Richard Murphy may refer to:
- Dick Murphy (Richard M. Murphy, born 1942), American retired Republican politician
- Dick Murphy (baseball) (Richard Lee Murphy, born 1931), retired American professional baseball player
- Richard Murphy (architect), Scottish architect
- Richard Murphy (poet) (born 1927), Irish poet
- Richard Murphy (rower) (born 1931), Olympic Gold medalist
- Richard Murphy (screenwriter) (1912–1993), American film and television writer
- Richard L. Murphy (1875–1936), American Senator from Iowa
- Richard W. Murphy (born 1929), American diplomat
- Richard Murphy (accountant), British chartered accountant and columnist
- Richard Murphy (American football) (born 1986), American football running back
- Richard A. Murphy (born 1944), American neuroscientist
- Rick Murphy
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)