Landis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arthur H. Landis, American science fiction and fantasy writer
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Bill Landis, American baseball player
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Carole Landis
Carole Landis (born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American actress and singer. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 ...
, American film actress
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Cary D. Landis, American attorney and politician
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Charles B. Landis, U.S. Representative from Indiana
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Charles K. Landis
Charles Kline Landis (March 16, 1833 – June 12, 1900) was a property developer in South Jersey, who was the founder and developer of Vineland, New Jersey, Vineland and Sea Isle City, New Jersey, Sea Isle City.
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His first foray as ...
, American property developer in southern New Jersey
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Cullen Landis
James Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early years of the silent film era.
Biography
James Cullen Landis was the middle of three siblings (two sons and ...
, American film actor
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David Landis, American politician
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Evgenii Landis, Russian mathematician
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Floyd Landis
Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for p ...
, American cyclist
*Forrest Landis, American child actor
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Frederick Landis, U.S. Representative from Indiana
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Gerald W. Landis, American educator and politician
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Geoffrey A. Landis
Geoffrey Alan Landis (; born May 28, 1955) is an American aerospace engineer and author, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary exploration, interstellar propulsion, solar power and photovoltaics. He h ...
, American scientist and science fiction writer
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Ira Landis, Mennonite writer
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James M. Landis
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James McCauley Landis (September 25, 1899 – July 30, 1964) was an American government official and legal adviser. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1937.
Biography
Landis was born in Tokyo, ...
, American lawyer, academic, and government official
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James Nobel Landis, American electrical-power engineer
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James P. Landis, soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
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Jean Landis, American aviator
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Jessie Royce Landis
Jessie Royce Landis (born Jessie Medbury; November 25, 1896 – February 2, 1972) was an American actress. Her name is also seen as Jesse Royce-Landis. She remains perhaps best-known for her mother roles in the Hitchcock films '' To Catch a Thi ...
, American actress
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Jill Marie Landis, American romance author
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Jim Landis, American baseball player
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John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for directing comedy films such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), The Blues Brothers (f ...
, American film actor and director
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John D. Landis (urban planner), Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania
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Joshua Landis, American scholar of the Middle East
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (; November 20, 1866 – November 25, 1944) was an American jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922 and the first Commissioner of Baseball, commissioner of baseball from 1920 until his death. ...
, U.S. Federal judge and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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Mark A. Landis, American art forger
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Max Landis
Max Landis (born August 3, 1985) is an American filmmaker. He is the son of director John Landis. He wrote scripts for the films ''Chronicle'' (2012), '' American Ultra'' (2015), ''Victor Frankenstein'' (2015), and '' Bright'' (2017). He wrote ...
, American screenwriter
*Merkel Landis, American lawyer and businessman
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Michele Landis Dauber, American academic
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Nina Landis, Australian actress
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Monte Landis
Max Landstein (20 April 1933 – 14 December 2024), known as Monte Landis, was a Scottish-American film and television actor.
Landis was perhaps best known for playing the comic foil in multiple episodes of ''The Monkees'', most notably as Mr. ...
, Scottish actor
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Reed G. Landis, American military aviator
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Richard Landis
Richard Landis (February 18, 1946 – May 16, 2023) was an American record producer and musician. He had over 40 years of professional credits and chart success including a share of the 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year. At year's end, ''Bi ...
, American record producer and musician
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Story Landis, American neurobiologist
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