John Paul Murphy (born 31 May 1950), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Lowe, New South Wales. He was born in Dunedoo, New South Wales, and was a public servant before entering politics.
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John Murphy (1786–September 21, 1841) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, serving two terms from 1825 to 1829. Born in 1786 in Columbia, North Carolina, he also represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1839. He died in 1841 in Clarke County, Alabama.
John Murphy (born 1959), sometimes credited as "Jonh Murphy", is an Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician who has played in numerous Australian and British post-punk, ambient and industrial music groups.
John Murphy is a prominent British film composer from the city of Liverpool. He is a self taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Heaven 17.
John Murphy (born November 20, 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (now AFL).
John Murphy (born 26 August 1937 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 1997.
John Joseph Murphy (born July 19, 1953) is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. At the same tournament, the 19-year old also collected a bronze medal in the 100m Backstroke.
John Murphy is a leader in the field of technical analysis; that of forecasting financial markets through observations on price charts. He has done more to bring the subject to a wider audience than any other analyst, through his books and daily web based commentary. His book ‘Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets’ has become the standard text book for the subject.