Unger is a surname literally meaning "Hungarian". It may refer to:

  • (1898–1989), German writer, playwright and translator, brother of Wilhelm
  • Andrew Unger (born 1979), Canadian writer
  • Anna Unger, East German cross country skier
  • Annette Unger (born 1962), German violinist and musicologist
  • Anthony B. Unger (born 1940), American film producer
  • Betty Unger (born 1943), Canadian politician
  • Billy Unger (born 1995), American actor
  • Brian Unger (born 1965), American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and commentator
  • Carl Richard Unger (1817-1897), Norwegian historian and philologist
  • Caroline Unger (1803–1877), Austrian contralto
  • Chris Unger, American soccer player
  • Corey Unger, American musician
  • Craig Unger, American journalist and writer
  • Daffney Unger, stage name of American wrestler Shannon Spruill
  • David A. Unger (born 1971), American literary and film talent agent
  • David C. Unger (born 1947), American journalist
  • Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress
  • Erich Unger (1887–1950), Jewish philosopher
  • Felix Unger (born 1946), Austrian heart specialist
  • Ferdinand Thomas Unger (1914–1999), American military officer
  • Franz Unger (1800–1870), Austrian botanist
  • Frieda Unger (1888–1975), German politician
  • Garry Unger (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Gerhard Unger (1916–2011), German tenor
  • Gerard Unger (1942–2018), Dutch graphic developer of type fonts
  • Hans Unger (1872–1936), German artist
  • Heinz Unger (1895–1965), German conductor
  • J. Marshall Unger (born 1947), American linguist
  • James Glenwright Unger (born 1985), American hockey player
  • James J. Unger (1942–2008), American intercollegiate policy debate coach
  • Jim Unger (1937–2012), British-born cartoonist
  • Joachim Jacob Unger (1826–1912), Austro-Hungarian rabbi
  • Joe Unger (born 1949), American film and TV actor
  • Johann Friedrich Unger (1753–1804), German printer
  • John Unger (born 1969), American politician from West Virginia
  • Jonathan Unger, American journalist
  • Joseph Unger (1828–1913), Austrian Jewish jurist and statesman; converted to Catholicism
  • Karen Unger (born 1960), American activist and commentator; married name Karen Kwiatkowski
  • Kathleen Unger, American attorney and founder, president and CEO of VoteRiders
  • Kenneth Russell Unger (1898–1979), American World War I flying ace
  • Lars Unger, (born 1972), German footballer
  • Lisa Unger, American writer
  • Markus Unger (born 1981), German footballer
  • Max Unger (sculptor) (1854–1918), German sculptor
  • Max Unger (musicologist) (1883–1959), German musicologist
  • Max Unger (born 1986), American football player
  • Merrill Unger (1909–1980), Bible commentator, scholar, and theologian
  • Mordechai Dovid Unger, Hasidic Grand Rabbi of Bobov-45
  • Oliver A. Unger (1914–1981), American film and television producer
  • Peter Unger, American philosopher
  • Rhoda Unger, psychologist
  • Richard Unger (born 1942), American historian and academic
  • Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Brazilian politician, social theorist and law professor at Harvard
  • Stephen A. Unger (born 1946), American executive recruiter, media and entertainment business
  • Steve Unger, American politician from Arkansas
  • Tobias Unger (born 1979), German sprinter
  • Tom Unger (born 1985), German politician
  • Tony Unger (1938–2014), Rhodesian field hockey player
  • Wilhelm Unger (1904–1985), German writer, journalist and theatre critic
  • Wolfgang Unger (1948–2004), German conductor, especially choral conductor

See also

  • Ungar
  • Ungerer (disambiguation)