List of native Landau
The list of born Landau contains people who were born in Landau in the Palatinate (including the formerly independent places that were incorporated over time).
Sons and daughters of Landau in the Palatinate
Years before 1800
- Hans Boner (≈1450–1523), merchant, supplier and advisor to the Polish King Sigismund I.
- Matthäus Bader (≈1550–1598), educator and author
- Johann Jakob Schmauß (1690–1757), lawyer, historian and university professor
- Johann Caspar Bagnato (1696–1757), Baroque builder in southwest Germany
- Johann Ludwig Eichborn (1699–1772), trader and banker
- Georg Friedrich Dentzel (1755–1828), Lutheran pastor of Landau and French officer in the Napoleonic Wars, father of Louis Dentzel
- Johann Christoph Wendland (1755–1828), gardener and botanist
- John Birnbaum (1763-1832), lawyer, court president in Zweibruecken, since 1817 ennobled
- Johann Kaspar Adolay (1771-1853), notary
- Karl Heinrich Schattenmann (1785–1869), viticulture pioneer
- Louis Dentzel (1786–1829), French officer in the Greek War of Independence
- Charles-Frédéric Soehnée (1789–1878), French painter and manufacturer
- Friedrich Mahla (1798–1875), lawyer and mayor in Landau
19th century
1801 to 1850
- Heinrich Jakob Fried (1802–1870), painter
- Franz Joseph Fleischbein (1802–1868), portrait painter, daguerreotype artist, ambrotype artist and drawing teacher
- Heinrich Simon Lindemann (1807–1855), German philosopher and university professor
- Gustav Adolf Gulden (1808–1882), lawyer, politician and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Rudolf Joseph Jakob Weiß (1820 / 1823–1903), pastor and politician
- Frederic Abel Senior (1822–1904), American tenor, pianist, conductor and music teacher
- Franz Joseph Lauth (1822–1895), educator, orientalist and specialist author
- Joseph von Parseval (1825–1887), royal Bavarian councilor and chamberlain
- Joseph Max von Vallade (1825-1882), nobleman and Catholic. Priests with personal connections to the Bavarian ruling house
- Konrad Krez (1828–1897), poet and general
- Carl Richard Petersen (1828–1884), engineer and VDI chairman
- Friedrich August Mahla (1829–1913), mayor from 1887 to 1904
- Carl Woldemar Neumann (1830–1888), historian and officer
- Heinrich von Vallade (1830–1870), Bavarian officer and prince tutor in the Wittelsbach royal house
- Michel Bréal (1832–1915), French philologist
- Heinrich von Hessert (1833–1907), judge and member of parliament in the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Julius Petersen (1835–1909), Imperial Judge, MdR
- Thomas Nast (1840–1902), cartoonist and "father" of American political cartoons
- Ferdinand von Lamezan (1843-1896), diplomat
- Friedrich Colin (1844 – after 1911), businessman and officer
- Gustav Wolffhügel (1845–1899), hygienist and university professor in Göttingen
- Georg Wilhelm Hofmann (1846–1923), lawyer and court advisor
1851 to 1875
- Eduard Vongerichten (1852–1930), chemist
- Ludwig Levy (1854–1907), architect (especially synagogues and churches)
- Karl Poellath (1857–1904), engineer, factory inspector and founder of the Munich Workers' Museum
- Ludwig von Seither (1857–1945), general of the artillery
- Philipp Kühner (1858–1922), publisher, journalist and politician
- Caesar Seligmann (1860–1950), rabbi
- Karl Theodor Stöpel (1862–1940), political economist and research traveler
- Adolf Ufer (1863–1939), administrative lawyer
- Jakob von Danner (1865–1942), officer
- Ernst Maxon (1867–1952), doctor and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Ernst Jaeger (1869–1944), lawyer
- Kurt Wolffhügel (1869–1951), veterinarian and parasitologist, helminthologist and moss collector
- Ludwig Maria Hugo (1871–1935), Bishop of Mainz
- Hermann Rettig (1872–1958); Ministerial official
- Karl Euler (1873–1960), theologian and German-Christian senior consistorial advisor
1876 to 1890
- Franz von Hörauf (1878–1957), politician (NSDAP)
- Alfred Joseph Koch (1879–1951), Benedictine Archabbot in the USA, Chancellor of the Catholic University of Beijing
- Wilhelm Sieben (1881–1971), conductor
- Maximilian von Zottmann (1882–1966), major general, Bavarian Max Joseph Knight
- Friedrich Hirschhauer (1883–1979), officer, most recently General of the Air Force anti-aircraft artillery during World War II
- Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (1884–1969), doctor and explorer
- Theodor Geib (1885–1944), artillery general in World War II
- Adam Sahrmann (1885 – after 1938), historian and head of the secondary school for girls 1912–1938
- Leopold Cordier (1887–1939), Protestant theologian
- Lewis Ruth (1889–1941), musician and band leader (e.g. Threepenny Opera )
- Helmuth Theodor Bossert (1889–1961), art historian and Near Eastern archaeologist
- Elisabeth Mahla (1889–1974), women's rights activist
- Adolf Kessler (1890–1974), painter
1891 to 1900
- Karl Keller-Tarnuzzer (1891–1973), Swiss archaeologist and conservator
- Gustav Harteneck (1892–1984), general of the cavalry
- Wilhelm Spindler (1893–1937), politician (BVP)
- Ferdinand Jodl (1896–1956), General
- Ernst Maisel (1896–1978), officer
- Hermann Croissant (1897–1963), painter and member of the Palatinate Artists Working Group (APK)
- Martha Saalfeld (1898–1976), author
- Eugen Croissant (1898–1976), painter and caricaturist
- Lil Picard (1899–1994), actress and journalist
- Hans Moser (1900–1988), pharmacist and politician (CDU)
- Otto Brenneis (1900–1945), SS functionary
- Karl Peter Gillmann (1900–1963), athlete, silent film actor and screenwriter
- Eduard Kern (1900–1966), politician (FDP, SPD)
- Otto Schwarzenberger (1900 – after 1948), SS leader
20th century
1901 to 1925
- Karl Josef Ferber (1901 – after 1971), lawyer who worked as a judge at the Nuremberg Special Court during the “Third Reich”
- Edwin Joerges (1901 – after 1945), administrative lawyer
- Siegfried Orth (1902 – after 1967), administrative lawyer
- Walter Reichhold (1904–2001), diplomat
- Karl Max von Hellingrath (1905–1977), bank manager
- Heinrich Günthert (1907 – after 1973), railway official
- Hans Moster (1910–1982), teacher and founder of the Palatinate Weinkehlchen
- Immolata Wetter (1913–2005), Superior General of the Maria Ward Sisters
- Hans-Willi Syring (1918–1999), politician (SPD, FDP)
- Ruth Baron (1921–2008), journalist
- Liesel Winkelsträter (1921-2010), politician (SPD)
- Richard Rudolf Klein (1921–2011), composer and music teacher
- Helmut Hilz (1924–2011), chemist
1926 to 1950
- Michael Croissant (1928–2002), sculptor
- Berthold Roland (* 1928), art historian
- Friedrich Cardinal Wetter (* 1928), retired Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
- Gerd Runck (1929-2012), author
- Wolf-Dieter Stempel (* 1929), Romance studies and linguist
- Wolfgang Vogelsgesang (1932–2000), politician (CSU)
- Hermann Rink (* 1935), radiation biologist
- Ingobert Heieck (1936–1993), friar, gardener and author
- Dieter Schnell (* 1938), doctor
- Rudolf Tartter (1938–2006), politician (CDU)
- Walter Keller (* 1938), cell biologist and molecular biologist
- Klaus Heinrich Keller (1938–2018), painter
- Hans Hermann Dieckvoss (* 1939), lawyer and politician (FDP)
- Wolfgang Diehl (* 1940), writer
- Hans-Dieter Scherthan (1943-2018), politician (CDU)
- Adelheid Weiss , b. Moser (* 1943), internist, palliative medicine specialist and city councilor
- Theo Kautzmann (* 1948), politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Born (* 1949), General in the Bundeswehr
- Uschi Eid (* 1949), politician (GREEN)
- Wolfgang Fuchs (1949–2016), jazz and improvisation musician
- Gerhard Messemer (* 1950), artist
- Fritz Strack (* 1950), social psychologist, scientist
1951 to 1960
- Frank Petersen (* 1951), pop singer
- Michael Ehrhart (1953–2017), photographer
- Helmut Schultz (* 1953), politician (CDU)
- Monika Follenius (* 1954), painter
- Albrecht Hornbach (* 1954), entrepreneur
- Hans-Dieter Schlimmer (* 1954), politician (SPD)
- Wolfgang Schwarz (* 1954), politician (SPD)
- Stephan Eisel (* 1955), politician (CDU)
- Helmut Eichenlaub (* 1955), politician (CDU)
- Eva-Maria Pfeiffer (* 1955), biologist
- Wolfgang Strack (* 1956), installation artist
- Rolf Übel (* 1956), historical writer
- Volker Zotz (* 1956), philosopher and religious scholar
- Hans-Jürgen Arnswald (* 1957), football player
- Friedhelm Köhler (* 1957), psychologist and management consultant
- Christoph Marx (* 1957), historian
- Stefan Bevier (1958–2018), conductor
- Manfred Cuntz (* 1958), astrophysicist
- Karl-Emil Kuntz (* 1958), cook
- Georg Agrikola (* 1959), rower
- Daniel Graepler (* 1959), classical archaeologist
- Olaf Gouasé (* 1959), politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Jost (* 1959), neurologist, scientist
- Armin Hott (* 1960), artist and illustrator
1961 to 1970
- Martin Estelmann (* 1961), judge
- Joachim Wambsganß (* 1961), astrophysicist
- Éric de Moulins-Beaufort (* 1962), French clergyman, Archbishop of Reims
- Hans Giessen (* 1962), university lecturer and publicist
- Michael Kalmbach (* 1962), painter and sculptor
- Michael Serr (* 1962), football player
- Andreas Heinz (* 1963), lawyer and judge at the Federal Social Court
- Dieter Kugelmann (* 1963), legal scholar
- Harriet Buchheit (* 1963), children's book author
- Bernhard Mathäss (* 1963), sculptor
- Stefan Beyerle (* 1964), theologian
- Christine Biehler (* 1964), artist and art educator
- Ludwig Kuntz (* 1964), health economist
- Anne Lünenbürger (* 1964), opera singer
- Peter Busch (* 1965), theologian
- Michael Schorr (* 1965), film director
- Charlotte Seither (* 1965), composer
- Michael Gerhard Kaufmann (* 1966), musicologist
- Michael Najjar (* 1966), media artist and photographer
- Jochen Stäblein (* 1966), cameraman
- Thomas Hirsch (* 1967), politician (CDU)
- Christof Reichert (* 1967), politician (CDU)
- Oliver Röller (* 1967), biologist, naturalist, environmental educator and nature book author
- Jochen Bung (* 1968), lawyer and university lecturer
- Maximilian Ingenthron (* 1968), politician (SPD)
- Ralph Gelbert (* 1969), painter
- Jürgen Winkelblech (* 1970), film editor
- Volker Wissing (* 1970), politician (FDP)
1971 to 1980
- Martin Blankemeyer (* 1971), film director and film producer
- Frank Dobler (* 1971), marksman
- Gerhard Ernst (* 1971), philosopher and university professor
- Christian Kehre (* 1971), historian
- Nicole Humbert (* 1972), pole vaulter
- Christine Schneider (* 1972), politician (CDU)
- Stefan Gaffory (* 1973), writer, music journalist and radio presenter
- Bas Kast (* 1973), author
- Alexander Schweitzer (* 1973), politician (SPD)
- Andy Becht (* 1974), lawyer, lawyer and politician (FDP)
- Thomas Hengen (* 1974), football player
- Hannes Kopf (* 1974), lawyer, ministerial official and politician (SPD)
- Stefen Schmitt (* 1974), film editor
- Ramesh Nair (* 1975), Indian choreographer, dancer, stage actor and singer
- Susanne Ganster (* 1976), politician (CDU)
- Astrid Wallmann (* 1979), politician (CDU)
- Katja Schweder (* 1980), German wine queen 2006/2007
- Kris Menace (* 1980), international music producer and disc jockey
1981 to 2000
- Benjamin Auer (* 1981), soccer player
- Stefan Ruppe (* 1981), actor, wordplayer and musician
- Thomas Hitschler (* 1982), politician (SPD)
- Andreas Suchanek (* 1982), author
- Patrick Brechtel (* 1983), soccer player
- Melanie Noll (* 1984), multiple cup winner at the Palatinate Mountain Running Cup
- Melanie Leyendecker (* 1985), actress
- Timo Gerach (* 1986), soccer referee
- Patrick Lechner (* 1988), professional cyclist
- Marlene Zapf (* 1990), handball player
- Hanna Klein (* 1993), track and field athlete
- Michael Schultz (* 1993), soccer player
- Ricarda Lobe (* 1994), hurdler and German champion with the 4 x 100 meter relay
- Jan May (* 1995), track cyclist
- Niklas Hoffmann (* 1997), soccer player