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Murat is a French surname and Turkish male given name, derived from the Arabic Murad. Its Arabic meaning can be translated roughly into "wanted",^[1] "desired", "wished for", "yearned", or "goal".

It may refer to:

Given name

• Murat Aitkhozhin (1939–1987), Kazakh-Soviet biologist, Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
• Murat Akça (born 1990), Turkish footballer
• Murat Akhedzhak (1962–2010), Russian politician
• Murat Akyüz (born 1981), Turkish footballer
• Murat Auezov (born 1943), Kazakh writer
• Murat Bardakçı (born 1955), Turkish journalist
• Murat Başesgioğlu (born 1955), Turkish politician and MP for Kastamonu
• Murat Belge (born 1943), Turkish liberal intellectual, academic, literary critic, columnist, and civil rights activist
• Murat Boz (born 1980), Turkish pop singer
• Murat Ceylan (born 1988), Turkish footballer
• Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976), Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
• Murat Didin (born 1955), Turkish basketball coach
• Murat Direkçi (born 1979), Turkish kickboxer
• Murat Duruer (born 1988), Turkish footballer
• Murat Evliyaoğlu (born 1969), Turkish basketball player
• Murat Gassiev (born 1993), Ossetian boxer
• Murat Gülsoy (born 1967), Turkish writer
• Murat Günak (born 1957), Turkish automobile designer
• Murat Karayalçın (born 1943), Turkish politician
• Murat Karayılan (born 1954), Acting leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
• Murat Kaya (born 1984), Turkish basketball player
• Murat Kurnaz (born 1982), Turkish former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay
• Murat Nasyrov (1969-2007), Uyghur pop singer
• Murat Nurtleu (born 1976), Kazakh politician and diplomat
• Murat Önal (born 1987), Turkish-Dutch footballer
• Murat Önür (born 1981), Turkish footballer
• Murat Öztürk (aviator) (1953–2013), Turkish aerobatic pilot
• Murat Öztürk (born 1969), Turkish football coach
• Murat Sözgelmez (born 1985), Turkish footballer
• Murat Telibekov (born 1958), Kazakh religious leader
• Murat Torun (born 1994), Turkish footballer
• Murat Turan (born 1975), Turkish para archer
• Murat Ülker (born 1959), Turkish billionaire businessman
• Murat Yenipazar (born 1993), Turkish volleyball player
• Murat Yıldırım (disambiguation)
• Murat Zyazikov (born 1957), 2nd President of the Russian republic of Ingushetia
• Murat Pasha (disambiguation)
• Murat Reis (disambiguation)

Ottoman nobility

• Murad I (1326–1389), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1359 to 1389
• Murad II (1404–1451), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451
• Murad III (1546–1595), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 to 1595
• Murad IV (1612–1640), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640
• Murad V (1840–1904), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 30 May to 31 August 1876

Surname

• Prince Achille Murat (1801–1847), son of Joachim Murat, planter in Florida
• Henriette-Julie de Murat (1670–1716), French writer
• Jean-Louis Murat (1952–2023), pseudonym of French singer Jean-Louis Bergheaud
• Joachim Murat (1767–1815), King of Naples, Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon
• Joachim Joseph André Murat (1828–1904), French politician
• Kapllan Murat (born 1962), Albania-born Belgian criminal
• Karo Murat (born 1983), German boxer of Armenian descent
• Marko Murat (1864–1944), Croatian painter
• Özkan Murat (born 1957), Turkish politician
• Tuğçe Murat (born 1991), Turkish basketball player
• Zeynep Murat (born 1983), Turkish female taekwondo practitioner