title: Murphy (given name)
text: # Murphy (given name)
  
  Murphy is a given name which may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Murphy J. Foster (1849-1921), 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900
  * Murphy Jensen (born 1968), American business owner and former professional tennis player
  * Murphy Anderson (1926-2015), was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era.
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Murphy Brown, the title character from the TV show Murphy Brown played by Candice Bergen
  * Murphy Cooper, in the film Interstellar (2014)
  * Murphy MacManus, one of the two main characters from the movie The Boondock Saints
  * Murphy Pendleton, the protagonist of the video game Silent Hill: Downpour
  * the title character of Murphy, Samuel Beckett's first published novel
  