Muir (surname)

Muir is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–J

• Adam Muir (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
• Alex Muir (1923–1995), Scottish footballer
• Alex Muir (Albion Rovers footballer), Scottish footballer
• Alexander Muir, songwriter, poet and school headmaster
• Andrew Muir (chess player) (born 1958), Scottish chess player
• Andrew Muir (politician), Northern Irish politician
• Barry Muir (1937–2022), Australian rugby league footballer
• Bill Muir (born 1942), American football coach
• Bryan Muir (born 1973), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Charles Henry Muir (1860–1933), U.S. Army officer
• Chris Muir (cartoonist) (born 1958), U.S. cartoonist (webcomic Day by Day)
• David Muir, anchor of ABC World News Tonight
• Debbie Muir (born 1953), Canadian former synchronized swimmer and coach
• Edwin Muir (1887–1959), British poet, novelist and translator, husband of Willa Muir
• Florabel Muir (1889-1970), American journalist, writer, and newspaper columnist
• Francis Muir (born 1926), British geophysicist
• Frank Muir (1920–1998), British comedian
• Frederick Muir (1849–1921), Australian cricketer
• Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir (1873–1931), British entomologist
• Gary Muir (born 1985), Scottish footballer
• Harry Muir (fl.1960s–1980s), owner of Beck Book Company, forerunner of Wakefield Press in Adelaide, South Australia
• Hope Muir, Canadian dancer, rehearsal director and teacher
• Ian Muir (Scottish footballer) (1929–2009), Scottish footballer (Motherwell)
• Ian Muir (English footballer) (born 1963), English footballer (Tranmere Rovers)
• Jamie Muir (politician), Canadian educator and politician
• Jamie Muir, Scottish painter and former percussionist
• Jean Muir (actress) (1911–1996), American actress
• Jean Muir (1928–1995), British fashion designer
• Jo Muir (born 1994), British modern pentathlete
• John Kenneth Muir (born 1969), U.S. writer on film and television
• John Muir (1838–1914), naturalist, engineer, explorer, and writer
• John Muir (disambiguation), several people
  • John Muir (South African naturalist) (1874–1947), South African naturalist and cultural historian
  • John Muir (indologist) (1810–1882), Scottish sanskritist

K–Z

• Kado Muir, Aboriginal Australian artist and land rights advocate
• Karen Muir (1952–2013), South African swimmer
• Kenneth Muir (disambiguation), several people
  • Kenneth Muir (scholar) (1907–1996), literary scholar and author
  • Kenneth Muir (VC) (1912–1950), British soldier
• Kirsty Muir (born 2004), Scottish freestyle skier
• Laura Muir (born 1993), Scottish athlete
• Leilani Muir (1944–2016), Canadian plaintiff
• Lewis F. Muir (1883–1915), American composer
• Lindsay Muir (born 1956), Scottish footballer
• Lois Muir (born 1935), New Zealand sportswoman
• M. M. Pattison Muir (1848–1931), chemist and author
• Malcolm Muir (publisher) (1885–1979), U.S. magazine industrialist
• Malcolm Muir (judge) (1914–2011), American judge
• Marjorie Muir Worthington (1900–1976), American writer
• Mike Muir (born 1964), U.S. singer
• Nat Muir (born 1958), Scottish athlete
• Norrie Muir (1948–2019), British mountaineer
• Richard David Muir (1857–1924), British prosecutor
• Robert Muir (disambiguation), several people
  • Robbie Muir (footballer), Australian rules footballer
• Ruby Muir, cross-country runner from New Zealand
• Tamsyn Muir, novelist from New Zealand
• Thomas Muir (disambiguation), several people
  • Thomas Muir (mathematician) (1844–1934), British mathematician
  • Thomas Muir of Huntershill (1765–1799), Scottish political reformer
• Walter Muir (soccer) (born 1953), Scottish footballer
• Ward Muir (1878–1927), English photographer
• Willa Muir (1890–1970), Scottish novelist, essayist and translator, wife of Edwin Muir
• William Muir (1819–1905), British orientalist, founder of Muir College
• William Muir (coach) (1895–1967), college sports coach

Fictional characters

• Lucy Muir, a character in the 1947 film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  • Carolyn Muir, a character in the subsequent TV series (1968)