Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the Esalen Institute, a key figure in the Human Potential Movement and author of both fiction and non-fiction books on topics related to extraordinary human potential.

Michael Murphy (born Michael Sean D'Arcy Murphy on September 4, 1986, in Taupo, New Zealand) is a singer and New Zealand Idol runner-up for 2004. Right from the start of the competition, Michael was a hot favourite with the majority of the voters being female and aged between 11-17. He was beaten to the post by Ben Lummis, with whom he formed the closest bond throughout the series.

Michael Murphy VC (cir 1837 Cahir, County Tipperary Ireland - April 4 1893 Darlington, County Durham, England GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1893 10a 1 DARLINGTON - 22 Vulcan Street, Darlington - Michael Murphy, labourer in ironworks, aged 53, registered by Bridget Dobson, niece aged 24, present at death ) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Murphy was born circa 1837 in Cahir, Tipperary to Michael Murphy, a local blacksmith, and his (unknown) wife GRO Register of Marriages: JUN 1860 2a 107 FARNHAM - Michael Murphy, Farrier 2nd Battalion Military Train, bachelor aged 23, son of Michael Murphy blacksmith deceased = Mary Fox, no occupation, spinster aged 21, daughter of Bernard Fox labourer - on 7 April 1860 at Farnham Register Office . He had at least one sibling, a younger sister named Mary. Little is known about his early life until 1855, when he started his army career.

Michael George Murphy (born May 5, 1938) is an American film and television actor.

Michael John Murphy is a folk musician based in Omaha, Nebraska. He plays various instruments, including the guitar and Native American flute. He has been a local singer songwriter in Omaha since the 1970s. His lyrics are often socially conscious or spiritual, and he uses personal stories and anecdotes in his shows. He has been writing songs for much of that time, as noted by the lyrics to his most popular bar song, Liquor Stores, which begins: "I was working at a liquor store in July of '73". More recently, he has garnered popularity with the Native American flute, which he started playing after his mother (who was part Cherokee) died. He has played the flute at various events in Nebraska and Iowa, and has played with other well known musicians, including Brulé, Mark Holland and The Young Bucks. His earlier flute work was especially influenced by the work of R. Carlos Nakai, leading some to mistakenly call the talented Navajo his mentor. As he mastered the instrument, his style became more eclectic, using the flute to explore themes in his guitar based folk songs, and layering the flute with guitar, piano, and even harmonica. His influences as a singer songwriter include Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, and Pete Seeger.

Recently his reach has been growing, as people try to learn about Native American culture. He has played for and worked with many tribal elders in Omaha, as well as being well connected in the Winnebago, Rosebud, and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations, which has afforded him a trove of stories and connections. With the respect that such experienced has garnered him, Murphy has been featured at the Omaha Summer Arts Festival, the Avoca Iowa Folk Festival, and the Lincoln Plainsong Festival. He has taught Native American flute as an adjunct professor at the Omaha Metropolitan Community College and the Nebraska Indian Community College in Macy, Nebraska and has given workshops at the University of Nebraska, Peru State College, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Michael is a member of the Nebraska Arts Council and the International Native American Flute Association.

Michael Murphy (born William Michael Murphy, Jr. in 1949) is a New Jersey lobbyist and political consultant (partner at the lobbying firm blank">Impact NJ) who ran for _Governor in the Democratic primary in 1997 and had previously served as the Morris County Prosecutor. He is a scion of the powerful Murphy-Hughes political legacy. His stepfather was two-term Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes. His brother, Brian M. Hughes, is the Mercer County Executive (the county's highest elected official). Another brother, John Hughes, is a federal magistrate judge.

Murphy, identified by blank">PoliticsNJ.com as one of New Jersey's 100 most influential people, is closely aligned with current Governor _Jon Corzine and the state's legislative leaders, Senate President Richard Codey and Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts.

Murphy, an attorney since 1975, is a graduate of Georgetown University and Seton Hall University School of Law. He serves as the Chairman of the Garden State Preservation Trust, to which he was appointed by former Governor Codey, and is also the immediate Past Chairman and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Policy Center of New Jersey. He routinely appears as a guest commentator on various programs, including CNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and on MSNBC, FOX News, New Jersey Network, and News 12 New Jersey.

Murphy was said to have been a candidate for New Jersey Attorney General by Jon Corzine, a spot that ultimately went to Zulima Farber.

Michael Murphy (born November 29, 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former Olympic diver for Australia. Murphy competed twice at the Olympic Games (in 1992 and 1996), placing 4th in the 3 metre springboard event at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

Murphy also represented Australia twice at the Commonwealth Games (in 1990 and 1994), winning two gold medals and one silver medal at the 1994 Games in Victoria (Canada). After retiring from competitive diving, Murphy served as both a Board Member and National Team Selector for Diving Australia. In recognition of his contribution to the sporting community, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal (an Australian Federal Government Honour) in 2000.

Murphy holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, where he was winner of both the Sir Robert Gordon Menzies Scholarship to Harvard, and the Macquarie Bank Graduate Management Scholarship. He completed his undergraduate studies at Bond University (in Queensland, Australia) where he received a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LLB (Hons)). In recent years, Murphy has turned his attention to developing a new career in business. He has worked as a management consultant with the Australian practice of Bain & Company since 2001.

Fr. Michael Murphy (c. 1767 - 1798) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and United Irishmen leader during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Michael Murphy was born in either Ballinoulart, Castleannesley or in Kilnew, County Wexford. He was educated at a hedge school in Oulart, ordained at Wexford in 1785, and traveled to France the following fall. Upon his return he became parish priest of Ballycanew, and according to Musgrave "behaved himself with very great propriety till the rebellion broke out." Murphy took up arms following the ransacking of his church by Crown yeomen on the 27th of May (most church leaders were opposed to the conflict). He then travelled to Gorey, Kilthomas Hill, and joined Fr. John Murphy (of Boolavogue) on Ballyorril Hill. Fr. Michael Murphy was shot and killed as he fought on horseback at the Battle of Arklow on June 9, 1798. He was leading an attack on a gun position defending the western approach to the town. Murphy was buried at Castle Ellis.

Michael Pat Murphy (12 March 1919 - 28 October 2000 ) was an Irish Labour Party politician. A publican before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork West constituency in a 1951 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he was retired at the 1981 general election. From 1961 he was elected for the Cork South West constituency. He was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary by the Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave and served at the Department of Agriculture & Fisheries from 1973–77.