Peter Murphy

Peter Murphy may refer to:

  • Peter Murphy (artist) (born 1959), English Stuckist artist
  • Peter Murphy (broadcaster) (1923–2011), Irish radio and television broadcaster
  • Peter Murphy (executive) (born 1962), American businessman
  • Peter Murphy (footballer born 1922) (1922–1975), English footballer with Coventry City, Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham City
  • Peter Murphy (footballer born 1980), Irish international footballer with Carlisle United
  • Peter Murphy (footballer born 1990), English footballer with Accrington Stanley
  • Peter Murphy (hurler) (born 1961), Irish retired hurler
  • Peter Murphy (JAG), American lawyer and officer in the United States Marine Corps
  • Peter Murphy (motorcycle racer)
  • Peter Murphy (musician) (born 1957), British musician with the band Bauhaus
  • Peter Murphy (politician) (born 1949), American politician, Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
  • Peter Murphy (volleyball)
  • Peter P. Murphy (1801–1880), New York politician

Famous quotes containing the words peter and/or murphy:

    “In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.”
    —Laurence J. Peter (1919–1990)

    “Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is an anathema to these idiots. I predict that in the near future, right wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus.”
    —Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Father Tom Murphy (William S. Burroughs)