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:
“Ellie: By the way, what’s your name?
Peter: What’s that?
Ellie: Who are you?
Peter: Who, me? I’m the whippoorwill that cries in the night. I’m the soft morning breeze that caresses your lovely face.
Ellie: You’ve got a name, haven’t you?
Peter: Yeah, I got a name. Peter Warne.
Ellie: Peter Warne? I don’t like it.”
—Robert Riskin (1897–1955)
“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)