Landis Institute

Landis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Arthur H. Landis Arthur Harold Landis (1917 - January 1986) was an American fantasy, fiction and non-fiction author. Biography Born at Birmingham, Alabama to a family of vaudeville performers, Landis later travelled throughout the American West working at a var ...

, American science fiction and fantasy writer *

Bill Landis William Henry Landis (born October 8, 1942) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he appeared in 102 games pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1963 and from – 1969 for the Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red ...

, American baseball player * Carole Landis, American film actress * Charles B. Landis, U.S. Representative from Indiana *

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. Career His first foray as a d ...

, American property developer in southern New Jersey *

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 *

David Landis David Landis (born June 10, 1948) is an American politician, a former state senator in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature, and a college instructor. __NOTOC__ Personal life He was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated from University of Nebra ...

, American politician *

Evgenii Landis Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis (russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Ла́ндис, ''Yevgeny Mikhaylovich Landis''; 6 October 1921 – 12 December 1997) was a Soviet mathematician who worked mainly on partial differential equations. ...

, Russian mathematician *

Floyd Landis Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He finished first at the 2006 Tour de France, and would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after test ...

, American cyclist *

Forrest Landis Forrest Landis (born August 9, 1994) is an American former actor, skateboarder, producer and writer. He is perhaps best known for his roles of Mark Baker in ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' and Rhett Loud in ''Flightplan ''Flightplan'' is a 2005 m ...

, American child actor * Frederick Landis, U.S. Representative from Indiana *

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 ...

, American scientist and science fiction writer *

James M. Landis __NOTOC__ James McCauley Landis (September 25, 1899 – July 30, 1964) was an American academic, government official and legal adviser. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1937. Biography Landis was born ...

, American lawyer, academic, and government official *

James Nobel Landis James Nobel Landis (August 15, 1899 – April 29, 1989) was an American power engineer, at the Brooklyn Edison Company, and later the Bechtel Corporation. He is known as a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering, and as president o ...

, American electrical-power engineer *

James P. Landis James Parker Landis (July 20, 1843 – December 1, 1924) was a United States soldier who was recognized with his nation's highest award for valor, the U.S. Medal of Honor, for his gallantry during the American Civil War. While serving as the Chie ...

, soldier in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient * Jean Landis, American aviator * Jessie Royce Landis, American actress * Jill Marie Landis, American romance author * Jim Landis, American baseball player * John Landis, American film actor and director *

John D. Landis (urban planner) John David Landis is the Crossways Professor of City and Regional Planning and Department Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Landis attended MIT and UC Berkeley The University of Californ ...

, Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania * Joshua Landis, American scholar of the Middle East * Kenesaw Mountain Landis, U.S. Federal judge and Commissioner of Major League Baseball *

Mark A. Landis Mark Augustus Landis (born 1955) is an American painter who lives in Laurel, Mississippi. He is best known for "donating" large numbers of forged paintings and drawings to American art museums. Life and career Mark Landis was born in Norfolk, ...

, American art forger * Max Landis, American screenwriter * Merkel Landis, American lawyer and businessman *

Michele Landis Dauber Michele Landis Dauber is the Frederick I. Richman Professor at the Stanford Law School, and a Professor of Sociology, by courtesy. Early life Dauber graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1993. She earned a JD from Northwestern ...

, American academic * Nina Landis, Australian actress {{surname, Landis