Murdock

For other uses, see Murdock (disambiguation).

Murdock is a surname. A relatively modern iteration of the Irish or Scottish name Murdoch. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrew Murdock (born 1962), American record producer
• Andrew G. Murdock (fl. 2000s), botanist whose official abbreviation is "Murdock", who described the fern genus Ptisana
• Bennet Murdock (1925–2022), American psychologist
• Colin Murdock (born 1975), Northern Irish footballer
• David H. Murdock (1923–2025), American businessman
• Deroy Murdock, American syndicated columnist
• Dorothy M. Murdock, better known by pen name Acharya S, author and proponent of the Christ myth theory
• Eric Murdock, retired American professional basketball player
• George Peter Murdock, American anthropologist known for his empirical approach to ethnological studies
• George Murdock, American actor
• Ian Murdock, founder and former leader of the Debian Linux Distribution
• J. Edgar Murdock (1894–1977), American jurist who served as a chief judge of the United States Tax Court
• James Murdock (disambiguation), various people
• Joseph Murdock (disambiguation), various people
• Kirk Radomski (known to players as Murdock), former New York Mets employee
• Mackenzie Murdock (born 1989), American voice actor and writer
• Mike Murdock, American televangelist and pastor
• Murdock, Portuguese professional footballer
• Orrice Abram Murdock, Jr., United States Representative and Senator from Utah
• Roger E. Murdock, LAPD Chief
• Sharon Murdock, Canadian politician
• Shirley Murdock, American R&B singer
• William Murdock, eighteenth century US politician
• William Murdoch, also spelled Murdock, early-nineteenth century Scottish engineer

Fictional characters

• Murdock, the fictional main antagonist in Carland Cross
• Buz Murdock, fictional character from the TV series Route 66
• H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock, character played by the actor Dwight Schultz in the 1980s television series The A-Team
• Roger Murdock, character from Airplane!, played by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Buck Murdock, character from Airplane II: The Sequel, played by William Shatner

Marvel Comics

• Matthew Murdock, the given name of the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil of Earth-616 and namesake of the Netflix series Daredevil
• Mike Murdock, Matt Murdock's magically created twin brother
• Jack Murdock, Matt's and Mike's father
• Maggie Murdock, Matt's and Mike's mother
• Matthew Murdock, the given name of the Kingpin of Earth-65

See also

• Maddock (surname)
• Murdoc
• Murdoch