Lettau (surname)

Lettau is a German surname. Like its variant Lettow, it may derive from the Old Saxon name for Lithuania, or it may be a habitational name from a former village and lake (also called Littauen) near Waltersdorf in the Mohrungen district of East Prussia's Oberland.

People with the surname include:

  • Andre Lettau, German poker player
  • Georg Lettau (1878–1951), German lichenologist
  • Heinz Lettau (1909–2005), professor of meteorology at the University of Wisconsin
  • Kevyn Lettau (born 1959), American jazz vocalist
  • Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996), German-American writer and professor
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