Langlois or L'Anglois is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Aimé Langlois (1880–1954), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons *

Al Langlois Joseph Albert Oliver "Junior" Langlois (November 6, 1934 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1958 and 1966. Langlois started his NHLcareer with the Montrea ...

(1934–2020), Canadian ice hockey player * Alexandre Langlois (1788–1854), French Indologist and translator *

Anabelle Langlois Anabelle Langlois (born July 21, 1981) is a Canadian pair skater. She is the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Championships with Cody Hay and the 2002 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships silver medallist with Patrice Archetto. Career Lan ...

(born 1981), Canadian pairs figure skater *

Bruno Langlois Bruno Langlois (born March 1, 1979) is a Canadian former racing cyclist. Career Born in Matane, Quebec, Langlois began his professional career in 1999 with the ''Jet Fuel Coffee – Vitasoy'' cycling team. In 2012, along with directeur sportif ...

(born 1979), Canadian racing cyclist *

Charles Langlois (actor) Charles Langlois (1692–1762) was a French actor who spent a large part of his career in Sweden, where he was to play an important part in Swedish theatre history as the originator of the first national theatre in Sweden, and its first direct ...

(1692–1762), French actor who spent a large part of his career in Sweden *

Charles Langlois (politician) Charles A. Langlois (born 22 March 1938) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. His background was in administration. Langlois was born in Sainte-Marthe-de-Gaspé, Quebec and was educated at Collège Notre-Dame-des- ...

(born 1938), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993 *

Charles-Victor Langlois Charles-Victor Langlois (May 26, 1863, in Rouen – June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and was a lecturer at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, bibli ...

(1863–1929) French historian and paleographer who taught at the Sorbonne *

Charlie Langlois Joseph Louis Alphonse Charles Langlois (August 24, 1894 – August 31, 1965) was a Canadian hockey forward who played four seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Canadie ...

(1894–1965), Canadian professional hockey player * Chibly Langlois (born 1958), Haitian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Christian Langlois Christian Langlois is a Canadian film director based in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, video content, series, commercials, music videos and media installation. He studied at Université du Québec à Montréal in communicat ...

(born 1963), Film director from Montreal, Canada *

Daniel Langlois Daniel Langlois (born 1957 in Jonquière) is the president and founder of the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris, and Media Principia Inc. Daniel Langlois also founded Softimage Inc., serving as its president and chief technology officer fr ...

, Canadian media company founder and philanthropist *

Denis Langlois Denis Langlois (born 10 December 1968 in Drancy) is a French race walker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear ...

(born 1968), French race walker *

Ernest Langlois Ernest Langlois ( Heippes, 4 September 1857 – Lille, 15 July 1924) was a French medievalist, professor at the University of Lille. He is best known for his 1910 work ''Les manuscrits du Roman de la Rose, description et classement'', on the manus ...

(1857–1924), French medievalist, professor at the University of Lille * Espérance Langlois (1805–1864), French painter and printmaker * Esther Langlois (1571–1624), Scottish miniaturist, embroiderer, calligrapher, translator and writer *

Étienne Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Scientists and inventors ...

, stage name of Steven Langlois (born 1971), Warner Music Canada recording artist *

Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (; 3 August 1777 – 29 September 1837) was a celebrated French painter, draftsman, engraver and writer. He became known as the "Norman Callot". He taught both his daughter Espérance Langlois and his son Polyclès ...

(3 August 1777 – 29 September 1837), French painter, draftsman, engraver and writer *

François Langlois François Langlois B.A., LL.L., D.D.N., Ph.D., (born 6 January 1948 in Sainte-Claire, Quebec) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. He is a lawyer by career. He was elected in the Bellechasse electoral distric ...

(born 1948), Canadian politician and lawyer * François L’Anglois (1589–1647) a French painter, engraver, printer, bookseller, publisher and art dealer * Godfroy Langlois (1866–1928), politician, journalist and lawyer in Quebec *

Henri Langlois Henri Langlois (; 13 November 1914 – 13 January 1977) was a French film archivist and cinephile. A pioneer of film preservation, Langlois was an influential figure in the history of cinema. His film screenings in Paris in the 1950s are often ...

(1914–1977), pioneer of film preservation and restoration *

Hippolyte Langlois Hippolyte Langlois (3 August 1839 – 12 February 1912) was a French general noted for his writings on military science. Biography He was born at Besançon, Doubs, and, after passing through the École polytechnique, was appointed to the artille ...

(1839–1912), French general and writer on military science *

Jean François Langlois Jean François Langlois (26 June 1808 – ?) was a New Zealand whaler and coloniser. He was born in La Luzerne, in Normandy, France on 26 June 1808. References

1808 births French emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand people in whaling Year ...

(1808–?), New Zealand whaler and coloniser *

Jean Langlois Jean Langlois (February 16, 1824 – March 8, 1886) was a Quebec lawyer, professor and political figure. He represented Montmorency in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1878. He was born in Saint-Laur ...

(1824–1886), Quebec lawyer, professor, and political figure *

Jean-Charles Langlois Jean-Charles Langlois, known as The Colonel (22 July 1789 – 1870) was a French soldier and painter. Biography Langlois was born in Beaumont-en-Auge. He graduated from the École Polytechnique in 1806 and fought, as an infantry officer at th ...

(1789–1870), French soldier and painter * Joseph Langlois (1909–1964), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons *

Joseph-Alphonse Langlois Joseph-Alphonse Langlois (September 23, 1860 – May 25, 1927) was a politician Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (witho ...

(1860–1927), politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA) * Léopold Langlois (1913–1996), Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian *

Lisa Langlois Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress, who has appeared in movies, television and theater. Life and career Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French ...

(born 1959), Canadian actress *

Lloyd Langlois Lloyd Langlois (born November 11, 1962) is a Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, in aerials.Pascal Langlois, English actor, played supporting roles in television dramas since 1999 * Paul Langlois (born 1964), Canadian guitarist * Paul Langlois (Canadian politician) (1926–2012), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons * Philippe Langlois (1817–1884), Norman language writer in Jèrriais *

Pierre Langlois (canoer) Pierre Langlois (born 2 February 1958) is a French Canoe racing, sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he finished ninth in the Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres, C-2 500 ...

(born 1958), French sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s *

Pierre Langlois (economist) Pierre Langlois is a Canadian economist and political strategist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he graduated from the Université de Montréal with a B.A. (1998) and a M.A (1999) in economics. His master's thesis was on growth theory with emp ...

, Canadian economist and political strategist * Pierre Langlois (politician) (1750–1830), merchant and political figure in Lower Canada * Polyclès Langlois (29 September 1814 – 30 November 1872), French writer, cartoonist and painter *

Raymond Langlois Raymond Langlois (10 April 1936 12 August 1996) was a Ralliement créditiste and Social Credit Party of Canada, Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a professor by career. He was first elected at the Mégantic ...

(1936–1996), Ralliement créditiste and Social Credit party member of the Canadian House of Commons * Richard Normand Langlois (born 1952), American economist and currently professor * Stephen Langlois, Chicago area chef and author of ''Prairie: Cuisine from the Heartland'' (1991) *

Thomas Langlois Lefroy Thomas Langlois Lefroy (8 January 1776 – 4 May 1869) was an Irish-Huguenot politician and judge. He served as an MP for the constituency of Dublin University in 1830–1841, Privy Councillor of Ireland in 1835–1869 and Lord Chief Justic ...

(1776–1869), Irish-Huguenot politician and judge *

Yves Langlois Yves Langlois (born 1947) a.k.a. Pierre Seguin was a Canadian terrorist and member of the Quebec terrorist group Front de libération du Québec (FLQ), the group responsible for the 1970 October crisis. Langlois is one of the men who kidnapped B ...

(born 1947), member of terrorist group ''Front de libération du Québec''

Etymology

The name comes from the

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

. Langlois is a contracted form of L'Anglois. ''L’'' is a contraction of the masculine definite article "le" and is translated as "the". Anglois is a disused French form of "anglais", the adjective of "Angleterre",

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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