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 Józef Unrug (; 7 October 1884 – 28 February 1973) was a Polish admiral who helped reestablish Poland's navy after World War I. During the opening stages of World War II, he served as the Polish Navy's commander-in-chief. As a German POW, he r ...

(1884–1973, also known as Joseph von Unruh), Polish naval officer *

Walter von Unruh Walter von Unruh (30 December 1877 Gut Klein Tillendorf bei Fraustadt – 16 September 1956 in Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge) was a Prussian officer, and later General during World War II. Also, he was a recipient of Pour le Mérite. Awards * I ...

(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 Jesse Marvin Unruh (, ; September 30, 1922 – August 4, 1987), also known as Big Daddy Unruh, was an American politician who served as speaker of the California State Assembly and as the California State Treasurer. Early life and education Born ...

(1922–1987), American politician in California * Jessica Unruh, 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 (born c. 1934), American football coach *

Lisa Unruh Lisa Unruh (born 12 April 1988) is a German athlete who competes in recurve archery. Unruh represented Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro winning the silver medal. Her Silver medal was the first individu ...

(born 1988), German archer * Otto D. Unruh (1899–1992), American football player and coach *

Paul Unruh Paul R. Unruh (born May 7, 1928) is an American former college basketball standout at Bradley University from 1946 to 1950. He finished as Bradley's all-time leading scorer and was a Consensus First Team All-American as a senior in 1949–50. ...

(1928–2023), American basketball player

Other

Fritz von Unruh Fritz von Unruh (; 10 May 1885 – 28 November 1970) was a German expressionist dramatist, poet, and novelist. Biography Unruh was born in Koblenz, Germany. A general's son, he was an officer in the German army until 1912, when he ...

(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 Howard Barton Unruh (January 21, 1921 – October 19, 2009) was an American mass murderer who shot and killed thirteen people during a twelve-minute walk through his neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, on September 6, 1949 in an incident that b ...

(1921–2009), American spree killer *

Jack Unruh Jack Unruh (July 31, 1935 – May 16, 2016) was an American commercial illustrator whose works featured in advertising projects for all types of companies. Unruh won several awards from the Society of Illustrators. His work focuses primarily on th ...

(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 (born 1945), Canadian physicist * Zygmunt Unrug (1676–1732; also known as Sigismund von Unruh), Polish nobleman of German descent, ambassador to the Kingdom of Prussia

Other uses

* 24045 Unruh, a minor planet discovered in 1999 * Jesse M. Unruh State Office Building, in Sacramento, California, U.S. *

Unruh Civil Rights Act The Unruh Civil Rights Act (colloquially the "Unruh Act") is an expansive 1959 California law that prohibits any business in California from engaging in unlawful discrimination against all persons (consumers) within California's jurisdiction, where ...

, 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 ...