Langston
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Langston is the name of two places in the United States:
Langston is a surname of English origin:
- John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), U.S. civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress
- Dr. Michael A. Langston, computer scientist in field of bioinformatics and computational biology
- Mark Langston (1960 - ), All-star Major League Baseball pitcher
- Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), African-American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist
There is also:
- Langston University
- Langston Field, a fictional technology found in the book The Mote in God's Eye