Unruh

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

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