Unruh

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

People

Military

• Hiram A. Unruh (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 (1806–1886), Prussian politician
• Jesse M. Unruh (1922–1987), American politician in California
• Jessica Unruh, American politician in North Dakota
• Trude Unruh (1925–2021), German politician

Sports

• David Unruh (fl. 1952), American football coach
• Les Unruh (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 (born 1968), American journalist
• Howard Unruh (1921–2009), American spree killer
• Jack Unruh (1935–2016), American illustrator
• Leslee Unruh, 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, an expansive 1959 California law, named after the American politician
• Unruh effect, a theoretical prediction in quantum field theory, named after the Canadian physicist

See also

• Umrah, an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
• "Unruhe", an episode of The X-Files
• All pages with titles containing Unruh
• All pages with titles containing Unrug