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 joseph and/or murphy:
“Not many people know that.”
—Michael Caine [Maurice Joseph Micklewhite] (b. 1933)
“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)