Show ContentsGrunberg History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Grunberg is a habitational surname taken on from any of numerous places named Grünberg.

Early Origins of the Grunberg family

The surname Grunberg was first found in Baden, where since ancient times the name Grunberg was closely associated with social and political advancements of the region's feudal society. In later years the family often merged with other distinguished families, some of whom played significant roles in the local social and political affairs of the area.

Early History of the Grunberg family

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Grunberg Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Grunberg, Gruenberg, Grunburg, Gruneberg, Gruenburg, Grunenberg, Gruenenberg, Grunenburg, Gruenenburg, Gruenenberg, Greenberg, Gruenberger, Grunbuerg, Grunperg, Grunperger, Gruenbuerg, Greunbuerger, Gruenperg, Gruenperger, Gruendberg, Grunberger and many more.

Early Notables of the Grunberg family

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United States Grunberg migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Grunberg Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Caspar Grunberg, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 1
Grunberg Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Christian Grunberg, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1803
  • Christn Grunberg, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1804 1
  • Henriette Grunberg, aged 50, who arrived in America in 1843 1
  • Robert Grunberg, who arrived in New York, NY in 1852 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Grunberg (post 1700) +

  • Jonas Grunberg (1926-2016), known as John Jonas Gruen, American art critic, art historian, author, photographer, and composer
  • Emanuel Grunberg (b. 1922), American research company executive
  • Gregory P Grunberg (b. 1966), American television actor
  • Peter Andreas Grünberg (1939-2018), German physicist and co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Hans Grünberg, German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe, during World War II, credited with 82 aerial victories, awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Bismarck
  • Paul Grünberg (1921-1941), German Matrosengefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details


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