Unwin may refer to:

People

Given name

Unwin Brown Trees was a British folk rock band recording and touring throughout 1969, 1970 and 1971, reforming briefly to continue performing throughout 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band ...

, British drummer with the Trees

Surname

Alan Unwin Alan Unwin is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Mayor of St. Catharines from 1994 to 1997. Career Unwin served as principal at Carlton School and Ferndale School in St. Catharines (''Toronto Star'', 20 October 1987; ''Hamilton Spect ...

, Canadian politician * Antony Unwin (b. 1952), statistician and software developer * Ben Unwin (1977–2019), Australian actor * Edward Unwin (1864–1950), recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Esmond Unwin Butler Esmond Unwin Butler, OC, CVO (July 13, 1922 – December 18, 1989) was a Canadian diplomat. He was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Morocco. Previously, from 1959 to 1985, he was Secretary to the Governor General of Canada. ...

(1922–1989), Canadian diplomat *

George Unwin George Cecil Unwin, (18 January 1913 – 28 June 2006) was a Royal Air Force officer and flying ace of the Second World War. Early life Unwin was born in the town of Bolton upon Dearne, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, on 18 January 1913. He enliste ...

(1913–2006), RAF wing commander *

Howard Unwin Moffat Howard Unwin Moffat (13 January 1869 – 19 January 1951) served as second premier of Southern Rhodesia, from 1927 to 1933. Early life Born in the Kuruman mission station in Bechuanaland (now in the Northern Cape province of South Africa), ...

(1869–1951), Rhodesian premier *

J. D. Unwin Joseph Daniel Unwin MC (1895–1936) was an English ethnologist and social anthropologist at Oxford University and Cambridge University. Contributions to anthropology In '' Sex and Culture'' (1934), Unwin studied 80 primitive tribes and six ...

(1895–1936), British ethnologist *

Jim Unwin Ernest James Unwin (18 September 1912 – 23 November 2003) was an English rugby union international. He also played first-class cricket for Essex. Unwin, a pacy winger and capable drop-kicker, won his first cap for England in their 1937 Home ...

(1912–2003), English rugby union international *

Joseph Unwin Joseph Henry Unwin (September 15, 1892 – January 4, 1987) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 as a member of the Social Credit Party. 1935 election Unwin ran in the 1935 ...

(1892–1987), Canadian politician * Nora S. Unwin (1907–1982), children's illustrator * Paul Unwin (cricketer) (b. 1967), New Zealand cricketer *

Paul Unwin (film director) Paul Andrew Unwin (born 25 November 1957) is a film, theatre, TV writer / director. Early life He was born in Reading, Berkshire. He studied drama at the University of Bristol, where he met Jeremy Brock in 1979. Career TV Paul Unwin co-create ...

(b. 1957), UK-based film and television director * Raymond Unwin (1863–1940), English planner * Rayner Unwin (1925–2000), son of publisher, Stanley Unwin *

Robert Unwin Harwood Robert Unwin Harwood (January 22, 1798 – April 12, 1863) was the last ''seigneur'' of Vaudreuil, commanding officer of the Vaudreuil Militia, and for thirty years a political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East. Arrival in Canada Har ...

(1798–1863), Canadian businessman and political figure * Stanley Unwin (comedian) (1911–2002), South African born comedian * Sir

Stanley Unwin (publisher) Sir Stanley Unwin, KCMG (19 December 1884 – 13 October 1968) was a British publisher, who founded the Allen & Unwin publishing firm. Career Unwin started his career at the publishing firm of his step uncle Thomas Fisher Unwin. In 1914 Stanley ...

(1884–1968), nephew of Thomas Fisher Unwin *

Stephen Unwin Stephen Unwin (born 29 December 1959) is an English theatre director. Stephen read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he directed many student productions, including an award-winning production of Measure for Measure that transferred to th ...

(b. 1959), English theatre director *

Thomas Fisher Unwin Thomas Fisher Unwin (24 January 1848 – 6 February 1935) was an English publisher who founded the publishing house of T. Fisher Unwin. Early life and career Thomas Fisher Unwin was born on 24 January 1848 in 33 Lowgate Hill, London. He was the s ...

(1848–1935), founder of publisher T. Fisher Unwin *

William Unwin William Cawthorne Unwin FRS (12 December 1838 – 17 March 1933)''Evening Standard Obituary'' 18 March 1933. was a British civil and mechanical engineer. He is noted for his extensive work on hydraulics and engines as well as his close as ...

(1838–1933), mechanical engineer *

William Sully Unwin William Sully Unwin (born 1862) was an English clergyman and amateur rower. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and the Wingfield Sculls in 1884 and 1885, and rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race in the 1885 and 1886 races. ...

(born 1862), English clergyman and amateur rower

Fiction

* Characters from the British TV soap opera ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

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Bev Unwin The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' in 2003, by order of first appearance. Tony Stewart Tony Stewart made his first screen appearance on 2 March 2003. The character was origin ...

Shelley Unwin Shelley Unwin (also Barlow) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Sally Lindsay. She is the daughter of Bev Unwin (Susie Blake). Shelley's storylines included a bigamous marriage to Peter Bar ...

* Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, a fictional character and protagonist from the ''Kingsman'' film franchise * The surname “Unwin” is mentioned in reference to an alphabetical roster of orphans’ names in Charles Dickens’ novel, “Oliver Twist”.

Other

Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an ...

, publishing house *

T. Fisher Unwin T. Fisher Unwin was the London publishing house founded by Thomas Fisher Unwin, husband of British Liberal politician Jane Cobden in 1882. Unwin was a co-founder of the Johnson Club, formed 13 September 1884, to mark the hundred years since the ...

, publishing house *

Unwins Unwins was a Kent-based chain of 381 off-licences selling alcoholic beverages, with outlets focused on London and the South East. Unwins was founded in 1843, and went insolvent on 19 December 2005. 200 of the former Unwin stores were subsequent ...

, a chain of off-licenses *

Unwin Sowter Unwin Sowter (22 April 1839 – 14 April 1910) was an English corn factor and miller and cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1871 and 1876. He was a member of the team that played Derbyshire's first match in May 1871. Sowter was born at ...

(1839 - 1910), English cricketer {{disambiguation, surname