintiff
• Lewis F. Muir (1883–1915), American composer
• Lindsay Muir (born 1956), Scottish footballer
• Lois Muir (born 1935), New Zealand sportswoman

M

• M. M. Pattison Muir (1848–1931), British chemist and author
• Malcolm Muir (publisher) (1885–1979), American magazine publisher
• Malcolm Muir (judge) (1914–2011), American judge
• Malcolm S. Muir (1930–1995), British epidemiologist
• Marjorie Muir Worthington (1900–1976), American writer
• Mary Muir (1881–1962), New Zealand nurse
• Maud Muir (born 2001), English rugby union player
• Mike Muir (born 1964), American singer

N

• Nat Muir (born 1958), Scottish athlete
• Nina Catherine Muir (1900–1981), New Zealand doctor
• Norrie Muir (1948–2019), British mountaineer

P

• Percy Muir (1894–1979), English antiquarian bookseller, book collector and bibliographer

R

• Renee LaMark Muir, American politician
• Richard David Muir (1857–1924), British prosecutor
• Ricky Muir (born 1980), Australian politician
• Robert Muir (disambiguation)
• Ross Muir (born 1995), Scottish snooker player
• Ruby Muir (born 1991), cross-country runner from New Zealand

T

• Tamsyn Muir (born 1985), novelist from New Zealand
• Thomas Muir (mathematician) (1844–1934), British mathematician
• Thomas Muir of Huntershill (1765–1799), Scottish political reformer

W

• Walter Muir (1905–1999), American correspondence chess player
• Walter Muir (soccer) (born 1953), Scottish footballer
• Ward Muir (1878–1927), English photographer
• Willa Muir (1890–1970), Scottish novelist, essayist and translator, wife of Edwin Muir
• William Muir (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Lucy Muir, in the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
• Carolyn Muir, in the subsequent TV series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir