Wunsch Explained

Wunsch is a German surname.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Carl Wunsch (born 1941), American oceanographer
• Donald Frederick Sandys Wunsch (1887–1973), New Zealand chemical engineer and factory manager
  • Donald Wunsch, son of D.F.S. Wunsch and computer engineer
• Harry Wunsch (1910–1954), guard in the National Football League
• Ilse Gerda Wunsch (1911-2003), German-American composer
• Jerry Wunsch (born 1974), former American college and professional football player
• Johann Jakob von Wunsch (1717–1788), soldier of fortune and Prussian general of infantry, and a particularly adept commander of light infantry
• Kelly Wunsch (born 1972), former professional baseball pitcher
• Noah Wunsch (born 1970), German painter, photographer and designer

See also

• Wunsch Building, in Brooklyn, New York
• Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, algorithm used in bioinformatics to align protein or nucleotide sequences

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Lenarčič . Simon . McClure . Peter . Dictionary of American Family Names . 30 November 2022 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-024511-5 . 9 June 2024 . Wunsch.