Desidério Murcho (born 18 May 1965) is a Portuguese philosopher, professor, and writer.

He is founding member of the Centro para o Ensino da Filosofia da Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia (Center For the Teaching of Philosophy of the Portuguese Philosophy Society).

Author of: He is co-author of A Arte de Pensar (for the 10th and 11th grades) (Didáctica Editora, 2003 and 2004).

He translated several philosophy works (including Logics, by William Newton-Smith, and The Last Word, by Thomas Nagel).

He organized with João Branquinho the Enciclopédia de Termos Lógico-Filosóficos (Encyclopedia of Logical and Philosophical Terms) (Gradiva, 2001; Martins Fontes, 2006).