John Murray
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Arts and literature
- John Murray (1745–1793), founder of John Murray (publisher)
- John Murray (1778–1843), second head of the publishing house
- John Murray (actor) (born 1958), American actor
- John Murray (Australian novelist) (born 1963), Australian epidemiologist, and writer
- John Murray (broadcaster) (born 1964), Irish broadcaster and journalist
- John Murray (novelist) (born 1950), British novelist
- John Murray (playwright) (1906–1984), American playwright, co-author of Room Service
- John T. Murray (1886–1957), Australian-born actor, see Bardelys the Magnificent
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Law and politics
- Hubert Murray, 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) (1806–1842), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- John L. Murray (born 1943), Irish judge
- John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (1631–1703), leading Scottish royalist
- John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1660–1724), Scottish nobleman and politician
- John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (1729–1774), MP for Perthshire 1761–1764, Lord of the Isle of Man from 1764–1765
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730–1809), colonial governor of Virginia and later the Bahamas
- John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (1755–1830)
- John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl (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 Atholl (born 1929)
- John Murray, Lord Murray (1779–1859), British Member of Parliament for the Leith Burghs, 1832–1839
- 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 (1726–1800), British Member of Parliament for the Linlithgow Burghs, 1754–1761
- John Murray (British diplomat) (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 1823
- John Murray (congressman) (1768–1834), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
- John Murray (MP for Banffshire), member of the first Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1708
- John Murray (MP for Leeds West) (1879–1964)
- John Murray (New South Wales politician), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2003
- John Murray (Queensland politician) (born 1915), member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1958 to 1961
- John Murray (Victorian politician) (1851–1916), Premier of Victoria from 1909 to 1912
- John Murray of Broughton (c. 1718–1777), Jacobite and secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- John Porry Murray (1830–1895), Confederate politician
- John Wilson Murray (1840–1906), Scottish-born police detective who worked in the USA and Canada during the late 19th/early 20th centuries
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Military
- John Murray (VC) (1839–1912), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Murray (general) (1892–1951), general in the Australian Army
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Religion and theology
- John Murray (minister) (1741–1815), pioneer minister and an inspirational figure sometimes called the "founder of American Universalism"
- John Murray (Bishop of Maryland) (1857–1929), Presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church
- John Murray (Archbishop of Saint Paul) (1877–1956), Roman Catholic archbishop
- John Murray (theologian) (1898–1975), Scottish-born Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
- John Courtney Murray (1904–1967), Jesuit priest and theologian
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Science
- John Murray (geologist) (c.1786–1851), Scottish geologist
- Sir John Murray (oceanographer), (1841–1914), pioneering Scots-Canadian marine biologist credited as the "father of modern oceanography"
- John O'Kane Murray (1847–1885), noted Irish physician and author
- John F. Murray (fl. 2000s), American psychologist
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Sports
- Jack Murray (fl. 1935-1949), Australian Rules footballer
- John Murray (boxer) (born 1984), lightweight English boxer
- John Murray (cricketer) (born 1935), English cricketer
- John Murray (footballer) (fl. 1890s), Irish footballer
- John Murray (ice hockey b. 1924), British ice hockey player
- John Murray (ice hockey b. 1987), American ice hockey player
- John Murray (sports broadcaster) (born 1966), English broadcaster for BBC Radio 5 Live
- Johnny Murray (d. 1954), Irish footballer during the 1920s
- Jon Murray (fl. 2000s), Head coach of Texas Tech cross country teams
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Others
- 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
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See also
- John Murry, writer
- John Middleton Murry, Jr., English writer
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