John Murray
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Arts and literature
- John Murray (1745–1793), founder of John Murray (publisher)John Murray (publisher)John Murray is an English publisher, renowned for the authors it has published in its history, including Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, and Charles Darwin...
- John Murray (1778–1843), second head of the publishing house
- John Murray (actor)John Murray (actor)John Murray is an American actor.He has eight siblings, including actors Bill Murray, Joel Murray, and Brian Doyle-Murray. He has appeared in the films Starting Over , They All Laughed , Moving Violations , and Scrooged .-External links:...
(born 1958), American actor - John Murray (Australian novelist)John Murray (Australian novelist)John Murray is an Australian epidemologist, and writer.-Life:In 1985, Murray received his medical degree. He received a master's of public health from Johns Hopkins University. He went on to the Centers for Disease Control's Epidemic Intelligence Service...
(born 1963), Australian epidemiologist, and writer - John Murray (broadcaster)John Murray (broadcaster)John Murray is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. He currently presents The John Murray Show on RTÉ Radio 1, "focus[ing] on lifestyle and entertainment items", filling the slot from 09:00 to 10:00 previously occupied by Ryan Tubridy, who moved to RTÉ 2fm....
(born 1964), Irish broadcaster and journalist - John Murray (novelist)John Murray (novelist)John Murray is an English writer and novelist known for writing satirical novels on a range of subjects.In 1984 he founded the prestigious fiction magazine Panurge, which he edited with fellow author David Almond until 1996...
(born 1950), British novelist - John Murray (playwright)John Murray (playwright)John Murray was a playwright best known for writing the 1937 play Room Service with Allen Boretz.Murray was born in New York and attended DeWitt Clinton High School, City College of New York, and Columbia University...
(1906–1984), American playwright, co-author of Room Service - John T. Murray (1886–1957), Australian-born actor, see Bardelys the MagnificentBardelys the MagnificentBardelys the Magnificent is a 1926 silent romantic drama film. It was directed by King Vidor starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman, based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the 19 year old John Wayne, who had a minor role...
Law and politics
- Hubert MurrayHubert MurraySir John Hubert Plunkett Murray, usually known as Hubert Murray, was a judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua from 1908 until his death at Samarai.-Early life:...
, born John Hubert Plunkett Murray (1861–1940), judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua - John E. Murray, Jr. (born 1932), professor of Law and Chancellor of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- John L. Murray (representative)John L. Murray (representative)John L. Murray was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in the State of Pennsylvania, Murray studied law and was admitted to the bar.He moved to Kentucky and held several local offices....
(1806–1842), U.S. Representative from Kentucky - John L. MurrayJohn L. MurrayJohn Loyola Murray is an Irish judge and served as the Chief Justice of Ireland from 2004 to 2011.Murray was born in Limerick in 1943 and educated at Crescent College, Limerick, Rockwell College, County Tipperary, University College Dublin, and the Honorable Society of King's Inns. He was...
(born 1943), Irish judge - John Murray, 1st Marquess of AthollJohn Murray, 1st Marquess of AthollJohn Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary in 1689...
(1631–1703), leading Scottish royalist - John Murray, 1st Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 1st Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, KT, PC was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and soldier. He served in numerous positions during his life, and fought in the Glorious Revolution for William III and Mary II....
(1660–1724), Scottish nobleman and politician - John Murray, 3rd Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 3rd Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl KT, PC , known as John Murray until 1764, was a Scottish peer and Tory politician.-Background:...
(1729–1774), MP for Perthshire 1761–1764, Lord of the Isle of Man from 1764–1765 - John Murray, 4th Earl of DunmoreJohn Murray, 4th Earl of DunmoreJohn Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore was a British peer and colonial governor. He was the son of William Murray, 3rd Earl of Dunmore, and his wife Catherine . He is best remembered as the last royal governor of the Colony of Virginia.John was the eldest son of William and Catherine Murray, and nephew...
(1730–1809), colonial governor of Virginia and later the Bahamas - John Murray, 4th Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 4th Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl KT, PC, FRS , styled Marquess of Tullibardine 1764 and 1774, was a Scottish peer.-Background:...
(1755–1830) - John Murray, 5th Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 5th Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl was a Duke in the Peerage of Scotland, a British Army officer and a major landowner in Scotland. Declared insane at the age of twenty, he never sat in the House of Lords....
(1778–1846) - John Murray, 8th Baronet (c. 1768–1827), British Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett 1807–1811, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1811–1818
- John Murray, 11th Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 11th Duke of AthollJohn Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl , known as John Murray until 1996, is a British peer.Murray was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the only child of Major George Murray , who was killed on active service in the Second World War, and Joan , daughter of William Edward Eastwood, of South Africa...
(born 1929) - John Murray, Lord MurrayJohn Murray, Lord MurraySir John Archibald Murray, Lord Murray, was a Scottish judge.Son of Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland, he contributed to the Edinburgh Review from its commencement. He was a promoter of the 1832 Reform Bill and was Member of Parliament for Leith Burghs from 1832 until 1839.He was appointed Lord...
(1779–1859), British Member of Parliament for the Leith Burghs, 1832–1839 - John Murray (d. 1753)John Murray (d. 1753)John Murray was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Linlithgow Burghs, 1725–1734 and Selkirkshire, 1734–1753.-References:...
, British Member of Parliament for the Linlithgow Burghs, 1725–1734, Selkirkshire, 1734–1753 - John Murray (1711–1787)John Murray (1711–1787)General Lord John Murray was a British general and politician. Murray was the eighth son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, by his second wife Mary, daughter of William Ross, 12th Lord Ross. He sat as Member of Parliament for Perthshire from 1734 to 1761.-References:...
, British General and Member of Parliament for Perthshire, 1734–1761 - John Murray (1726–1800)John Murray (1726–1800)John Murray was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Lanark Burghs, between 9 May 1754 and 20 April 1761.-References:...
, British Member of Parliament for the Linlithgow Burghs, 1754–1761 - John Murray (British diplomat)John Murray (British diplomat)John Murray was a British diplomat.From 1754 he was British resident in Venice and from 1765-1775 was British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople.Leaving Turkey in 1775 he died during a stop-over in Venice on his return home....
(d. 1775), Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 1765-1775 - John Murray (colonial administrator) (1739–1824), governor of the Cape Breton colony in today's Nova Scotia, see Demerara rebellion of 1823Demerara rebellion of 1823The Demerara rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than 10,000 slaves that took place in the former Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo ....
- John Murray (congressman)John Murray (congressman)John Murray was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Murray was born near Pott's Grove, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1807 to 1810...
(1768–1834), United States Representative from Pennsylvania - John Murray (MP for Banffshire)John Murray (MP for Banffshire)John Murray was a Scottish lawyer and politician.He was a Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland for Selkirk from 1689 to 1702 and for Selkirkshire from 1702 until the Act of Union 1707...
, member of the first Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1708 - John Murray (MP for Leeds West)John Murray (MP for Leeds West)John Murray was a Scottish civil servant, university administrator and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:...
(1879–1964) - John Murray (New South Wales politician)John Murray (New South Wales politician)John Henry Murray is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2003, representing the electorate of Drummoyne...
, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2003 - John Murray (Queensland politician)John Murray (Queensland politician)John Murray, MBE was an Australian politician. He attended state schools before serving in the military 1939-45. He returned to become a farmer and grazier at Ingham, Queensland...
(born 1915), member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1958 to 1961 - John Murray (pastoralist)John Murray (pastoralist)John Murray was an Australian pastoralist and politician.Born in Mauchline in Ayrshire to coachman Peter Murray and Jean, née Witherspoon, he was educated locally and emigrated to the Victorian goldfields around 1852...
(1837–1917), member of the Queensland Parliament from 1888 to 1903 - John Murray (Victorian politician)John Murray (Victorian politician)John Murray , Australian politician, was the 23rd Premier of Victoria.Murray was born near Koroit, Victoria, the son of James Murray and his wife Isabella, née Gordon, both Scottish immigrants. When Murray was a child his parents settled on a farm, Glenample station, at Port Campbell in the...
(1851–1916), Premier of Victoria from 1909 to 1912 - John Murray of BroughtonJohn Murray of BroughtonSir John Murray of Broughton, 7th Baronet Stanhope was a Jacobite, who served as secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart during the Jacobite Rising of 1745...
(c. 1718–1777), Jacobite and secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart - John Porry MurrayJohn Porry MurrayJohn Porry Murray was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.Murray was born in Jackson County, Tennessee...
(1830–1895), Confederate politician - John Wilson MurrayJohn Wilson MurrayJohn Wilson Murray was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and came to North America as a young boy. He joined the United States Navy on 5 June 1857 and became a crew member of the USS Michigan...
(1840–1906), Scottish-born police detective who worked in the USA and Canada during the late 19th/early 20th centuries
Military
- Sir John Murray, 8th BaronetSir John Murray, 8th BaronetGeneral Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet, GCH led a brigade under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War. Later in the war, he commanded an independent force that operated on the east coast of Spain....
(1768–1827), general, led a brigade under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War. Later in the war, he commanded an independent force that operated on the east coast of Spain. - John Murray (VC)John Murray (VC)John Murray was born at Birr in County Offaly and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1839–1912), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross - John Murray (general) (1892–1951), general in the Australian Army
Religion and theology
- John Murray (minister)John Murray (minister)John Murray though sometimes recalled as founder of the Universalist denomination in the United States, might more fairly be described as a pioneer minister and an inspirational figure, as his theological legacy to the later Universalist denomination was minimal.-Early life:He was born in Alton,...
(1741–1815), pioneer minister and an inspirational figure sometimes called the "founder of American Universalism" - John Gardner MurrayJohn Gardner MurrayJohn Gardner Murray was the sixteenth presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was the first person elected to the position rather than succeeding to it automatically as the oldest bishop when his predecessor died.Murray was born in Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland. His parents were both...
(1857–1929), Episcopal bishop of Maryland and Presiding Bishop - John Gregory Murray (1877–1956), Roman Catholic archbishop of Saint Paul
- John Murray (theologian)John Murray (theologian)John Murray was a Scottish-born Calvinist theologian who taught at Princeton Seminary and then left to help found Westminster Theological Seminary, where he taught for many years.-Life:...
(1898–1975), Scottish-born Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister - John Courtney MurrayJohn Courtney MurrayJohn Courtney Murray, , was an American Jesuit priest and theologian, who was especially known for his efforts to reconcile Catholicism and religious pluralism, particularly focusing on the relationship between religious freedom and the institutions of a democratically structured modern...
(1904–1967), Jesuit priest and theologian
Science
- John Murray (geologist)John Murray (geologist)John Murray was a science writer, lecturer, traveller and Scriptural geologist during the early years of scientific development.-Biography:...
(c.1786–1851), Scottish geologist - Sir John Murray (oceanographer)John Murray (oceanographer)Sir John Murray KCB FRS FRSE FRSGS was a pioneering Scottish oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist.-Early life:...
, (1841–1914), pioneering Scots-Canadian marine biologist credited as the "father of modern oceanography" - John O'Kane MurrayJohn O'Kane MurrayJohn O'Kane Murray was a noted physician and author. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1847. He came with his family to the United States in 1856. He attended St. John's College , and became a physician...
(1847–1885), noted Irish physician and author - John F. MurrayJohn F. MurrayDr. John F. Murray is a Palm Beach, Florida based clinical and sport performance psychologist who first introduced the concept of scoring the mental side of a sport in developing the MPI or "Mental Performance Index" for American football. The MPI is featured in a book published by World Audience...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
2000s), American psychologist
Sports
- Jack MurrayJack MurrayJack Murray is a former Australian rules footballer who was highly successful in the West Australian National Football League .Murray played 172 games from 1935 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1949, as either a ruckman or a defender, for the Swan Districts Football Club...
(fl. 1935-1949), Australian Rules footballer - John Murray (boxer)John Murray (boxer)John Murray is an English lightweight boxer. He is a former Scottish and Irish lightweight champion...
(born 1984), lightweight English boxer - John Murray (cricketer)John Murray (cricketer)John Thomas Murray MBE is a former English cricketer. He played in twenty one Tests for England between 1961 and 1967.-Life and career:...
(born 1935), English cricketer - John Murray (footballer)John Murray (footballer)John Murray was an Irish soccer player during the 1890s.Murray was a skilful winger who played for Bohemians.. He earned a runners-up medal in 1895 as Bohs were beaten by Linfield in the Irish Cup Final. He was more successful in the Leinster Senior Cup and scored twice in the final of 1894 in a...
(fl. 1890s), Irish footballer - John Murray (ice hockey b. 1924), British ice hockey player
- John Murray (ice hockey b. 1987)John Murray (ice hockey b. 1987)John Murray is a professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with HK Partizan.-Junior career:...
, American ice hockey player - John Murray (sports broadcaster)John Murray (sports broadcaster)John Murray is an English sports broadcaster and commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live.- Biography :John Murray was brought up on a family farm in Northumberland, which straddles Hadrian's Wall. He was educated at Haydon Bridge High School and studied geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter....
(born 1966), English broadcaster for BBC Radio 5 Live - Johnny MurrayJohnny MurrayFor the voice actor, see Johnny Murray Johnny Murray was an Irish soccer player during the 1920s.Murray was a skilful winger who played for Ormeau, Blue Crusaders, Bohemians and Drumcondra F.C.....
(d. 1954), Irish footballer during the 1920s - Jon MurrayJon MurrayJon Murray is the current head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders cross country teams. He was named Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, and 2010.-External links:**...
(fl. 2000s), Head coach of Texas Tech cross country teams
Others
- John Murray (Australian explorer)John Murray (Australian explorer)John Murray was a seaman and explorer of Australia. He was the first European to discover Port Phillip, the bay on which the cities of Melbourne and Geelong are situated....
(c.1775–c.1807), seaman - John Murray (Naperville founder)John Murray (Naperville Founder)Married to Joseph Naper's sister, Amy Naper, John Murray was one of the original founders of Naperville, Illinois, with his children Sarah, Robert Nelson, Ruth, Amos and Cordelia...
(1785–1868), one of the original settlers of Naperville, Illinois in 1831
See also
- John Murry, writer
- John Middleton Murry, Jr.John Middleton Murry, Jr.John Middleton Murry, Jr. was an English writer who used the names Colin Murry and Richard Cowper.-Early life:...
, English writer