Lange (surname)

Lange (/ˈlæŋ/, rarely /ˈlɒŋi/; German: [ˈlaŋə]) is a surname derived from the German word lang "long". People with this surname include:

Algot Lange (1884 – after 1914), Swedish explorer
André Lange (born 1973), German bobsledder
Andrew E. Lange (1957–2010), U.S. astronomer
Antoni Lange (1863–1929), Polish poet
Artie Lange (born 1967), U.S. comedian and Stern Show regular
Bill Lange (disambiguation)
Carl Lange (disambiguation)
Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938), Norwegian politician and Nobel Prize winner
Dagmar Lange (1914–1991), Swedish crime novel writer using the pen name Maria Lang
Darren Lange (born 1971), freestyle swimmer from Australia
David Lange (1942–2005), former Prime Minister of New Zealand (surname pronounced as long-ee)
Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), U.S. photographer
Friedrich Albert Lange (1828–1875), German philosopher
Gustav Lange (1830–1889), German composer
Hans-Dieter Lange (1926-2012), German TV journalist
Harry W. Lange (born 1952), Investment manager
Helene Lange (1848-1930), German activist
Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator
Hope Lange (1933–2003), U.S. film actress
Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864–1941), Danish mycologist
Jessica Lange (born 1949), U.S. film actress
Jim Lange (1932–2014), American game show host
Joep Lange (1954-2014), Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy
Johan Lange (1818–1898), Danish botanist
Johann Joachim Lange (1670-1744), German Protestant theologian and philosopher
Johann Peter Lange (1802–1884), German Protestant theologian
John Lange, pen name of Michael Crichton (1942–2008), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter
John E. Lange (born 1949), "United States Avian Influenza and Pandemic Ambassador"
Johnny Lange (1905–2006), songwriter, author and publisher
Joseph Lange (1751–1831), Vienna actor and painter, brother-in-law to Mozart
Julius Lange (1817-1878), German landscape painter
Julius Lange (1838-1896), Danish art historian
Lange (musician) (Stuart Langelaan), British DJ
Ludwig Lange (physicist) (1863-1936), German physicist
Ludwig Lange (architect) (1808-1868), German architect and landscape designer
Ludwig Lange (philologist) (1825-1885), German philologist and archaeologist
Marilyn Lange (born 1952), 1975 Playboy Magazine Playmate Of The Year
Max Lange (1832-1899), German chess player
Michael Lange (born 1950), American television director and music producer
Morten Lange (1919–2003), Danish mycologist and politician
Mary Elizabeth Lange (Mother Mary Lange) (1784–1882), foundress of Oblate Sisters of Providence
Oscar V. Lange, (1853–1913) U.S. photographer
Oskar R. Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and a diplomat
Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 1948), record producer
Rudolf Lange (1910 – after 1945), Nazi German SS officer, Holocaust perpetrator, and attendee at the Wannsee Conference
Samuel Gotthold Lange (1711-1781), German poet
Santiago Lange (born 1961), Argentine Olympic sailor
Ted Lange (born 1948), U.S. actor
Thomas Lange (disambiguation), several people
Thor Lange (1851-1915), Danish writer
Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player

See also