DeNorval Unthank (December 14, 1899 – September 20, 1977) was an American physician and civil rights activist in Portland, Oregon.

[1] Unable to support him, his father sent him to live with his aunt and uncle in Kansas City.

In 1926, he received his medical degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C.[2][3] Unthank moved to the all-white neighborhood of Westmoreland in Portland, Oregon in 1929.

Unthank's family was harassed with threatening phone calls and repeatedly had rocks thrown through the windows of their home,[4] forcing them to move four times before they were able to settle.

Unthank died on September 20, 1977, in Portland, Oregon, at age 77.