Robert Cushman Murphy

Robert Cushman Murphy was an American ornithologist and Lamont Curator of birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He went on numerous oceanic expeditions and was an expert on marine birds, and wrote several major books on them. He described a species of petrel which is now known as Murphy's petrel. Mount Murphy in Antarctica and Murphy Wall in South Georgia are named after him.

29 April 1887

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Frank Auerbach • Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild • Jean-Baptiste Jourdan • John Arbuthnot • Mike Bryan • Parren Mitchell

Born in the same month (April 1887): Bernardo Houssay • Denys Finch Hatton • Gordon S. Fahrni • Harald Bohr • Harold Lockwood • Jamini Roy • Joe McCarthy (baseball manager) • Nishizō Tsukahara • Ōtori Tanigorō