Lang (surname)
Lang is a surname of Germanic origin, closely related to Lange, Laing and Long, all of which mean "tall".
Surname
Australian
- Gary Lang, choreographer and dancer, director of NT Dance Company
- Jack Lang, politician
- Jeff Lang, songwriter, singer and slide guitarist
- John Lang, said to be the first Australian-born novelist
- John Lang, Australian rugby player and coach
- John Dunmore Lang, publicist and politician
- Martin Lang (rugby league), Australian rugby player
European
- Ádám Lang, Hungarian footballer
- Adolf Lang, Hungarian-German architect
- Alexander Lang, German actor and stage director
- Andrew Lang, Scottish philologist and translator of folk and fairy tales
- Anton Lang, German potter and actor
- Archibald Lang, Scottish football player
- Arnold Lang, Swiss naturalist
- Belinda Lang, English actress
- Bernhard Lang, Austrian composer
- Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Craig Sellar Lang, British-domiciled organist, music teacher, and composer
- Czesław Lang, Polish road racing cyclist and Tour de Pologne director
- David Marshall Lang, British historian
- Don Lang (musician), English singer
- Eva Lang, German economist
- Franzl Lang, German yodeler and singer
- Friedrich Lang, Austro-Hungarian naval aviator
- Fritz Lang, Austrian film director
- Gerald Lang, British philosopher
- Gerhard Lang, German botanist
- Harold Lang (British actor), British actor
- Hedi Lang, Swiss politician
- Hermann Lang, German race car driver
- Ian Lang, Scottish politician
- István Láng,, Hungarian composer
- István Lang, Hungarian cyclist
- Ivana Lang, Croatian composer, pianist and piano teacher
- Jack Lang, French politician
- Josephine Lang, German composer
- Júlia Láng, Hungarian figure skater
- Julia Lang (actress), British actress and radio presenter
- Karel Lang, Czech ice hockey player
- Karl Georg Herman Lang, Swedish naturalist
- Karl Nikolaus Lang, Swiss physician and naturalist
- Kirsty Lang, British broadcaster and journalist
- Klaus Lang, Austrian composer
- Leonora Blanche Lang, English author, editor, and translator
- Maria Lang, pen name of Swedish crime novel writer Dagmar Lange
- Noa Lang, Dutch soccer player
- Peter Lang, Swiss publisher; see Peter Lang (publishing company)
- Peter Redford Scott Lang Scottish mathematician
- Rein Lang, Estonian politician
- Ricarda Lang, German politician
- Rikard Lang, Croatian lawyer and economist
- Robert Lang (actor), English actor
- Robert Lang (ice hockey), ice hockey player
- Sebastian Lang, German road cyclist
- Serge Lang, mathematician and activist
- Serge Lang (skiing), French journalist who founded the alpine skiing World Cup
- Slobodan Lang, Croatian physician and politician
- Steven Lang (footballer), Swiss football player
- Thomas Lang, musician and drummer
- Thomas Lang (singer), English singer and songwriter
- Valérie Lang, French actress
- Werner Lang, German engineer
- Zsolt Láng, Hungarian politician
North American
- Amanda Lang, Canadian journalist
- Andrew Lang,, American basketball player
- Annie Traquair Lang, American impressionist painter
- Anton Lang, American natural scientist
- Archie Lang, Canadian politician
- Ben Lang, American politician
- Benjamin Johnson Lang, American conductor and pianist
- Berel Lang, American historian and author
- Cody Lang, American soccer player
- David Lang, Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War
- David Lang, American composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- David Lang, American football player
- D.L. Lang, American poet
- Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist
- Eric M. Lang, Canadian game designer
- Eugene Lang, American businessman and philanthropist
- Glen Lang, American businessman and politician
- Harold Lang (dancer), American ballet dancer
- Harry E. Lang, American actor
- John Lang, Canadian politician and farmer in Ontario
- John Lang, United States Navy sailor
- John H. Lang, United States Navy officer
- Jonny Lang, American blues guitarist
- Kara Lang, Canadian soccer player
- Karen Lang, American mayor
- Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress
- k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Kris Lang, American basketball player
- Lex Lang, American voice actor
- Lorraine Lang, Canadian curler
- Lucy Robins Lang, American labor activist
- Margaret Ruthven Lang, American composer
- Margie Lang, American baseball player
- Martin Lang, American fencer
- Michael Lang (musician), American pianist and composer
- Michelle Lang, Canadian journalist
- Otto Lang, Canadian politician
- Pearl Lang, American dancer and choreographer
- Perry Lang, American director, writer, and actor
- Phil Lang, American politician from Oregon=
- Rick Lang, Canadian curler
- Robert J. Lang, American origami artist and theorist
- Sonja Lang, Canadian linguist and inventor of Toki Pona
- Stephen Lang, American film and theater actor
- Steve Lang, Canadian rock bassist
- Violet Ranney Lang, American poet and playwright
- Will Lang Jr., American journalist
- W. Patrick Lang, United States Army officer
Given name
- Lang Hancock, Australian iron ore magnate
- Dao Lang, Chinese musician
- Shi Lang, Chinese admiral
Fictional characters
- Adam Lang, a character in Robert Harris's novel The Ghost and its film adaptation.
- Cassandra Lang, Marvel Comics superheroine daughter of Scott Lang; member of the Young Avengers
- Charlie Lang, character in the film It Could Happen to You (1994 film)
- Clubber Lang, antagonist in the movie Rocky III
- Lana Lang, a DC Comics character
- San Lang, main character from the Chinese novel Heaven Official's Blessing
- Scott Lang, Marvel Comics superhero known as Ant-Man who was a member of the Avengers
- Shi-Long Lang, a character from Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
- Sophie Lang, character in the films The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934), The Return of Sophie Lang (1936), and Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
- Steven Lang (character), Marvel Comics supervillain
- Penelope and Charles "Chaz" Lang, characters on TV show Atomic Betty