Murat (name)
Murat is a French surname and Turkic male given name, derived from the Arabic Murad. Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into "wanted", "desired", "wished for", "yearned", or "goal".
It may refer to:
Given name
- Murat Aitkhozhin, Kazakh-Soviet biologist, Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
- Murat Akça, Turkish footballer
- Murat Akhedzhak, Russian politician
- Murat Akyüz, Turkish footballer
- Murat Auezov, Kazakh writer
- Murat Bardakçı, Turkish journalist
- Murat Başesgioğlu, Turkish politician and MP for Kastamonu
- Murat Belge, Turkish liberal intellectual, academic, literary critic, columnist, and civil rights activist
- Murat Bisembin, Kazakh actor
- Murat Boz, Turkish pop singer
- Murat Çetinkaya, Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
- Murat Ceylan, Turkish footballer
- Murat Didin, Turkish basketball coach
- Murat Direkçi, Turkish kickboxer
- Murat Duruer, Turkish footballer
- Murat Evliyaoğlu, Turkish basketball player
- Murat Gassiev, Ossetian boxer
- Murat Gülsoy, Turkish writer
- Murat Günak, Turkish automobile designer
- Murat Karayalçın, Turkish politician
- Murat Karayılan, Acting leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
- Murat Kaya, Turkish basketball player
- Murat Kurnaz, Turkish former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay
- Murat Nasyrov, Uyghur pop singer
- Murat Nurtileu, Kazakh politician and diplomat
- Murat Önal, Turkish-Dutch footballer
- Murat Ongun, Turkish journalist
- Murat Önür, Turkish footballer
- Murat Öztürk (aviator), Turkish aerobatic pilot
- Murat Öztürk (footballer), Turkish football coach
- Murat Sözgelmez, Turkish footballer
- Murat Telibekov, Kazakh religious leader
- Murat Torun, Turkish footballer
- Murat Turan, Turkish para archer
- Murat Ülker, Turkish billionaire businessman
- Murat Yenipazar, Turkish volleyball player
- Murat Yıldırım (disambiguation)
- Murat Zyazikov, 2nd President of the Russian republic of Ingushetia
- Murat Pasha (disambiguation)
- Murat Reis (disambiguation)
Ottoman nobility
- Murad I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1359 to 1389
- Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451
- Murad III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1595
- Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640
- Murad V, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876
Surname
- Prince Achille Murat, son of Joachim Murat, planter in Florida
- Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, Mexican politician
- Henriette-Julie de Murat, French writer
- Jean-Louis Murat, pseudonym of French singer Jean-Louis Bergheaud
- Joachim Murat, King of Naples, Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon
- Joachim Joseph André Murat, French politician
- José Murat Casab, Mexican politician
- Kapllan Murat, Albania-born Belgian criminal
- Karo Murat, German boxer of Armenian descent
- Marko Murat, Croatian painter
- Özkan Murat, Turkish politician
- Tuğçe Murat, Turkish basketball player
- Zeynep Murat, Turkish female taekwondo practitioner