Grün
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Grün (sometimes transliterated as gruen), is a German word and surname meaning "green".
People[]
- Anastasius Grün, pseudonym of Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet and liberal politician
- Anselm Grün, German Benedictine friar, author of spiritual books, and clerical advisor
- Arno Gruen, German psychologist and psychoanalyst
- David Grün, birth name of politician David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli first Prime Minister of Israel and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization
- Derek Gruen, birth name of musician Del Marquis, the lead guitarist for the group Scissor Sisters
- Dick Grune, computer scientist
- Dietrich Gruen, founder of the Gruen Watch Company
- Eberhard Grün, German planetary scientist
- Erich S. Gruen, American classicist and ancient historian
- Fred Gruen, Australian economist, an early and influential voice in favour of free trade and tariff reductions in the 1960s and 1970s
- Frederick G. Gruen, son of Dietrich Gruen, player in Gruen Watch Company
- George J. Gruen, son of Dietrich Gruen, player in the Gruen Watch Company
- Georges Grün, a former football defender and a TV presenter for the UEFA Champions League matches at RTL TVI
- Jakob Grün (Hungarian: Grün Jakab; 1837–1916), an Austrian violinist of Hungarian origin
- John Jonas Gruen (1926–2016), American art critic, author, photographer, composer
- Jules-Alexandre Grün, French painter
- Karl Theodor Ferdinand Grün, German political theorist
- Stefan Grun, Australian rules football umpire in the AFL
- Victor Gruen (1903–1980), an Austrian-born commercial architect who emigrated to the United States in 1938 and is the father of the modern American shopping mall
Organizations[]
- Die Grünen, the name of several green parties:
- Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), a German party
- The Greens – The Green Alternative (Die Grünen – Die Grüne Alternative), an Austrian party
- Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz)
- Gruen Watch Co., an American watch company
Recreation[]
- Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas
- Grune, a character in the role-playing game Tales of Legendia
Other[]
- Fall Grün (Czechoslovakia), a pre-World War II German plan for an aggressive war against Czechoslovakia
- Gruen transfer, in shopping mall design, the moment when consumers respond to "scripted disorientation" cues in the environment
- Gruen (TV series), Australian TV program about advertising
See also[]
- Grin (disambiguation)
Categories:
- Surnames
- German-language surnames
- Jewish surnames
- Surnames from nicknames