Murdoch ( MUR-dok, UK also -dəkh) is a Scottish and Irish surname and given name. An Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal names Muireadhach ‘mariner’, Murchadh ‘sea-warrior’, and Muircheartach ‘sea-ruler’, the first element in each being muir ‘sea’.
Notable people with the name include:
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Given name
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany, Scottish nobleman
Murdoch Dickie (1919–2004), Scottish footballer
Murdoch Macdonald, British politician and civil engineer
Murdoch MacLennan (born 1949), British media executive
Murdoch McKenzie - several people
Surname
Alexi Murdoch, Scottish-born singer
Alfred Murdoch (1877–1960), New Zealand politician
Alister Murdoch, Australian air marshal
Andrew Murdoch - several people
Arthur Murdoch (1882–1960), British boxer
Beamish Murdoch, judge and historian of Nova Scotia
Ben Murdoch-Masila, New Zealand Rugby League player
Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer
Billy Murdoch (Scottish footballer)
Blair Murdoch, Canadian television producer
Bobby Murdoch, Scottish footballer
Bradley John Murdoch, Australian murderer
Brian H. Murdoch (1930–2020), Irish mathematician
Colin Murdoch, New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who invented disposable hypodermic syringes
David Murdoch – several people including
David Murdoch, Scottish sportsman
Dick Murdoch, American professional wrestler
Don Murdoch, National Hockey League player
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist, wife of Sir Keith Murdoch and mother of Rupert Murdoch
Francis B. Murdoch (1805–1882) was an American attorney and newspaper publisher
George Murdoch, first mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gilbert Hugh Murdoch, Canadian politician
Dame Iris Murdoch, Irish novelist and philosopher
Ivon Murdoch (1892–1964), Australian Army officer during World War I
James Murdoch – several people including
James Murdoch (born 1972), British-American businessman
John E. Murdoch, American historian and philosopher of science
John Smith Murdoch, Australian architect
Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and father of Rupert Murdoch
Keith Murdoch (rugby union) (1943–2018), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Lachlan Murdoch, former chief operating officer of News Corporation and eldest son of Rupert Murdoch
Lachlan Murdoch, Canadian actor
Lesley Murdoch (born 1956), New Zealand former cricketer and field hockey player
Marion Murdoch (1849–?), American minister
Mary Murdoch (1864–1916), Scottish-born physician and suffragist
Nina Murdoch (1890–1976), Australian writer
Patrick Murdoch, author, publisher, and mathematician
Paul Murdoch (born 1973), Australian former professional boxer
Richard Murdoch, British comedian and light actor
Robert C. Murdoch, New Zealand malacologist
Ronald Murdoch (born 1945), New Zealand former cricketer
Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American media mogul, CEO and Chairman of News Corporation
Sarah Murdoch (born 1972), British-Australian model, actress, and television presenter
Sean Murdoch (born 1986), Scottish former professional football goalkeeper
Steven Murdoch, Professor of Security Engineering in the Computer Science Department, University College London
Stuart Murdoch (football manager), former footballer and ex-manager of Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
Stuart Murdoch (musician), Scottish singer
Thomas Murdoch - several people
Trevor Murdoch, American professional wrestler (unrelated to Dick Murdoch above)
Walter Murdoch, Australian academic and essayist
Wendi Deng Murdoch (born 1968), Chinese-born American entrepreneur and socialite
William Murdoch – several people, including:
William McMaster Murdoch, first officer on the RMS Titanic
William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor of gas lighting (sometimes spelt "Murdock")
William Murdoch (poet), Scottish poet
Fictional characters
Detective William Murdoch, the protagonist in a series of novels by Maureen Jennings, and a spin-off television series
Murdoch, a tender engine character in Thomas & Friends, Introduced in the Series 7 episode (Peace and Quiet)
Matt Murdock, a lawyer blinded in childhood in an accident that gave him special abilities, commonly known by his alias, Daredevil.
John Murdoch, the protagonist of Alex Proyas's 1998 tech noir film Dark City.
H.M. Murdock, one of the four lead characters from the A-Team.
Murdoc, antagonist from MacGyver.