Unruh (or Unrug) is a surname. It may refer to:

People

Military

Hiram A. Unruh Hiram Augustus Unruh (November 1, 1845 – December 16, 1916) was a Union Army soldier from Indiana who became a prominent businessman in California. Biography Hiram A. Unruh was born in Valparaiso, Indiana on November 1, 1845. During the Americ ...

(1845–1916), American soldier during the Civil War, later a businessman in California * Jerry L. Unruh (born 1939), former United States Navy officer * Józef Unrug (1884–1973, also known as Joseph von Unruh), Polish naval officer * Walter von Unruh (1877–1956), German army officer during both World Wars

Politics

Hans Victor von Unruh Hans Victor von Unruh (March 28, 1806 – February 4, 1886) was a Prussian civil servant and politician, President of the Prussian National Assembly of 1848 and Member of the ''Reichstag'' of the German Empire. Biography Unruh was born i ...

(1806–1886), Prussian politician * Jesse M. Unruh (1922–1987), American politician in California *

Jessica Unruh Jessica Unruh is a former member of the North Dakota Senate, representing the 33rd district. Early life Unruh was born and raised on a ranch North of Dodge, North Dakota. She graduated from Golden Valley High School in Golden Valley. She curren ...

, American politician in North Dakota *

Trude Unruh Gertrude Unruh (née Kremer; 7 March 1925 – 30 November 2021), better known as Trude Unruh, was a German politician. Early life Unruh was born in Essen on 7 March 1925. Political career From 1968 to 1973 she was a member of the SPD ...

(1925–2021), German politician

Sports

* David Unruh (fl. 1952), American football coach *

Les Unruh Les Unruh (born c.1934) is a former American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field ...

(born c. 1934), American football coach * Lisa Unruh (born 1988), German archer * Otto D. Unruh (1899–1992), American football player and coach * Paul Unruh (1928–2023), American basketball player

Other

* Fritz von Unruh (1885–1970), German dramatist *

Heather Unruh Heather Unruh (born June 28, 1968) is an American journalist and former television news anchor. She worked for News Center 5 at WCVB for more than fifteen years. Education Unruh is a 1986 graduate of Lincoln High School in Stockton, Californi ...

(born 1968), American journalist * Howard Unruh (1921–2009), American spree killer * Jack Unruh (1935–2016), American illustrator *

Leslee Unruh Leslee Unruh is an American anti-abortion advocate and public speaker. Since 1983, she has been active in the pro-life movement and abstinence until marriage movement with organizations based in South Dakota. She has been vocal in state and natio ...

, American activist * N. U. Unruh (born 1957), German musician *

W. G. Unruh William George "Bill" Unruh (; born August 28, 1945) is a Canadians, Canadian physicist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver who described the hypothetical Unruh effect in 1976. Early life and education Unruh was born into a Mennonit ...

(born 1945), Canadian physicist *

Zygmunt Unrug Zygmunt Unrug (1676–1732), also known as Sigismund von Unruh, was a Polish ''szlachta'' nobleman of German descent who served as a royal chamberlain, ''starosta'', and ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia during the period of Stanisław I Leszczy ...

(1676–1732; also known as Sigismund von Unruh), Polish nobleman of German descent, ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia

Other uses

24045 Unruh 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

, a minor planet discovered in 1999 *

Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building The Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building is a building designed by Weeks and Day in Sacramento, California. It was previously known as the California State Office Building or the California State Treasurer's Building, but in 1987, it was renamed a ...

, in Sacramento, California, U.S. * Unruh Civil Rights Act, an expansive 1959 California law, named after the American politician *

Unruh effect The Unruh effect (also known as the Fulling–Davies–Unruh effect) is a kinematic prediction of quantum field theory that an accelerating observer will observe a thermal bath, like blackbody radiation, whereas an inertial observer would observe ...