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 Jerry Lee Unruh (born November 21, 1939) is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. Enlisting in the Navy in 1958, he was later selected for the Naval Aviation Cadet (NAVCAD) program, earning his commission as an Ensign and his wings ...

(born 1939), former United States Navy officer *

Józef Unrug Józef Unrug (; 7 October 1884 – 28 February 1973) was a German and Polish admiral who helped establish 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 P ...

(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 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 and f ...

(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 individual medal in archery h ...

(born 1988), German archer *

Otto D. Unruh Otto Dean Unruh (September 17, 1899 – May 19, 1992) was an American football player and coach. In 1960, Unruh wrote the book ''How To Coach Winning Football'' and is credited with inventing the T-Wing offensive football formation, having run ...

(1899–1992), American football player and coach *

Paul Unruh Paul Richard Unruh (May 7, 1928 – December 8, 2023) was an American 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 senio ...

(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, 1967) 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 1985 graduate of Lincoln High School (Stockton, California), ...

(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 be ...

(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 the ...

(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 anti-abortion movement and abstinence-until-marriage movement, with organizations based in South Dakota. She has been vocal in state and ...

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

(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 a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hi ...

, 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 California businesses from engaging in unlawful discrimination against all persons (consumers) within California's jurisdiction, where the ...

, 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 theoretical prediction in quantum field theory that an observer who is uniformly accelerating through empty space will perceive a thermal bath. This means that even in the ...