Lang is a surname of independent Germanic and Asian origin. It is similar to Lange and Long, as they all mean "long".
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[edit] American
- Andrew Lang, (born 1966), basketball player
- Anton Lang, American natural scientist
- David Lang (1838–1917), Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War
- David Lang (born 1957), composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- David Lang (1967–2005), football running back in the National Football League
- Eddie Lang (1902–1933), jazz guitarist
- Glen Lang, businessman and politician
- Harold Lang, ballet dancer
- Herbert H. Lang (1921-2006), historian
- John Lang (1794–?), United States Navy sailor
- John H. Lang, United States Navy
- Jonny Lang (born 1981), blues guitarist
- Katherine Kelly Lang (born 1961), actress
- Kris Lang (born 1979), basketball player
- Linda A. Lang ,chairwoman and CEO of Jack in the Box
- Pearl Lang (1921–2009), dancer and choreographer
- Robert J. Lang (born 1961), origami artist and theorist
- Stephen Lang (born 1952), film and theater actor
- Will Lang, Jr. (1914-1968), Bureau Head for TIME/LIFE Magazine
- W. Patrick Lang, United States Army
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[edit] European
- Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish collector of folk and fairy tales
- Anton Lang (1875–1938), German potter and actor
- 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
- David Marshall Lang (1924–1991), British historian
- 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
- Jack Lang (born 1939), French politician
- Josephine Lang (1815–1880), German composer
- Kirsty Lang (born 1962), British broadcaster and journalist
- Klaus Lang (born 1971), Austrian composer
- Lex Lang (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 (born 1957), Estonian politician
- Robert Lang (1934–2004), English actor
- Robert Lang (born 1970), professional ice hockey player
- Sebastian Lang (born 1979), German professional road cyclist
- Serge Lang (1927–2005), mathematician and activist
- Serge Lang (1920–1999), French journalist who founded the alpine skiing World Cup
- Steven Lang (born 1987), Swiss football midfielder
- Thomas Lang (born 1967), musician and drummer
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