John Murray

John Murray is the name of quite a few people in various fields::Note: Each section is roughly in chronological order.

Arts and literature

* John Murray (1745–1793), founder of John Murray (publisher)
* John Murray (1778-1843), second head of the publishing house.
* John Murray (photographer) (1809–1892) Scottish photographer and physician, active in India.
* John Murray (novelist), (born 1950), British novelist
* John Murray (actor), (born 1958), American actor
* John Murray (filmmaker), Irish filmmaker who specialises in exploration documentaries, some featuring Dermot Somers

Law and politics

* John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1660–1724), Scottish nobleman and politician
* John Murray (MP for Banffshire), member of the first Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1708
* John Murray (d. 1753), British Member of Parliament for the Linlithgow Burghs 1725–1734, Selkirkshire 1734–1753
* John Murray (1711-1787), British General and Member of Parliament for Perthshire 1734–1761
* John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (1729–1774), MP for Perthshire 1761-1764, Lord of the Isle of Man from 1764–1765
* John Murray (1726–1800), British Member of Parliament for the Linlithgow Burghs 1754–1761
* John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730–1809), colonial governor of Virginia and later the Bahamas
* John Murray (colonial administrator) (1739–1824), governor of the Cape Breton colony in today's Nova Scotia
* Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet (c. 1768-1827), British Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett 1807–1811, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1811–1818
* John Murray (congressman) (1768–1834), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
* John Archibald Murray (1779–1859), British Member of Parliament for the Leith Burghs 1832–1839
* John Wilson Murray (1841–1914), police detective born in England worked in the USA and Canada during the late 19th/early 20th centuries
* John Murray (Victorian politician) (1851–1916) Premier of Victoria from 1909 to 1912
* John Murray (MP for Leeds West) (1879–1964)
* John Murray (Queensland politician) (born 1915), member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1958 to 1961
* John E. Murray, Jr. (born 1932) professor of Law and Chancellor of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
* John Murray (New South Wales politician), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2003

Military

* John Murray VC, (1839–1912) Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
* John Murray (soldier) (1892–1951), general in the Australian Army

Religion and theology

* John Murray (minister) (1741–1815), pioneer minister and an inspirational figure sometimes called "founder of American Universalism"
* John Murray (archbishop) (1877–1956), Roman Catholic archbishop
* John Murray (theologian) (1898–1975), Scottish-born Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister

cience

* Sir John Murray (oceanographer), (1841–1914), pioneering Scots-Canadian marine biologist credited as the "father of modern oceanogrphy"
* John O'Kane Murray, (1847–1885), noted Irish physician and author
* John Murray (planetary scientist), research fellow at the department of Earth sciences, Open University; Planet X theorist
* John F. Murray (fl. 2000s), American psychologist
* John C. Murray, (1978-present), Research Fellow in emotional Robotics, University of Hertfordshire.

ports

* John Murray (footballer) (fl. 1890s), Irish footballer
* John Murray (ice hockey), (born 1924) British ice hockey player
* John Murray (cricketer), (born 1935) the former English cricketer
* John Murray (boxer), (born 1984) lightweight English boxer
* Johnny Murray (d. 1954), Irish footballer during the 1920s
* John Murray (sports broadcaster), English broadcaster for BBC Radio 5 Live

Others

* John Murray (outlaw), of Falahill; Scottish outlaw
* John Murray (Australian explorer) (c.1775 – c.1807) seaman
* John Murray (Naperville founder) (1785–1868), one of the original settlers of Naperville, Illinois in 1831