List of Landau personalities
The following overview contains important personalities related to Landau in the Palatinate , sorted according to honorary citizens and people who worked in Landau. The list does not claim to be complete. Another list includes people who were born in Landau
Honorary citizen
- Wilhelm von Jeetze (1785–1852), Bavarian major general , 1849 commander of Landau Fortress
- Johannes Birnbaum (1763–1832), lawyer and President of the Court of Appeal in Zweibrücken
- Julius Eichborn (1820–1887), mayor 1879–1887
Honorary citizenship is the highest distinction that the city of Landau has to bestow. People have been honored with this award since 1904.
- August Kaußler (1853–1935), publisher
- Friedrich August Mahla II (1860–1944), Mayor 1905–1920
- August Ludowici (1866–1945), founder of the festival hall
- Ernst Maxon (1867–1952), doctor
- Lorenz Orth (1872–1955), teacher and politician (ZENTRUM)
- Ludwig Ehrenspeck (1874–1958), Lord Mayor 1921–1935
- Wilhelm Bauer (1875–1972), fuel dealer, co-founder and chairman of the Landau SPD (1905), mayor 1920–1924
- Konrad Geißelbrecht (1878–1963), city architect
- Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (1884–1969), natural scientist
- Elisabeth Mahla (1889–1974), co-founder and chairwoman of the women's ring
- Alois Kraemer (1899–1983), Lord Mayor of Landau 1946–1964
- Hans Moser (1900–1988), pharmacist
- Albert Weigel (1902–1985), Catholic clergyman, dean
- Walter Morio (1920–2008), Lord Mayor of Landau 1964–1984
- Werner Scharhag (1926–2007), retired mayor D.
- Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (* 1928), retired Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
- Hermann Lamott (1929–2012), Landau CDU politician
- Heinz Buckel (* 1929), Landau FDP politician
- Christof Wolff (* 1941) retired Lord Mayor D.
People who have worked in the city
- Frederic Abel Senior (1822–1904), tenor, pianist, conductor and music teacher, born and raised in Landau, emigrated to the United States in 1849, lived in Detroit for over 30 years and helped shape musical life there
- Peter Altherr , doctor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Hermann Arnold (1912–2005), social hygienist
- Christine Baumann (* 1949), a politician, worked as a teacher on site and was a member of the city council from 1994 to 2006
- Markus Becker (* 1971), German pop singer, lives in Landau
- Ulla Berghammer (1887–1957), politician, member of the Landau city council and the constituent assembly of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rainer Brüderle (* 1945), politician, grew up in Landau
- Theodor Brünings (1839–1903), was an assessor from 1871 to 1875 and also a councilor
- Johann Christoph von Buttlar (around 1650–1705) took part in the fighting against the French for Landau in the Palatinate and died there
- August Croissant (1870–1941), painter, died in Landau
- Manfred Ecker , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Gerhard Geis (1929–2015), from 1956 to 1963 district manager of the Landau CDU and from 1956 member of the city council
- Theodor Fugger von Glött (1823–1850), freedom fighter from 1849, executed in Landau in 1850 (memorial plaque in the local cemetery)
- Elias Grünebaum (1807–1893), German rabbi and historian, lived in Landau
- Joseph Freiherr von Gumppenberg (1798–1855), Bavarian major general and fortress commander of Landau (grave in the local cemetery)
- Volker Hörner , director of the Evangelical Academy of the Palatinate in Landau
- Horst Hoffmann , chairman of the board, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Werner Kern , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Gerhard Koch , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Anna Kuhn , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Wilhelm Krumbach (1937–2005) harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, radio author, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Emich IV. (Around 1215 – before 1279), Prince of Leiningen, founder of the city
- Rudi Löffel , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Christian Friedrich Maurer (1847–1902), historian and playwright
- Rolf Meder , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Hans Merkel (1892–1978), entrepreneur, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Georg von Mölter (1775–1846); Bavarian Major General , Commander of the Landau Fortress (grave in the local cemetery)
- Joseph de Montclar (1625–1690), Lieutenant General of Louis XIV, died on the spot
- Carl Friedrich Müller-Palleske (* 1856), playwright
- Manfred Niehuis (* 1944), entomologist, lives in Landau
- Hans Ostermaier , editor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Karl Freiherr von Pflimmern (1787–1850), Bavarian Major General, Commander of the Landau Fortress (grave in the local cemetery)
- Erhard Rieß , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Anna Ritzmann , community nurse , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Gerlinde Rahm , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Georg Rothöhler , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Tasso Rubenbauer , religious sister, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Hans-Jürgen Sack , Chief Public Prosecutor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Ulrich Sarcinelli (* 1946), political scientist and professor at the University of Landau
- Günter Scharhag , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Hedwig Schmadel , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saskia Scholten , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, for maintaining the partnership between the German and Rwandan scouts
- Georg Sprung , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rolf Stahlhofen (* 1968) started his music career here
- Karl Adolf Strack (1923–2008), entrepreneur, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Ilse Wambsganß , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Horst Wild (* 1943), played for ASV Landau in 1973/74
- Ingo Weidig , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Felix Starck, (* 1990), film producer