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Origins Available: German, Jewish

Where did the Jewish Landau family come from? What is the Jewish Landau family crest and coat of arms? When did the Landau family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Landau family history?

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Landau Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Onesippe Landau, who arrived in New York, NY in 1844
  • Albert Landau, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1851
  • Elisabeth Landau, aged 26, landed in New York in 1854
  • Louis Landau came to Philadelphia in 1878
  • Lubush Landau, who arrived in Arkansas in 1894

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  • George Landau (b. 1920), American Ambassador to Paraguay since 1972
  • Jacob Landau (b. 1917), American prominent artist and professor of Graphic Arts
  • Stephen Gerald Landau (b. 1943), American psychiatrist
  • Martin Landau (b. 1928), Oscar-winning American film and television actor
  • Peter Landau (b. 1935), German professor of Law at the University of Munich (1987-)
  • Moshe Landau (b. 1912), fifth President of the Supreme Court of Israel
  • Lev Davidovich Landau (1908-1968), prominent Soviet physicist who made fundamental contributions to many areas of theoretical physics. He received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physics


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  7. Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
  8. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  9. Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
  10. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin . Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
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The Landau Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Landau Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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