Karl Samuel Grünhut (August 3, 1844 – October 1, 1929) was a Hungarian-born Jewish Austrian jurist.
He then went to the University of Vienna Law School, graduating from there with a Juris Doctor in 1868.
From 1874 to 1915, he was a full professor at the University's newly created chair for commercial and bill of exchange law.
[2] He served as dean of the faculty of law twice, which raised a sharp protest from anti-Semites.
He edited the quarterly Zeitschrift für das Privat- und Oeffentliche Recht der Gegenwart from 1873 to 1916, and wrote several works over the years.