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Lang is a surname of independent Germanic

Germanic languages

The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...

and Asian origin. It is similar to Lange

Lange

-People named Lange:* Algot Lange, Swedish explorer* André Lange , German bobsledder* Andrew E. Lange , U.S. astronomer* Antoni Lange, Polish poet* Artie Lange , U.S...

and Long

Long (surname)

Long is a surname and may refer to many people.Long is a romanization of the Chinese surname 龍, which means "dragon" in Chinese. The name ranked number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 108 in 1990. The name is also romanized as Lung.The Longs in Ireland got their names...

, as they all carry the same meaning.

American

Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (basketball)
Andrew Charles Lang Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.After a four-year career at the University of Arkansas, Lang was selected by the Phoenix Suns as the 3rd pick in the 2nd round of the 1988 NBA draft. He quickly developed a reputation as a proficient...

, (born 1966), basketball player
Anton Lang, American natural scientist
David Lang
David Lang (colonel)
David Lang was a land surveyor, Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War, civil engineer, and Florida politician.-Early life:...

(1838–1917), Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War
David Lang
David Lang (composer)
David Lang is an American composer living in New York City. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Music for The Little Match Girl Passion.-Biography:...

(born 1957), composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
David Lang (1967–2005), football running back in the National Football League
Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang
Eddie Lang was an American jazz guitarist, regarded as the Father of Jazz Guitar. He played a Gibson L-4 and L-5 guitar, providing great influence for many guitarists, including Django Reinhardt.-Biography:...

(1902–1933), jazz guitarist
Glen Lang
Glen Lang
Glen Lang is an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Cary, North Carolina from 1999 to 2003.Lang first entered politics in 1997 with a self-financed bid for the Cary Town Council. He won, and, two years later, sought and was elected mayor...

, businessman and politician
Harold Lang
Harold Lang
Harold Lang was an American dancer and actor.-Biography:Lang began his professional career as a ballet dancer, making his professional debut with the San Francisco Ballet in 1938 and then going on to perform with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo two years later and American Ballet Theatre in 1943...

, ballet dancer
Herbert H. Lang
Herbert H. Lang
Herbert Howard Lang was an historian of the American West who spent nearly all of his academic career at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas....

(1921-2006), historian
John Lang
John Lang (sailor)
John Lang was a sailor in the United States Navy.Born in Curaçao, Dutch West Indies, Lang was a resident of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Lang was a seaman on board Wasp during her engagement with HMS Frolic 18 October 1812...

(1794–?), United States Navy sailor
John H. Lang
John H. Lang
John H. Lang was an American who served with the Canadian Army in World War I and then with the United States Navy through World War II and the end of his career. He earned military awards and honors for heroic service from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan in the first half of the...

, United States Navy
Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang is a Grammy award-winning American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter and recording artist. Lang's music is notable for both his unusual voice, which has been compared to that of a forty-year-old blues veteran, and for his guitar solos...

(born 1981), blues guitarist
Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang
Katherine Kelly Lang is an American actress. She is known for her role as Brooke Logan Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful .-Personal life:...

(born 1961), actress
Kris Lang
Kris Lang
Kristoffer Douglas Lang is an American professional basketball player. Lang is a graduate of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Lang started 108 games during his Tar Heel career from 1998-2002. He has also played for several teams in NBA summer-league and had...

(born 1979), basketball player
Linda A. Lang
Linda A. Lang
Linda A. Lang is the chairwoman and CEO of Jack in the Box. She was appointed to the California State University board of trustees in 2009.Lang has an MBA from San Diego State University and a BS in finance from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.-External links:*...

,chairwoman and CEO of Jack in the Box
Pearl Lang
Pearl Lang
Pearl Lang was an American dancer, choreographer and teacher renowned as an interpreter and propagator of the choreography style of Martha Graham, and also for her own longtime dance company, the Pearl Lang Dance Theater....

(1921–2009), dancer and choreographer
Robert J. Lang
Robert J. Lang
Dr. Robert J. Lang is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. He is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals. He has long been a student of the mathematics of origami and of using computers to study the...

(born 1961), origami artist and theorist
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang (actor)
Stephen Lang is an American actor and playwright. He started in theatre on Broadway but is well known for his film portrayals of Stonewall Jackson in Gods and Generals and George Pickett in Gettysburg , as well as for his 2009 roles as Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar and as Texan lawman Charles...

(born 1952), film and theater actor
Will Lang, Jr. (1914-1968), Bureau Head for TIME/LIFE Magazine
W. Patrick Lang
W. Patrick Lang
Walter Patrick "Pat" Lang, Jr. is a commentator on the Middle East, a retired US Army officer and private intelligence analyst, and an author. After leaving uniformed military service as a colonel, he held high-level posts in military intelligence as a civilian...

, United States Army

Australian

Jack Lang
Jack Lang (Australian politician)
John Thomas Lang , usually referred to as J.T. Lang during his career, and familiarly known as "Jack" and nicknamed "The Big Fella" was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales for two terms...

(1876–1975), politician
Jeff Lang
Jeff Lang
Jeff Lang is an Australian songwriter, singer and slide guitarist. A leading performer in the Australian roots music scene and purveyer of his self-described "disturbed folk" style, which incorporates primarily folk, blues and rock...

(born 1969), songwriter, singer and slide guitarist
John Lang
John Lang (writer)
John Lang was an Australian lawyer and was Australia's first native born novelist. Lang was born at Parramatta, Sydney, Australia, second and posthumous son of Walter Lang, merchant adventurer, and his wife Elizabeth, née Harris. Lang was educated at Sydney College under William Timothy Cape...

(1816–1864), was said to be the first Australian-born novelist
John Lang
John Lang (rugby league)
John Lang is an Australian former rugby league football coach and player. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative hooker, he played his club football in Brisbane with the Eastern Suburbs Tigers and in Sydney with the Eastern Suburbs Roosters...

(born 1950), coach and former player of rugby league in Australia
John Dunmore Lang
John Dunmore Lang
John Dunmore Lang , Australian Presbyterian clergyman, writer, politician and activist, was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.-Background and Family:...

(1799–1878), publicist and politician
Martin Lang (rugby league), Australian rugby league player

Canadian

Amanda Lang
Amanda Lang
Amanda Lang is a Canadian journalist and senior business correspondent for CBC News. She anchors the daily The Lang and O'Leary Exchange on CBC News Network...

(born 1970), journalist
John Lang
John Lang (Canadian politician)
John Lang was a farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Peterborough East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1891 and from 1896 to 1904 as an Independent Liberal member....

(1839–1921), political figure and farmer in Ontario
Kara Lang
Kara Lang
Kara Elise Lang is a retired Canadian soccer player, who represented her country in two FIFA World Cups and the Olympic Games, and played club soccer for Vancouver Whitecaps Women...

(born 1986), female soccer player
k.d. lang
K.D. Lang
Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...

(born 1961), singer-songwriter
Michelle Lang
Michelle Lang
Michelle Justine Lang was a Calgary Herald reporter and the first Canadian journalist to die in the War in Afghanistan.-Career:...

(1975 – 2009), journalist
Otto Lang
Otto Lang
Otto Emil Lang, PC, OC, QC, is a Canadian politician.In 1963, he was appointed Dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the youngest person to be appointed to that position, and served until 1969....

(born 1932), politician
Steve Lang
Steve Lang
Steve Lang is a Canadian musician best known for his role as a bassist in the rock band April Wine from 1976 to 1984. Lang replaced then-bassist Jim Clench in 1976. When April Wine reformed in 1993, Steve Lang was not amongst the line-up.Steve Lang is also the father of Canadian musician Erin...

, former bassist for the Canadian rock bands April Wine
April Wine
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...

and Mashmakhan
Mashmakhan
Mashmakhan was a Canadian rock fusion band that was most active in the early 1970s, and is best known for their hit single "As the Years Go By."-History:...

European

Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.- Biography :Lang was born in Selkirk...

(1844–1912), Scottish collector of folk and fairy tales
Anton Lang
Anton Lang
Anton Lang was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play. He played the role of Jesus Christ in 1900, 1910, and 1922. He was the Prologue Speaker in 1930 and again in the Jubilee Production of 1934. Lang died in Munich 30 May 1938 at the age of 63, following an...

(1875–1938), German potter and actor
Belinda Lang
Belinda Lang
Belinda Lang is an English actress, best known in the United Kingdom for her role as Bill Porter in the long running BBC sitcom 2point4 children .-Television:...

(born 1955), English actress
Cosmo Lang
Cosmo Lang
William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth GCVO PC was an Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury . His rapid elevation to Archbishop of York, within 18 years of his ordination, is unprecedented in modern Church of England history...

(1864–1945), Archbishop of Canterbury
Craig Sellar Lang
Craig Sellar Lang
Craig Sellar Lang was a New Zealand-born, British-domiciled organist, music teacher, and composer.Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Dr. C. S. Lang was educated at Clifton College, and studied with Sir Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music...

(1891–1971), British-domiciled organist, music teacher, and composer
David Marshall Lang
David Marshall Lang
David Marshall Lang , was a Professor of Caucasian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He was one of the most productive British scholars who specialized in Georgian, Armenian and ancient Bulgarian history.David M...

(1924–1991), British historian
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute...

(1890–1976), Austrian film director
Hedi Lang
Hedi Lang
Hedi Lang was a Swiss politician, the first woman elected to a cantonal executive in Switzerland and second woman to preside the Swiss National Council . She was a member of the Social Democratic Party.- External links :*...

(1931–2004), Swiss politician
Hermann Lang
Hermann Lang
Hermann Lang was a German champion race car driver.Born in the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at age fourteen Hermann Lang had to go to work to help support his family following the death of his father...

(1909–1987), German race car driver
Ian Lang
Ian Lang
Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton PC is a former British Conservative MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1983 and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1983 to 1997....

(born 1940), Scottish politician
Jack Lang
Jack Lang (French politician)
Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as France's Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and 1988 to 1992, and as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also the Mayor of Blois from 1989 to 2000...

(born 1939), French politician
Josephine Lang
Josephine Lang
Josephine Lang was a German composer. Fortunate enough to be born into a family rich with musical talent, Josephine Lang was the daughter of Theodor Lang, a violinist, and Regina Hitzelberger, opera singer...

(1815–1880), German composer
Kirsty Lang
Kirsty Lang
Kirsty Lang is a British journalist and broadcaster currently working for the BBC. Lang was raised in various parts of the world; her family were evacuated from Nigeria at the time of the Biafran war in 1967.-Career:...

(born 1962), British broadcaster and journalist
Klaus Lang
Klaus Lang
Klaus Lang is an Austrian composer, concert organist and academic teacher.His opera Die Architektur des Regens after the Noh play Shiga by Zeami was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 2008....

(born 1971), Austrian composer
Lex Lang
Lex Lang
Walter Alexis "Lex" Lang is a two-time Emmy Award–winning American voice actor, producer and entrepreneur. He is the cofounder of The Love Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization which creates educational materials for children on the importance of recycling, world water awareness, and the...

(born 1965), English language voice actor
Maria Lang, pen name for Swedish crime novel writer Dagmar Lange (1914–1991) (sv.wp)
Peter Lang, Swiss publisher; see Peter Lang (publishing company)
Rein Lang
Rein Lang
Rein Lang is an Estonian politician, a member of the Estonian Reform Party since 1995, and a diplomat. He is currently serving as the Minister of Culture.- Personal life :...

(born 1957), Estonian politician
Robert Lang
Robert Lang (actor)
Robert Lang was an English actor of stage and television. Laurence Olivier invited him to join the new National Theatre Company, at the Old Vic, Robert Lang was already earning high praise as an actor. From 1971 until his death he was married to Ann Bell, best known for her portrayal of Marion...

(1934–2004), English actor
Robert Lang (born 1970), professional ice hockey player
Sebastian Lang
Sebastian Lang
Sebastian Lang is a German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist for UCI ProTour team . He rode on Team Gerolsteiner from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion....

(born 1979), German professional road cyclist
Serge Lang
Serge Lang
Serge Lang was a French-born American mathematician. He was known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra...

(1927–2005), mathematician and activist
Serge Lang
Serge Lang (skiing)
Serge Lang was a French journalist, alpine skier, and the founder of the alpine skiing World Cup. As a journalist he covered alpine skiing, cycling, and other sports for five major publications. In the mid 1960s, he envisioned a season-long series of ski races, which became the World Cup skiing...

(1920–1999), French journalist who founded the alpine skiing World Cup
Steven Lang
Steven Lang (footballer)
Steven Lang is a Swiss football midfielder currently playing for FC Lausanne-Sport on loan from Grasshopper Club Zürich.- External links :**...

(born 1987), Swiss football midfielder
Thomas Lang
Thomas Lang
Thomas Lang is an Austrian drummer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. He is the founding member of the Los Angeles-based progressive/avant garde metal trio, stOrk.Lang took up drumming at the age of 5...

(born 1967), musician and drummer

Chinese

Lang Lang (pianist)
Lang Lang (pianist)
Lang Lang , born June 14, 1982, in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, is a Chinese concert pianist, currently residing in New York, who has performed with leading orchestras in Europe, the United States and his native China. He is increasingly well known around the world for his concert performances,...

(born 1982), pianist
Lang Ping
Lang Ping
MedalGold MedalGold MedalGold (1982 World Championship 1982 Perú"Jenny" Lang Ping , is a former Chinese volleyball player and the former head coach of the U.S. women's national volleyball team. Her nickname is the "Iron Hammer"....

(born 1960), former volleyball player and coach
Lang Zheng
Lang Zheng
Lang Zheng is a professional Chinese footballer currently playing as a defender for Beijing Guoan in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:Lang Zheng began his football career with Hebei in 2005 yet he quickly caught the attention of Chinese Super League teams Beijing Guoan and Tianjin Teda...

(born 1986), footballer
Larry Hsien Ping Lang (born 1956), Hong Kong-based financialist
Lang Shining (1688–1766), Chinese name of Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian Jesuit Brother

Given name

Lang Hancock
Lang Hancock
Langley Frederick George "Lang" Hancock was an Australian iron ore magnate from Western Australia who maintained a high profile in the competing spheres of business and politics...

(1909–1992), Australian iron ore magnate
Dao Lang
Dao Lang
Dao Lang is the pseudonym of Luo Lin, 2002 Niande Diyi Chang Xue in pinyin, released in 2003, made him an instant star in China. He sang with Alan Tam on the debut "Can't Say Goodbye"...

, Chinese musician
Shi Lang
Shi Lang
Shi Lang was a Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He was commander-in-chief of the Manchu fleets which destroyed the power of the Zheng family in the 1660s, and led the conquest of the Kingdom of Tungning in 1681.-Early life and career:Shi Lang was born to a...

(1621-1696), Chinese admiral

Fictional characters

Cassandra Lang
Cassandra Lang
Stature is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She is the daughter of the late Scott Lang . Cassie Lang is a member of the Young Avengers and The Initiative...

, Marvel Comics superheroine daughter of Scott Lang; member of the Young Avengers
Clubber Lang
Clubber Lang
James "Clubber" Lang is a fictional character and antagonist that appeared as Rocky Balboa's rival in the 1982 film Rocky III. He was played by the popular "bodyguard to the stars" Mr. T, who was 29 years old when the film was launched...

, antognist in the movie Rocky III
Lana Lang
Lana Lang
Lana Lang is a fictional supporting character in DC Comics' Superman series. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist John Sikela, the character first appears in Superboy #10...

from Superman stories
Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Marvel Comics superhero who was a member of the Avengers
Steven Lang (comics)
Steven Lang (comics)
Steven Lang is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. He is best known as a manufacturer of the mutant-hunting robots called Sentinels. He first appeared in X-Men volume 1 #96....

, Marvel Comics supervillain
Charles "Chaz" Lang a character on TV show Atomic Betty
Atomic Betty
Atomic Betty is a Canadian animated television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, and Tele Images Kids. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada and M6 and Télétoon in France. It currently airs on CITV. The series has once again begun...