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
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
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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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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 a d ...
, 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
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.
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, Russian mathematician
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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
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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
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Frederick Landis, U.S. Representative from Indiana
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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 ...
, American scientist and science fiction writer
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James M. Landis
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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
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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
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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
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Jean Landis, American aviator
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Jessie Royce Landis, 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 comedy and fantasy filmmaker and actor. He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed – such as ''The Kentucky Fried Movie'' (1977), ''Animal House, National Lampoon's Animal ...
, 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, 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, American screenwriter
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Merkel Landis, American lawyer and businessman
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Michele Landis Dauber, American academic
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Nina Landis
Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York. Her feature film credits include the title role (Rikky) in ''Rikky and Pete'', '' Komodo'', '' Four of a Kind'', '' Handle with Care'', and '' Blackj ...
, Australian actress
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