Landau (surname)

Landau is a German and Yiddish toponymic surname derived from one of the two places named Landau.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

* Barry Landau, American collector alleged to have stolen thousands of historical documents
* Bina Landau (1925–1988), Polish-born American Jewish soprano
* Bleu Landau (born 2005), British actor
* Chaim Landau (1916–1981), Israeli Minister of Transportation
* Christopher Landau (born 1963), American lawyer and diplomat; former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
* David J. Landau (1920–1996), author and Holocaust survivor
* David Landau (screenwriter), American screenwriter
* David Landau (journalist), former editor-in-chief of Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz
* David Landau (actor), American actor
* David P. Landau, American physicist
* Dov Landau (born 1930), Israeli rabbi
* Edmund Landau (1877–1938), German mathematician
* Edie Landau, American television producer
* Ely Landau, American television producer
* Eugen Landau (1852–1935), German banker and philanthropist
* Felix Landau (1910–1983), Austrian National Socialist, SS Hauptscharführer, served in an Einsatzkommando
* Felix Landau (art dealer) (1924–2003), American art dealer
* Gili Landau (born 1958), Israeli footballer and manager
* Guttman Landau, Bessarabian Judenrat leader
* H. G. Landau, American mathematical biologist, statistician and sociologist
* Henry Landau, American mathematician
* Henry Landau (captain), British World War I Captain and author
* Jacob Landau (artist), American artist
* Jacob Landau, American journalist
* Jacob ben Judah Landau, rabbi
* Joel Landau, rabbi
* John A. Landau, member of the Rhodesian parliament
* Jon Landau, American music critic and record producer
* Jon Landau (film producer) (1960–2024), American film producer
* Judah Leo Landau, rabbi
* Juliet Landau, American actress
* Kurt Landau, Austrian communist
* Lev Landau, Soviet physicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1962
* Lola Landau, Jewish German and Israeli poet
* Martin Landau, American actor
* Michael Landau, American session guitarist
* Moshe Landau, Israeli jurist, former president of the Supreme Court of Israel, president of the court during the Adolf Eichmann war crimes trial
* Neil Landau, American writer, playwright, producer, director
* Russ Landau, American musician
* Salo Landau, Dutch chess player
* Saul Landau (1936–2013), American author, documentary filmmaker, and academic
* Saul Raphael Landau, lawyer and Zionist activist
* Seth Landau, American film maker
* Siegfried Landau, founder of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
* Susan Landau, American mathematician and engineer
* Suzanne Landau (born 1946), Israeli art museum curator
* Uzi Landau (born 1943), Israeli politician
* William Landau (1924–2017), American neurologist
* Yechezkel Landau (1713–1793), Jewish theologian and decisor
* Yoav Landau (born 1992), Israeli musician

## Fictional characters

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* Burt Landau, fictional character on "FX"
* Dov Landau, fictional character in the novel and film Exodus
* Josef Landau, fictional character in the book Refugee
* Three fictional siblings (Gepard Landau, Lynx Landau, Serval Landau) in the game Honkai: Star Rail

## See also

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* All pages with titles containing Landau
* Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. (born 1974)
* Landauer
* Landa (surname)
* Landay (surname)

## References

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1. ^ https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=landau

Surname list

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