Landau (surname)

Landau is a German and Yiddish toponymic surname derived from one of the two places named 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 * Barry Landau, American collector alleged to have stolen thousands of historical documents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
 * 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

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