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{{Short description|British automobile designer (born 1946)}} {{about|the car designer|other people named Gordon Murray}} {{Use British English|date=May 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Gordon Murray | post-nominals = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} | image_size = | caption = Murray in 1981 | birth_name = Ian Gordon Murray | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|6|18}} | birth_place = [[Durban]], [[Union of South Africa]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = British | citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = [[Brabham]] Motor Racing<br />[[Team McLaren]]<br />[[McLaren F1]] | education = Glenwood High School | alma_mater = [[Durban University of Technology]] | employer = Gordon Murray Design (2005βpresent)<br />[[McLaren Group]] (1987β2004)<br />[[Brabham]] (1969β1986) | occupation = Executive chairman | title = | networth = | height = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relations = | signature = | awards = [[FIA Prize Giving Ceremony#FIA President Innovation Medal|FIA President Innovation Medal]] | website = https://gordonmurrayautomotive.com/ | footnotes = }} '''Ian Gordon Murray''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (born 18 June 1946),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/teamboss/Gordon_Murray |title=Gordon Murray |publisher=oldracingcars.com |access-date=6 November 2012}}</ref> is a successful and influential South African-British<ref>{{cite web |title=Nelson Piquet |date=December 1981 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1981/76/nelson-piquet |publisher=Motor Sport Magazine |access-date=11 December 2017}}</ref> former ([[Formula One]]) [[Auto racing|race-car]] designer, renowned firstly as lead designer for both the [[Brabham]] and [[McLaren]] Formula 1 racing teams, during 1969β1986 and 1987β1991 respectively, then as designer of high-end, high-performance [[sports car]]s and a variety of other innovative automotive projects. After leaving McLaren, Murray founded the Gordon Murray Design consultancy and, in 2017, the low-volume specialist car manufacturing company [[Gordon Murray Automotive]], both now incorporated into the Gordon Murray Group.
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