# 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

* Murray Bowen (1913–1990), American psychiatrist and professor
* Murray Brown (born 1936), Economics professor
* Murray Barnson Emeneau (1904–2005), American linguistics 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