Muir (surname)

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

Sports

• Adam Muir (born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
• Barry Muir (born 1937), Australian rugby league footballer
• Bill Muir (born 1942), American football coach
• Bryan Muir (born 1973), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Gary Muir (born 1985), Scottish footballer
• Ian Muir (born 1963), English footballer (Tranmere Rovers)
• Ian Muir (Scottish footballer) (1929–2009), Scottish footballer (Motherwell)
• Karen Muir (1952–2013), South African swimmer
• Laura Muir (born 1993), Scottish athlete
• Lindsay Muir (born 1956), Scottish footballer
• Lois Muir (born 1935), New Zealand sportswoman
• Robbie Muir (footballer), Australian rules footballer
• William Muir (American coach) (1895–1967), college sports coach

Arts and entertainment

• Alexander Muir, songwriter, poet and school headmaster
• Chris Muir (cartoonist) (born 1958), U.S. cartoonist
• Edwin Muir (1887–1959), British poet, novelist and translator
• Frank Muir (1920–1998), British comedian
• Jamie Muir, Scottish painter and former percussionist
• Jean Muir (1928–1995), British fashion designer
• Jean Muir (actress) (1911–1996), American actress
• John Kenneth Muir (born 1969), U.S. writer on film and television
• Marjorie Muir Worthington (1900–1976), American writer
• Mike Muir (born 1964), U.S. singer
• Robbie Muir (musician), New Zealand musician
• William Muir (born 1977), Scottish poet
• Amy Muir (musician), Australian musician
• Benjamin Robert Muir (born 1987) British Photographer

Academics

• Francis Muir (born 1926), British geophysicist
• John Muir (1838–1914), naturalist, engineer, explorer, and writer
• John Muir (indologist) (1810–1882), Scottish sanskritist
• John Muir (South African naturalist) (1874–1947), South African naturalist and cultural historian
• Kenneth Muir (1907-1996), literary scholar and author.
• M. M. Pattison Muir (1848–1931), chemist and author
• Thomas Muir (mathematician) (1844–1934), British mathematician
• William Muir (1819–1905), British orientalist

Law

• Leilani Muir (born 1944), Canadian plaintiff
• Richard Muir (1857–1924), British prosecutor
• Thomas Muir (political reformer) (1765–1799), Scottish radical

Other

• David Muir, anchor of ABC World News Tonight
• Jamie Muir (politician), Canadian educator and politician
• Kenneth Muir (VC) (1912–1950), British soldier
• Malcolm Muir (1885–1979), U.S. magazine industrialist
• Norrie Muir (born 1948), British mountaineer
• William Muir, founder of Muir College
• Lucy Muir, a character in the film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  • Carolyn Muir, a character in the subsequent TV series