Lang (surname)
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Lang is a surname of Germanic origin, closely related to Lange, Laing and Long, all of which mean "tall".
Independently of this, it is also a surname of Chinese origin (Chinese: 郎; pinyin: Láng).[nb 1]
Surname
Australian
- Jack Lang (1876–1975), politician
- Jeff Lang (born 1969), songwriter, singer and slide guitarist
- John Lang (1816–1864), was said to be the first Australian-born novelist
- John Lang (born 1950), coach and former player of rugby league in Australia
- John Dunmore Lang (1799–1878), publicist and politician
- Martin Lang (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
Chinese
- Lang Jingshan, photographer
- Lang Lang (pianist) (born 1982), pianist
- Lang Ping (born 1960), former volleyball player and coach
- Lang Zheng (born 1986), footballer
- Lang Shining (1688–1766), Chinese name of Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian Jesuit Brother
History
In Qing dynasty China, the Niohuru family of Manchu origin changed their family name to Lang (郎), which sounded like "wolf" in Chinese, since wolf in Manchu was Niohuru.[1]
European
- Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish collector of folk and fairy tales
- Anton Lang (1875–1938), German potter and actor
- Archibald Lang (fl. 1880), Scottish international football player
- Arnold Lang (1855-1914), Swiss naturalist
- Belinda Lang (born 1955), English actress
- Cosmo Lang (1864–1945), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Craig Sellar Lang (1891–1971), British-domiciled organist, music teacher, and composer
- Czesław Lang (born 1955), Polish road racing cyclist and Tour de Pologne director
- David Marshall Lang (1924–1991), British historian
- Eva Lang (born 1947), German economist
- Fritz Lang (1890–1976), Austrian film director
- Hedi Lang (1931–2004), Swiss politician
- Hermann Lang (1909–1987), German race car driver
- Ian Lang (born 1940), Scottish politician
- Ivana Lang (1912–1982), Croatian composer, pianist and piano teacher
- Jack Lang (French politician) (born 1939), French politician
- Josephine Lang (1815–1880), German composer
- Karl Georg Herman Lang (1901-1976), Swedish naturalist
- Kirsty Lang (born 1962), British broadcaster and journalist
- Klaus Lang (born 1971), Austrian composer
- Lex Lang (born 1965), English language voice actor
- Maria Lang, the pen name for Swedish crime novel writer Dagmar Lange (1914–1991)
- Peter Lang, Swiss publisher; see Peter Lang (publishing company)
- Rein Lang (born 1957), Estonian politician
- Rikard Lang (1913–1994), Croatian university professor, lawyer and economist
- Robert Lang (actor) (1934–2004), English actor
- Robert Lang (ice hockey) (born 1970), professional ice hockey player
- Sebastian Lang (born 1979), German professional road cyclist
- Serge Lang (1927–2005), mathematician and activist
- Serge Lang (skiing) (1920–1999), French journalist who founded the alpine skiing World Cup
- Slobodan Lang (born 1945), Croatian physician and politician
- Steven Lang (footballer) (born 1987), Swiss football midfielder
- Thomas Lang (born 1969), musician and drummer
- Werner Lang (1922–2013), German engineer
North American
- Amanda Lang (born 1970), Canadian journalist
- Andrew Lang, (born 1966), American basketball player
- Anton Lang, American natural scientist
- Archie Lang, Canadian politician
- Ben Lang (1870–1960), American politician
- David Lang (1838–1917), Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War
- David Lang (born 1957), American composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- David Lang (1967–2005), football running back in the National Football League
- Eddie Lang (1902–1933), American jazz guitarist
- Eugene Lang, American businessman and philanthropist
- Glen Lang, American businessman and politician
- Harold Lang, American ballet dancer
- Herbert H. Lang (1921–2006), American historian
- John Lang (1839–1921), political figure and farmer in Ontario
- John Lang (1794–?), United States Navy sailor
- John H. Lang, United States Navy
- Jonny Lang (born 1981), American blues guitarist
- Kara Lang (born 1986), Canadian female soccer player
- Katherine Kelly Lang (born 1961), American actress
- k.d. lang (born 1961), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Kris Lang (born 1979), American basketball player
- Linda A. Lang, chairwoman and CEO of Jack in the Box
- Michelle Lang (1975 – 2009), Canadian journalist
- Otto Lang (born 1932), Canadian politician
- Pearl Lang (1921–2009), American dancer and choreographer
- Robert J. Lang (born 1961), American origami artist and theorist
- Stephen Lang (born 1952), American film and theater actor
- Steve Lang, former bassist for the Canadian rock bands April Wine and Mashmakhan
- Will Lang, Jr. (1914–1968), Bureau Head for TIME/LIFE Magazine
- W. Patrick Lang, United States Army
Given name
- Lang Hancock (1909–1992), Australian iron ore magnate
- Dao Lang, Chinese musician
- Shi Lang (1621–1696), Chinese admiral
Fictional characters
- Cassandra Lang, Marvel Comics superheroine daughter of Scott Lang; member of the Young Avengers
- Clubber Lang, antognist in the movie Rocky III
- Lana Lang from Superman stories
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Marvel Comics superhero who was a member of the Avengers
- Shi-Long Lang, a character from Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
- Steven Lang (comics), Marvel Comics supervillain
- Penelope and Charles "Chaz" Lang, characters on TV show Atomic Betty
See also
- Lange (surname)
- Langer
- Long (surname) (English form)
- Laing
- Liang, surname
Notes
- ↑ The approximate pronunciation in English is /lɑːŋ/.
References
- ↑ Edward J. M. Rhoads (2001). Manchus & Han: ethnic relations and political power in late Qing and early republican China, 1861-1928 (reprint, illustrated ed.). University of Washington Press. p. 56.
and when the ancient and politically prominent Manchu lineage of Niohuru adopted the Han-style surname Lang, he ridiculed them for having "forgotten their roots." (The Niohuru, whose name was derived from niohe, Manchu for wolf," had chosen Lang as their surname because it was a homophone for the Chinese word for "wolf.")