Andy Murray's Real Name: Andrew Barron Murray

Quick answer: Andy Murray's documented full name is Andrew Barron Murray. Biography.com lists that as his full name and dates his birth to May 15, 1987, in Glasgow, Scotland. Britannica independently uses Andrew Barron Murray, also recording the honorific Sir, and the same date and place (Biography; Britannica).

Real name and early life

He is known professionally as Andy Murray. Both sources use Andrew Barron Murray and May 15, 1987, in Glasgow, Scotland. Biography.com says he grew up in Dunblane and began playing tennis at age 3, coached early on by his mother, Judy, a former competitive player, alongside his older brother, Jamie. Britannica independently says he was guided by his mother, a professional tennis coach, and later left Scotland as a teenager to train in Spain. Both sources record that in 1996 a shooting at Dunblane Primary School, where he was a pupil, killed 17 people, and that Murray survived; this page notes that fact without further detail.

Career highlights

Britannica says he won the junior U.S. Open in 2004, took men's singles gold at the 2012 London Olympics by beating Roger Federer, then won his first Grand Slam title at the 2012 U.S. Open against Novak Djokovic, and in July 2013 won Wimbledon, the first British men's singles champion there since Fred Perry 77 years earlier. It also lists a 2016 Wimbledon title and a 2016 Olympic gold. Biography.com independently highlights the 2013 Wimbledon title as the first for a British man in 77 years, Olympic golds in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and a knighthood in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to tennis and charity, with the medal presented in 2019 by then-Prince Charles. It also records that in 2004 he became the world's No. 1 junior after winning the U.S. Open junior title and was named the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year. Britannica also records that knighthood. Biography.com, updated July 23, 2024, discussed a planned retirement after the Paris Olympics; Britannica's article, updated October 2, 2026, includes a section on injuries and last tournaments.

Name notes for searchers

Andrew Barron Murray is the documented full name in both Biography.com and Britannica; the professional name is Andy Murray, and Britannica also uses Sir Andrew Barron Murray. Searchers looking for the 2013 or 2016 Wimbledon champion are usually aiming at the same person.