Murray (given name)

Arts and entertainment

Acting

• F. Murray Abraham, American actor
• Murray Alper, American actor
• Murray Bartlett, Australian actor
• Murray Hamilton, American actor
• Murray Head, English singer and actor
• Murray Cruchley, Canadian actor and radio personality active 1979–1995

  Music

• Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and teacher
• Murray C. Anderson, South African composer, recording engineer and producer
• Murray Attaway, American musician
• Murray Bernthal, American musician and producer
• Murray Boren, American composer
• Murray Cook, Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist with The Wiggles
• Murray Gold, English composer, known for composing music for Doctor Who
• Murray Head, English singer and actor
• Murray Kaufman a.k.a. Murray the K, American disc jockey
• Murray Perahia, American conductor and pianist
• Murray Cutter, French-American orchestrator

  Other arts and entertainment

• Murray Ball, New Zealand cartoonist
• Murray Lerner, American documentary filmmaker
• Murray SawChuck, magician on America's Got Talent and magic expert for Pawn Stars
• Murray Smith , British TV writer and producer
• Murray Chercover, Canadian television producer and executive
• Murray Cohl, Canadian film producer

  Business

• Murray M. Baker, American businessman
• Murray Lender, American businessman

  Education

• Murray Bowen, American psychiatrist and professor
• Murray Brown, Economics professor
• Murray Barnson Emeneau, American linguistics professor
• Murray S Smith, British professor of film studies and philosopher at the University of Kent
• Murray A. Straus, American professor of sociology
• Murray C. Wells, New Zealand economist and professor
• Murray Clarke, Canadian Philosophy professor

  Politics

• Murray Biggar, Canadian politician in office 1895
• Murray Bourchier, Australian soldier and politician
• Murray Bourchier , Australian public servant and diplomat
• Murray Byrne, Australian politician
• Murray Calder, Canadian politician
• Murray Gaunt, Canadian politician, 1962–1981
• Murray McBride, Canadian politician and author
• Murray McCully, New Zealand politician
• Murray Schwartz , American politician
• Murray Smith, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1993–2004
• Murray Smith , MP for Winnipeg North, 1958–1962
• Murray Smith, in office 2002–2005
• Murray Robert Smith, New Zealand Labour Party politician & MP
• Robert Murray Smith, known as Murray Smith, politician in colonial Victoria, Australia
• Murray Cardiff, Canadian MP in office 1980–1993
• Murray Chotiner, American political strategist, attorney, and government official
• Murray Clark, Canadian parliament member in office 1935–1957
• Murray Coell, Canadian politician in office 1996–2013
• Murray Cowper, Australian politician in office 2005–2017
• Murray Criddle, Australian politician in office 1993–2008

  Science and medicine

• Murray Banks, American psychologist
• Murray Barr, Canadian physician and medical researcher
• Murray Batchelor, Australian mathematical physicist
• Murray Bornstein, American neuroscientist
• Murray Bowen, American psychiatrist and professor
• Murray Brennan, New Zealand surgeon, oncologist, cancer researcher, and academic
• Ian Brooker, Australian botanist
• Murray Campbell, Canadian computer scientist involved with IBM Deep Blue
• Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel prize–winning theoretical physicist
• Murray Goldberg, Canadian eLearning pioneer

  Sports

Association football

• Murray Archibald, Scottish footballer
• Murray Barnes, Australian soccer player
• Murray Brodie, Scottish footballer

  Cricket

• Murray Bennett, Australian cricketer
• Murray Bisset, South African cricketer
• Murray Brown , South African cricket umpire
• Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer
• Murray Child, New Zealand cricketer
• Murray Commins, South African cricketer
• Murray Creed, South African cricketer active 1997–2002

  Ice hockey

• Murray Anderson , Canadian player
• Murray Armstrong, Canadian player and coach
• Murray Balagus, Canadian player
• Murray Balfour, American player
• Murray Bannerman, Canadian player
• Murray Baron, Canadian player
• Murray Brumwell, Canadian player
• Murray McIntosh, Canadian player
• Murray Costello, Canadian player, executive, administrator, and builder
• Murray Craven, Canadian centre

  Other sports

• Murray Anderson , South African field hockey player
• Murray Arnold, American basketball coach
• Murray Ashby, New Zealand rower
• Murray Bedel, Canadian para–alpine skier at the 1984 Winter Paralympics
• Murray Browne, Australian rules football player
• Murray Buchan, Scottish freestyle skier
• Murray Burdan, New Zealand swimmer
• Murray Buswell, English swimmer
• Murray Deaker, New Zealand sports broadcaster
• Murray Mexted, New Zealand [rugby union player
• Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and pundit
• Murray Carter, Australian racing driver
• Murray Cheater, New Zealand hammer thrower
• Murray Chessell, Australian lawyer and gymnast
• Murray Clapham, Australian rules footballer
• Murray Cockburn, Canadian sprinter
• Murray Cook , Canadian scout and general manager
• Murray Couper, Australian rules football player
• Murray Craig, [Scottish rugby union player active in the 1990s and 2000s

  Writing

• Murray Bail, Australian author
• Murray Bishoff, American writer active in the late 20th century
• Murray Boltinoff, American writer and editor of comic books
• Murray Cammick, New Zealand journalist, photographer and record label founder active since the 1970s
• Murray Campbell , Canadian columnist
• Murray Kempton, American journalist
• Murray Lee, Canadian novelist
• Murray Leinster, American author
• Murray McBride, Canadian politician and author
• Murray Rothbard, American economist, individualist anarchist, and author
• Murray Sayle, Australian journalist
• Murray Chass, American sports writer

  Other

• Murray Adams-Acton, English historian and interior designer
• Murray Angus, Canadian First Nations activist
• Murray Arbeid, British fashion designer
• Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans
• Murray Beresford Roberts, Australian–New Zealand confidence trickster and thief
• Murray Bookchin, American anarchist theorist
• Murray Gerstenhaber, American mathematician and lawyer
• Murray A. Hansen, American military officer
• Murray Merle Schwartz, American federal judge from Delaware
• Murray J. Shubin, American flying ace during World War II
• Murray A. Wiener, American explorer and photographer
• Murray Chandler, New Zealand chess grandmaster
• Murray Chatlain, Canadian clergyman
• Murray Cotterill, Canadian trade union activist
• Murray Coutts-Trotter, British barrister in office 1924–1929