Murray (given name)

Murray is a masculine given name, primarily derived from the Scottish and Irish surname Murray. It also become a popular name and garnered associations with diaspora Jewish and Italian communities. It may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Acting

• F. Murray Abraham (born 1939), American actor
• Murray Alper (1904–1984), American actor
• Murray Bartlett (born 1971), Australian actor
• Murray Hamilton (1923–1986), American actor
• Murray Head (born 1946), English singer and actor
• Murray Cruchley, Canadian actor and radio personality active 1979–1995
• Murray Langston (born 1944), Canadian/American actor and comedian known as The Unknown Comic

Music

• Murray Adaskin (1906–2002), Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher
• Murray C. Anderson, South African composer, recording engineer and producer
• Murray Attaway (born 1957), American musician
• Murray Bernthal (1911–2010), American musician and producer
• Murray Boren (born 1950), American composer
• Murray Cook (born 1960), Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist with The Wiggles
• Murray Gold (born 1969), English composer, known for composing music for Doctor Who
• Murray Head (born 1946), English singer and actor
• Murray Kaufman a.k.a. Murray the K (1922–1982), American disc jockey
• Murray Perahia (born 1947), American conductor and pianist
• Murray Cutter (1902–1983), French-American orchestrator

Other arts and entertainment

• Murray Ball (1939–2017), New Zealand cartoonist
• Murray Lerner (1927–2017), American documentary filmmaker
• Murray SawChuck (born 1973), magician on America's Got Talent (season 5) and magic expert for Pawn Stars
• Murray Smith (writer) (1940–2003), British TV writer and producer
• Murray Chercover (1929–2010), Canadian television producer and executive
• Murray Cohl (1929–2008), Canadian film producer
• Murray (escapologist), born Norman Murray Walters (1901–1988), Australian escapologist

Business

• Murray M. Baker (1872–1964), American businessman
• Murray Lender (1930–2012), American businessman

Education

• J. Murray Beck (1914–2011), Canadian historian and professor
• Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
• Murray Brown (born 1936), Economics professor
• Murray Barnson Emeneau (1904–2005), American linguistics professor
• Murray Greene (1920–1995), American philosophy professor
• Murray S Smith, British professor of film studies and philosopher at the University of Kent
• Murray A. Straus (1926–2016), American professor of sociology
• Murray C. Wells (born 1936), New Zealand economist and professor
• Murray Clarke, Canadian Philosophy professor

Politics

• Murray Biggar, Canadian politician in office 1895
• Murray Bourchier (1881–1937), Australian soldier and politician
• Murray Bourchier (diplomat) (1925–1981), Australian public servant and diplomat
• Murray Byrne (1928–2012), Australian politician
• Murray Calder (born 1951), Canadian politician
• Murray Gaunt (1935–2009), Canadian politician, 1962–1981
• Murray McBride (born 1935), Canadian politician and author
• Murray McCully (born 1953), New Zealand politician
• Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) (1919–2001), American politician
• Murray Smith (Alberta politician), Canadian lawyer and politician, 1993–2004
• Murray Smith (Canadian politician) (1930–2010), MP for Winnipeg North, 1958–1962
• Murray Smith (New Zealand politician), in office 2002–2005
• Murray Robert Smith (1941–2009), New Zealand Labour Party politician & MP
• Robert Murray Smith (1831–1921), known as Murray Smith, politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
• Murray Cardiff (1934–2013), Canadian MP in office 1980–1993
• Murray Chotiner (1909–1974), American political strategist, attorney, and government official
• Murray Clark (1899–1973), Canadian parliament member in office 1935–1957
• Murray Coell (born 1955 or 1954), Canadian politician in office 1996–2013
• Murray Cowper (born 1960), Australian politician in office 2005–2017
• Murray Criddle (born 1943), Australian politician in office 1993–2008
• Murray Van Wagoner (1898–1986), American politician from Michigan

Science and medicine

• Murray Banks (1917–2008), American psychologist
• Murray Barr (1908–1995), Canadian physician and medical researcher
• Murray Batchelor (born 1961), Australian mathematical physicist
• Murray Bornstein (1917–1995), American neuroscientist
• Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
• Murray Brennan (born 1940), New Zealand surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, and academic
• Ian Brooker (1934–2016), Australian botanist
• Murray Campbell, Canadian computer scientist involved with IBM Deep Blue
• Murray Feingold (1930-2015), American pediatrician and geneticist, founder of the National Birth Defects Center (now Feingold Center for Children)
• Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019), Nobel prize–winning theoretical physicist
• Murray Goldberg (born 1962), Canadian eLearning pioneer
• Murray Heimberg American medical scientist

Sports

Association football

• Murray Archibald (1917–2006), Scottish footballer
• Murray Barnes (1954–2011), Australian soccer player
• Murray Brodie (born 1950), Scottish footballer

Cricket

• Murray Bennett (born 1956), Australian cricketer
• Murray Bisset (1876–1931), South African cricketer
• Murray Brown (umpire) (born 1966), South African cricket umpire
• Murray Chapple (1930–1985), New Zealand cricketer
• Murray Child (born 1953), New Zealand cricketer
• Murray Commins (born 1997), South African cricketer
• Murray Creed (born 1979), South African cricketer active 1997–2002

Ice hockey

• Murray Anderson (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian player
• Murray Armstrong (1916–2010), Canadian player and coach
• Murray Balagus (born 1929), Canadian player
• Murray Balfour (1936–1965), American player
• Murray Bannerman (born 1957), Canadian player
• Murray Baron (born 1967), Canadian player
• Murray Brumwell (born 1960), Canadian player
• Murray McIntosh (born 1967), Canadian player
• Murray Costello (born 1934), Canadian player, executive, administrator, and builder
• Murray Craven (born 1964), Canadian centre

Other sports

• Murray Anderson (field hockey) (born 1968), South African field hockey player
• Murray Arnold (1938–2012), American basketball coach
• Murray Ashby (1931–1990), New Zealand rower
• Murray Bedel, Canadian para–alpine skier at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
• Murray Browne (born 1963), Australian rules football player
• Murray Buchan (born 1991), Scottish freestyle skier
• Murray Burdan (born 1975), New Zealand swimmer
• Murray Buswell (born 1962), English swimmer
• Murray Carter (born 1931), Australian racing driver
• Murray Cheater (1947–2020), New Zealand hammer thrower
• Murray Chessell (born 1944), Australian lawyer and gymnast
• Murray Clapham (1939–2011), Australian rules footballer
• Murray Cockburn (born 1933), Canadian sprinter
• Murray Cook (baseball) (born 1940), Canadian scout and general manager
• Murray Couper (born 1948), Australian rules football player
• Murray Craig, Scottish rugby union player active in the 1990s and 2000s
• Murray Deaker, New Zealand sports broadcaster
• Murray Mexted (born 1953), New Zealand rugby union player
• Murray Walker (1923–2021), English motorsport commentator and pundit

Writing

• Murray Bail (born 1941), Australian author
• Murray Bishoff, American writer active in the late 20th century
• Murray Boltinoff (1911–1994), American writer and editor of comic books
• Murray Cammick, New Zealand journalist, photographer and record label founder active since the 1970s
• Murray Campbell (columnist) (born 1950), Canadian columnist
• Murray Chass (born 1938), American sports writer
• Murray Kempton (1917–1997), American journalist
• Murray Leinster (1896–1975), American author
• Murray McBride (born 1935), Canadian politician and author
• Murray Rothbard (1926–1995), American economist, individualist anarchist, and author
• Murray Sayle (1926–2010), Australian journalist

Other

• Murray Adams-Acton (1886–1971), English historian and interior designer
• Murray Angus, Canadian First Nations activist
• Murray Arbeid (1935–2011), British fashion designer
• Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans (born 1939)
• Murray Bookchin (1921–2006), American political theorist, creator of the theory of social ecology
• Murray Chandler (born 1960), New Zealand chess grandmaster
• Murray Chatlain (born 1963), Canadian clergyman
• Murray Cotterill (1913–1995), Canadian trade union activist
• Murray Coutts-Trotter (1874–1929), British barrister and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
• Murray Gerstenhaber (1927–2024), American mathematician and lawyer
• Murray A. Hansen, American military officer
• Murray Beresford Roberts (1919–1974), Australian–New Zealand confidence trickster and thief
• Murray Merle Schwartz (1931–2013), American federal judge from Delaware
• Murray J. Shubin (1917–1956), American World War II flying ace
• Murray A. Wiener (1909–????), American explorer and photographer
• Murray W. Miller, American Teamsters official