Lots of answers to this one, including "It's not really", but the most commonly cited connection would probably be Dennis Ritchie. He was half of the original

Lots of answers to this one, including "It's not really", but the most commonly cited connection would probably be Dennis Ritchie. He was half of the original Unix team, and most of the original C team. There are also cross-overs in terms of "design ethos". (complex structures should be comprised of well-composed combinations of simple structures)