Lindauer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:Charles Frederick Lindauer, American businessman and criminal Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926), Czech-New Zealand artist Janez Lindauer, 16th-century Slovene politician John Howard Lindauer, American economist, media businessman and politician, former chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage Martin Lindauer (1918–2008), German behavioral scientist Susan Lindauer, American journalist and peace activist, daughter of John Lindauer Victor Wilhelm Lindauer (1888–1964), New Zealand phycologist