William Murray

William Murray may refer to:

Nobility

• William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793), British jurist
• William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield (1806–1898), British nobleman
• William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield (born 1930), Scottish nobleman and Conservative politician

Sports

• Bill Murray (footballer) (born 1901), football player and manager for Sunderland A.F.C.
• Billy Murray (boxer), American boxer
• Billy Murray (baseball) (1864–1937), American baseball manager
• W. H. Murray (William Hutchinson Murray, 1913–1996),, Scottish mountain climber and writer
• William D. Murray (1908–1986), head football coach at University of Delaware from 1940 to 1950 and Duke University from 1951 to 1965
• William Murray (athlete) (1885–1925), British athlete who competed at the 1908 Olympic Games
• Willie Murray (born 1954), Scottish footballer who played in the 1974 Scottish League Cup Final
• William Murray (rugby union) (born 1894), Scottish international rugby union player
• Bill Murray (baseball) (1893–1943), American professional baseball infielder

Politics

• William Vans Murray (1760–1803), U.S. Representative from Maryland
• William D. (Bill) Murray, U.S. CIA officer
• William Murray (New York politician) (1803–1875), U.S. Representative from New York
• William Murray (Canadian politician) (1839–1898), 19th century Canadian politician
• William Murray (New Brunswick politician) (1857–?), Canadian politician
• William H. Murray (1869–1956), American politician from Oklahoma
• William Francis Murray (1881–1918), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• William Murray (Newcastle-under-Lyme MP) (1796–?), British MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1859–1865
• William Murray (Dumfriesshire MP) (1865–1923), British MP for Dumfriesshire, 1918–1922
• William Archibald Murray (1832–1900), New Zealand politician
• William Harvey Murray (born 1916), former political figure in British Columbia, Canada

Arts and entertainment

• William Henry Murray (1790–1852), Scottish actor and theatre manager
• Billy Murray (singer) (1877–1954), Irish-American singer
• William Staite Murray (1881–1962), British studio potter
• William Murray (musician) (died 1998), Scottish drummer and photographer
• Billy Murray (actor) (born 1941), English actor
• Bill Murray (born 1950), American actor
• William Murray (writer) (1926–2005), American writer of mystery novels
• Will Murray (writer) (born 1953), author and scholar of pulp fiction
• Bill Murray (cartoonist) (born 1955), American cartoonist

Religion

• William Henry Harrison Murray (1840–1904), American clergyman, author, and promoter of outdoor pursuits
• William J. Murray, American Christian author and evangelist
• William Edward Murray (born 1920), Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

Other

• William Daniel Murray (1908–1994), U.S. federal judge
• William H. Murray (Medal of Honor) (1876–1923), American Medal of Honor recipient
• William S. Murray (1873–1942), American engineer

See also

• Billy Murray (disambiguation)
• Will Murray (disambiguation)