Thomas Murphy
Thomas Murphy may refer to:
Government, military, law, business and clergy
- Tom Murphy (U.S. politician) (1924–2007), former Speaker of the House of Representatives, from the state of Georgia
- Thomas Francis Murphy (1905–1995), American lawyer, prosecutor, and federal judge
- Thomas Gerow Murphy (1883–1971), Canadian politician
- Thomas Joseph Murphy (1932–1997), American archbishop
- Thomas M. Murphy (1926–2002), US Postmaster of the Town of Belmont, New Hampshire whose alertness just might have saved the life of US President-elect, John F. Kennedy
- Thomas Murphy (chairman) (died 2006), former CEO of General Motors
- Thomas W. Murphy (American Samoa judge) (1935–1992), American jurist who served as Associate Justice from 1980 to 1987; subsequently Federal attorney in Hawaii
- Thomas W. Murphy (Illinois judge) (born 1953), American jurist and local legislator who has been serving on Cook County Circuit Court since 2006
- Thomas Murphy (Irish republican), IRA Army Council Chief of Staff
- Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- several soldiers listed in List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–Z:
- Thomas Murphy (Medal of Honor recipient)
- Thomas C. Murphy
- Thomas J. Murphy (Medal of Honor recipient)
- Thomas Murphy (Medal of Honor, 1869), American soldier, see List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
- Thomas Murphy (VC) (1839–1900), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Thomas Murphy (Westchester County, NY), Member of the New York State Assembly 1831
Media, music, entertainment, arts and academia
- Tom Murphy (artist), English artist
- Thomas W. Murphy (anthropologist) (born 1967), American Latter Day Saint scholar, author and academic, whose research into genetic origins of Book of Mormon caused controversy
- Tom Murphy (actor) (1968–2007), Tony Award-winning Irish actor
- Tom Murphy (luthier), known for the Gibson "Tom Murphy" aged guitars, using a process that makes new guitars look like old ones.
- Tom Murphy (playwright), Irish playwright
- Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright), Australian playwright
- Thomas Murphy (UCD), President University College Dublin
- Thomas Murphy (broadcasting), former chairman and CEO of Capital Cities Communications
- Thomas Murphy (journalist)
Sports and games
- Tom Murphy (American football), American football player
- Tom Murphy (athlete) (born 1935), American middle distance runner
- Tom Murphy (baseball) (born 1945), American former baseball pitcher
- Tommy Murphy (baseball) (born 1979), American baseball outfielder
- Tom Murphy (chess player)
- Tom Murphy (fighter), mixed martial arts fighter
- Thomas Murphy (footballer), Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club
- Tom Murphy (footballer), English footballer formerly at Gillingham F.C.
- Tommy Murphy (Gaelic footballer), Irish player of Gaelic football
- Tommy Murphy (snooker player), Northern Irish snooker player
- Tommy Murphy (soccer player), Irish soccer player
Education
- Tom Murphy (teacher), computer science teacher, high performance computing expert