Joseph Murphy may refer to:
- Joseph Murphy (author) (1898–1981), author and lecturer on the subconscious
- Joseph Murphy (equestrian), Irish equestrian
- Joe Murphy (Irish republican) (1895–1920), hunger striker
- Joseph C. Murphy (1907–1987), Michigan State Representative
- Joseph P. Murphy (1899–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
- Joseph R. Murphy (born 1947), documentary film maker
- Joe Murphy (ice hockey) (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joseph Murphy (Irish politician), Irish independent politician who represented Dublin County, 1927–32
- Joseph Warner Murphy (1892–1977), Canadian Member of Parliament
- Joey Murphy, screenwriter and producer
- Joe Murphy (American football) (1897–?), former Texas A&M University–Commerce head football coach
- Joe Murphy (baseball) (1866–1951), pitcher for Major League Baseball
- Joe Murphy (footballer born 1981), Irish footballer, playing for Coventry City
- Joe Murphy (footballer born 1873) (1873–?), English footballer, who played for Hibernian, Stoke City, Arsenal and Raith Rovers
- Joe Murphy (hurler) (born 1947), Irish retired hurler
- Joe Murphy (Australian footballer) (1931–1985), Australian rules footballer
Famous quotes containing the word murphy:
“If I were in the unenviable position of having to study my work my points of departure would be the “Naught is more real ...” and the “Ubi nihil vales ...” both already in Murphy and neither very rational.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)