Landau is a German and Yiddish toponymic surname derived from one of the two places named Landau.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=landau 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Barry Landau, American collector alleged to have stolen thousands of historical documents Bina Landau (1925–1988), Polish-born American Jewish soprano Bleu Landau (born 2005), British actor Chaim Landau (1916–1981), Israeli politician Christopher Landau (born 1963), American lawyer and diplomat David J. Landau (1920–1996), author and Holocaust survivor David Landau (screenwriter), American screenwriter David Landau (journalist), Israeli journalist 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 football player 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, Rhodesian politician 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, Nobel laureate Lola Landau, Jewish German and Israeli poet Martin Landau, American actor Michael Landau, American guitarist Moshe Landau, Israeli jurist 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-American musician
Fictional characters 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
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. (born 1974) Landauer Landa (surname) Landay (surname)
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