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