Lindauer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Charles Frederick Lindauer (c. 1836–1921), American businessman and criminal
• Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926), Czech-New Zealand artist
• Janez Lindauer, 16th-century Slovene politician
• John Howard Lindauer (born 1937), American economist, media businessman and politician, former chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage
• Martin Lindauer (1918–2008), German behavioral scientist
• Susan Lindauer (born 1963), American journalist and peace activist, daughter of John Lindauer
• Victor Wilhelm Lindauer (1888–1964), New Zealand phycologist