# Muir (surname)

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

## A–J

* Adam Muir (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
* Alex Muir (1923–1995), Scottish footballer
* Alex Muir (Albion Rovers footballer), Scottish footballer
* Alexander Muir (1830–1906), songwriter, poet and school headmaster
* Andrew Muir (chess player) (born 1958), Scottish chess player
* Andrew Muir (politician) (born 1976), Northern Irish politician
* Barry Muir (1937–2022), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bill Muir (born 1942), American football coach
* Bryan Muir (born 1973), Canadian National Hockey League player
* Charles Henry Muir (1860–1933), U.S. Army officer
* Chris Muir (cartoonist) (born 1958), American cartoonist
* David Muir (born 1973), anchor of ABC World News Tonight
* Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach
* Edwin Muir (1887–1959), British poet, novelist and translator, husband of Willa Muir
* 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
* Gary Muir (born 1985), Scottish footballer
* Harry Muir (fl. 1960s–1980s), owner of Beck Book Company, forerunner of Wakefield Press in Adelaide, South Australia
* Hope Muir (born 1970/1971), Canadian dancer, rehearsal director and teacher
* Ian Muir (Scottish footballer) (1929–2009), Scottish footballer
* Ian Muir (English footballer) (born 1963), English footballer
* Ian Fraser Muir (1921–2008), English plastic surgeon
* 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–Z

* 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
* 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. Pattison Muir (1848–1931), chemist and author
* Malcolm Muir (publisher) (1885–1979), U.S. magazine industrialist
* 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
* Mike Muir (born 1964), American singer
* Nat Muir (born 1958), Scottish athlete
* Norrie Muir (1948–2019), British mountaineer
* Renee LaMark Muir, American politician
* Richard David Muir (1857–1924), British prosecutor
* Robert Muir (disambiguation)
* Ruby Muir (born 1991), cross-country runner from New Zealand
* Tamsyn Muir (born 1985), novelist from New Zealand
* Thomas Muir (mathematician) (1844–1934), British mathematician
* Thomas Muir of Huntershill (1765–1799), Scottish political reformer
* 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, a character in the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
** Carolyn Muir, a character in the subsequent TV series (1968)