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 words joe and/or murphy:
“I do wish that as long as they are translating the thing, they would go right on ahead, while they’re at it, and translate Fedor Vasilyevich Protosov and Georgei Dmitrievich Abreskov and Ivan Petrovich Alexandrov into Joe and Harry and Fred.”
—Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
“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)