Pfau is a German surname meaning "peacock".
Pfau may refer to:
People Sister Edith Pfau (1915–2001), American painter, sculptor and art educator Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894), German poet, journalist, and revolutionary Ruth Pfau (1929–2017), German nun and medical doctor dedicated to fighting leprosy in Pakistan Werner Pfau, German astronomer, former director of the Jena University Observatory, and namesake of asteroid 9962 Pfau Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (born 1946), German sprinter born Horst-Rüdiger Pfau
Other uses 9962 Pfau, an asteroid
See also Poe (surname), an Anglicized form of Pfau adopted by some German-Americans