Gruening is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Clark Gruening
Clark S. Gruening ( ; March 28, 1943 – June 17, 2025) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. He is chiefly known as the second of three persons to defeat the incumbent holder of Alaska's Class ...
(1943–2025), American attorney and politician
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Dorothy Smith Gruening (1888–1979), American social activist and pacifist, wife of Ernest
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Ernest Gruening
Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from A ...
(1887–1974), grandfather of Clark, American journalist and politician, governor of Alaska Territory 1939–1953, U.S. Senator from Alaska 1959–1969
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Martha Gruening (1889–1937), American journalist, poet, suffragette, and civil rights activist
See also
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Ferdynand Grüning (c. 1885–1939 or later), Polish serial killer and child rapist
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Ilka Grüning
Ilka Grüning (born Ilka Henriette Grünzweig; 4 September 1876 – 11 November 1964) was an Austrian-Hungarian actress. Born in Vienna in the old Austrian-Hungarian Empire, she was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to fl ...
(1876–1964), Austrian-Hungarian actress
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Surnames of Jewish origin