Langlois or L'Anglois is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include: *

Aimé Langlois Joseph-Victor-Aimé Langlois (; 6 December 1880 – 24 March 1954) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Langlois was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Langlois was born in Varennes, Quebec. From 1904, Langlois served a ...

(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 NHL career with the Montr ...

(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 Champion with Cody Hay and the 2002 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships silver medallist with Patrice Archetto. Career Langlois ...

(born 1981), Canadian pairs figure skater *

Bruno Langlois Bruno Langlois (born March 1, 1979) is a Canadian racing cyclist, who currently rides for club team Cartel RT. Career Born in Matane, Quebec, Langlois began his professional career in 1999 with the ''Jet Fuel Coffee – Vitasoy'' cycling team. In ...

(born 1979), Canadian racing cyclist * Charles Langlois (actor) (1692–1762), French actor who spent a large part of his career in Sweden * Charles Langlois (politician) (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, b ...

(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 Chibly Langlois (; born 29 November 1958) is a Haitian Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Les Cayes since 2011. He is also president of the Haitian Bishops’ Conference. Pope Francis elevated Langlois to the College of Cardinals ...

(born 1958), Haitian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Christian Langlois Christian Langlois () is a Canadian film and multimedia director and creative director - expert in entertainment, based in Montreal, Quebec. He has collaborated at several series, films, documentaries, varieties tv programs and cultural magazine ...

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

Daniel Langlois Daniel Langlois (6 April 1957 – 2023) was a Canadian businessman who was the president and founder of the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris, and Media Principia Inc. He was founder and inaugural president of Softimage Inc., which i ...

, Canadian media company founder and philanthropist *

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

(born 1968), French race walker * Ernest Langlois (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 Artists and entertainers * ...

, 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 French painter, draftsman, engraver and writer. He became known as the "Norman Callot". He taught both his daughter Espérance Langlois and his son Polyclès Langlois an ...

(3 August 1777 – 29 September 1837), French painter, draftsman, engraver and writer * François Langlois (born 1948), Canadian politician and lawyer *

François L’Anglois François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1 ...

(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 * Henri Delisle Langlois, Canadian drag queen *

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 artill ...

(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 France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France ...

(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-Lauren ...

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

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

(1789–1870), French soldier and painter *

Joseph Langlois Joseph Langlois (; 15 April 1909 – 19 November 1964) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Varennes, Quebec, he was a notary by career. He was first elected at the Berthier—Maskinongé riding in the 1949 ...

(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, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Early life He was born in Quebec City's St. Roch neighbourhood. He became president of t ...

(1860–1927), politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA) *

Léopold Langlois J. G. Léopold Langlois (; October 2, 1913 – February 13, 1996) was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian. Born in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, he was a lawyer specializing in maritime law. During World War II, he served in the Royal Ca ...

(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 Pascal Langlois, better known as Pascal Langdale, is an English actor. He has played supporting roles in a number of television dramas since 1999. Langdale also lent his voice and likeness to the critically acclaimed video game ''Heavy Rain'', i ...

, 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 sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest ci ...

(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 ...

, 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 (1936–1996), Ralliement créditiste and Social Credit party member of the Canadian House of Commons *

Richard Normand Langlois Richard Normand Langlois (born January 20, 1952, in Putnam, Connecticut) is an American economist and currently professor at the University of Connecticut. He studied physics and English literature at Williams College, he received a Master's in as ...

(born 1952), American economist and currently professor *

Stephen Langlois Stephen Langlois is a Chicago area chef and author (with Margaret Guthrie) of ''Prairie: Cuisine from the Heartland'' (1991). As chef of Prairie restaurant in Chicago, Langlois was a pioneer in the local food movement. Langlois was an innovative ...

, 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 Justi ...

(1776–1869), Irish-Huguenot politician and judge * Yves Langlois (born 1947), member of terrorist group ''Front de libération du Québec''

Etymology

The name comes from the

French language French ( or ) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-R ...

. 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 Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

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