John Murphy

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A number of people have been named John Murphy

[edit] In politics

• John Murphy (Alabama) (1786–1841), American Democratic Governor and Congressman from Alabama
• John Murphy (Australian politician) (born 1950), member of the House of Representatives
• John Murphy (Canadian politician) (born 1937), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993–1997
• John A. Murphy (born 1927), Irish historian and former independent Senator from Cork
• John J. Murphy (born 1959), American Republican politician
• John Michael Murphy, US Congressman from New York, implicated in Abscam
• John W. Murphy (1902–1962), American Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania
• John W. Murphy (Connecticut), former mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
• John Murphy (politician), 2008 Pennsylvania 16th District Independent Congressional Candidate

[edit] In sports

• John Murphy (announcer), American football announcer for the Buffalo Bills
• John Murphy (Australian rules footballer) (born 1949), former champion player with the Fitzroy Football Club in the 1960s and 1970s
• John Murphy (baseball infielder) (died 1949), aka Soldier Boy, a baseball infielder
• John Murphy (baseball pitcher), a 19th century baseball pitcher
• John Murphy (cyclist), professional road racing cyclist
• John Murphy (football coach), of University of Toledo from 1960 to 1962
• John Murphy (footballer) (born 1976), English striker for Chester City
• John Murphy (swimmer) (born 1953), retired American Olympic gold medalist in swimming

[edit] Other

• Father John Murphy (1753–1798), one of the leaders during the Irish Rebellion of 1798
• John Murphy (bishop), Roman Catholic bishop of Cork and Ross 1815-1847
• John Murphy (composer) (born 1965), British composer of film scores
• John Murphy (economist), financial market analyst considered the father of modern technical analysis.^{[citation needed]}
• John Murphy (engineer), inventor of ARCNET
• John Murphy (musician) (born 1959), sometimes credited as "Jonh Murphy", Australian drummer and multi-instrument musician
• John Murphy (playwright) (1929–1998), Irish dramatist, author of The Country Boy.
• John Aloysius Murphy (1905-1995), Archbishop of Cardiff
• John Benjamin Murphy (1857-1916), American surgeon, president of the American Medical Association in 1911
• John E. Murphy (1869-1941), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient during the Spanish-American War
• John Francis Murphy (1853-1921), American landscape painter