# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/judah-leo-landau
# Generated: 2026-08-15T21:16:11.769Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/judah-leo-landau"
name: "Judah Leo Landau"
slug: "judah-leo-landau"
description: "Judah Leo Landau was a Galician-born South African rabbi and writer. A noted scholar, poet, and playwright, he served as the inaugural Chief Rabbi of South Africa from 1915 until his death in 1942."
tagline: "South African rabbi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judah_Leo_Landau_(-1906).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1866-05-04"
deathDate: "1942-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.25
  momentum:             0.625
  historical:           5.469726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Loeb_Landau"
    title: "Judah Loeb Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Leo_Landau"
    title: "Judah Leo Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B0%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "يهوذا ليو لانداو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juda_Leo_Landau"
    title: "Juda Leo Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Leo_Landau"
    title: "Judah Leo Landau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%90_(%D7%99%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92)"
    title: "יהודה ליב לנדא (יוהנסבורג)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25490967"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump