Grün

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Grün (sometimes transliterated as gruen), is a German surname meaning "green". Notable people with the surname include:

• Anastasius Grün, pseudonym of Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876), Austrian poet and liberal politician
• Anselm Grün, German Benedictine padre, author of spiritual books, and clerical advisor
• Arno Gruen, German psychologist and psychoanalyst
• David Grüen, 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
• 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
• 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

Fictional characters:

• Hannah Gruen

See also

• Fall Grün (Czechoslovakia), a pre-World War II German plan for an aggressive war against Czechoslovakia
• Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas
• Gruen transfer, in shopping mall design, the moment when consumers respond to "scripted disorientation" cues in the environment
• The Gruen Transfer, a television show about advertising
• Gruen Watch Co., an American watch company
• Die Grünen, the name of several green parties:
  • Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), a German party
  • Austrian Green Party (Die Grünen)
  • Green Party of Switzerland (Grüne Partei der Schweiz)
• Grin (disambiguation)