Landes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aaron Landes
Aaron Landes (October 1, 1929 – April 19, 2014) was an American rabbi in the Conservative movement and a rear admiral in the United States Naval Reserve. He served as rabbi of Beth Sholom Congregation in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania for 36 years. ...
(1929–2014),
rabbi
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Alejandro Landes
Alejandro Landes Echavarría (born in 1980, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Colombian-Ecuadorian film director, producer, screenwriter, and journalist. He is mainly known for directing Spanish-language films such as '' Porfirio'', a Colombian drama tha ...
(born 1980), film director
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868–1943), mayor of Seattle
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Daniel Landes, rabbi
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David Landes
David Saul Landes (April 29, 1924 – August 17, 2013) was a professor of economics and of history at Harvard University. He is the author of ''Bankers and Pashas'', '' Revolution in Time'', ''The Unbound Prometheus'', ''The Wealth and Poverty of ...
(1924–2013), economist
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Dawn Landes
Dawn Landes (born December 5, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is originally from around Louisville, Kentucky but spent many years living and performing in Brooklyn, New York. As a recording artist she has released five f ...
(born 1980), musician
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Jimmy Landes (born 1992), American football long
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Lewis Landes
Lewis Landes (December 12, 1891 – January 8, 1972) was a US Army Colonel and a lawyer.
Early life
He was born on December 12, 1891, in New York City. He attended the University of Florida where he joined the Florida National Guard where he ...
(1891–1972), U.S. Army colonel
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Michael Landes
Michael Christopher Landes (born September 18, 1972) is an American actor of television and film.
Personal life
Michael Christopher Landes was born to Patricia and Bernard Landes on September 18, 1972 in The Bronx, New York. Landes studied pe ...
(born 1972), American actor
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Richard Landes
Richard Allen Landes (born June 26, 1949) is an American historian and author who specializes in medieval millennial thinking. Until 2015 he taught at Boston University, and then began working at Bar-Ilan University, where his current interests i ...
(born 1949), historian
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Roger Landes
Roger Arthur Landes, LdH CdeG MC & Bar (16 December 1916 – 16 July 2008), code named Stanislas and Aristide, was an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II in France ...
(1916–2008), agent and radio operator during World War II
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Ruth Landes
Ruth Landes (October 8, 1908 – February 11, 1991) was an American cultural anthropologist best known for studies on the Brazilian religion of Candomblé and her published study on the topic, ''City of Women'' (1947). Landes is recognized by som ...
(1908–1991),
anthropologist
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Silas Z. Landes (1842–1910), American politician
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Stan Landes
Stanley Albert Landes (December 8, 1923 – January 23, 1994) was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1955 to 1972.
Landes umpired 2,872 major league games in his 18-year career. He umpired in three Wo ...
(1923–1994), baseball
umpire
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The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...
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Steve Landes (born 1959), American politician
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William Landes (born 1939), economist
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