Long (surname)

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Long is a surname and may refer to many people.

Long is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese surnames. It includes 龍/龙, which means "dragon" in Chinese, ranking number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 108 in 1990. Another name transcribed as Long is 隆, which is very rare in contemporary China. These names are also romanized as Lung.

The Longs in Ireland got their names from a number of different origins. Some are of English, Scottish, and Norman descent. The Norman de Long and le Lung arrived in the 11th century with the Anglo-Norman conquest in 1066 AD and established in numerous locations. A number of Irish Gaelic septs of O'Longain and O'Longaig contributed to the origin of the name. One sept was located in County Armagh, but the greater numbers were in County Cork at Cannovee and also at Moviddy. The Longs lost all their lands in the upheavals of the 17th century. The name is found in its greatest numbers in Munster, County Cork being most favored. The line of direct descent from the last elected chieftain to the present day is unbroken-–the official title is styled “O'Long of Carrenelongy.

A more uncommon origin of the name originates from Scandinavia, More specifically, Sweden. The names Långbäck and Langbekk arrived in the 13th century in Sweden near the border of Norway. Not to be confused with the town Långbäck Långbäck did originate there. Around the Swedish emigration to the United States The name was Anglicized from Långbäck to Longback, Long, and Longbrook.

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  • Adam Long, comic dramatist, co-founder of The Reduced Shakespeare Company
  • Anne Long (c.1681-1711), English celebrated beauty and London society figure
  • Armistead L. Long (1825–1891), American Civil War General
  • Arthur A. Long, British and American classical scholar
  • Asa Long (1904–1999), American checker champion
  • Audrey Long (born 1922), American actress
  • Avon Long (1910–1984), American Broadway actor and singer

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  • Dale Long
  • David Long (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Derrik Long (1995-living)
  • Dorian Long
  • Dudley Long (1748–1829) English Whig politician

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  • Harold Long (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Henry Long (politician) (c. 1417 – 1490) English Member of Parliament, of Draycot, Wiltshire
  • Sir Henry Long (c.1489-.1556) English Member of Parliament, of Draycot, Wiltshire
  • Herman Long (1866–1909), American baseball player
  • Hilario Fernández Long
  • Howie Long, American football Hall of Fame player
  • Huey Long (1893–1935), American politician
  • Huey Long (singer) (1904–2009), American musician
  • Hugh Long (footballer) (born 1923), Scottish footballer

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  • Kevin Long (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Khari Long

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  • Sir Walter Long (1565-1610) of South Wraxall and Draycot, Wiltshire. Friend of Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon, Wiltshire (c1591-1672) Member of Parliament prosecuted in the Star Chamber and imprisoned in the Tower of London
  • Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet of Whaddon
  • Sir Walter Long (c.1594-1637) English knight and landowner of Wiltshire
  • Walter Long (d. 1731) member of parliament for Calne, Wiltshire
  • Walter Long (died 1807) English landowner of South Wraxall, Wiltshire
  • Walter Long (1793–1867) English landowner of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire and Member of Parliament
  • Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long
  • Walter Long, brigadier general, son of 1st Viscount Long
  • Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long
  • Walter Long of Preshaw (died 1871)
  • Walter Long (actor)
  • William Cockins Long, Jr. Member of Kansas House of Representatives 1967–1971 and father of J.C. Long.
  • William Ivey Long
  • William Long (surgeon) English surgeon of Marwell Hall, Hampshire, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

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  • Lung Ying-tai (traditional Chinese: 龍應台; simplified Chinese: 龙应台; born 1952), Taiwanese essayist and cultural critic
  • Long Yun (simplified Chinese: 龙云; traditional Chinese: 龍雲; 1884-1962), governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan

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