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origin. People with the name include:


People with the given name

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Langston Galloway Langston Galloway (born December 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Saint Joseph's University. High school career Galloway attended Christi ...
(born 1991), American basketball player *
Langston Hall Langston Avery Hall (born November 1, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and Basketball Champions League. He played at the collegiate level with the Mercer Bears, and wa ...
(born 1991), American basketball player * Langston Hughes (1902–1967), African-American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist * Langston Walker (born 1979), American football player * Langston Moore (born 1981), American football player


People with the surname

* Big E Langston (born 1986), American professional wrestler *
Charles Henry Langston Charles Henry Langston (1817–1892) was an American abolitionist and political activist who was active in Ohio and later in Kansas, during and after the American Civil War, where he worked for black suffrage and other civil rights. He was a spoke ...
(1817–1892), African-American abolitionist and political activist *
Clinton Langston Clinton Matthew Langston, (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest and military chaplain. He served as Chaplain General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department, British Army between 2018 and 2022, and as Archdeacon for the Army in the Church of ...
(born 1962), British Anglican priest and military chaplain *
Dicey Langston __NOTOC__ Laodicea Langston (14 May 1766 – 23 May 1837), also known by the nickname Dicey, was a patriot. Her acts of bravery during the period have led to her being regarded as a heroine. During the Revolutionary War, Dicey spied on the Loyalis ...
(1766–1837), Patriot spy at the time of the American Revolution * Grant Langston (motorcyclist) (born 1982), South African motocross champion * Grant Langston (musician) (born 1966), American singer-songwriter *
John Langston (MP) John Langston ( 1758 – 18 February 1812) was an English merchant banker and politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and its successor the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for most of the years between 1784 and 180 ...
(–1812), English merchant banker and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) 1784–1807 *
John Mercer Langston John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department ...
(1829–1897), U.S. civil rights pioneer, first African-American member of Congress *
Mark Langston Mark Edward Langston (born August 20, 1960) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched for the Seattle Mariners (1984–1989), Montreal Expos (1989), California / Anaheim Angels (1990–1997), San Diego Padres (1 ...
(born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher * Michael Langston, computer scientist in field of bioinformatics and computational biology * Murray Langston, Canadian-American known as
The Unknown Comic Murray Langston (born June 27, 1944), who frequently performed using the stage name "The Unknown Comic", is a Canadian actor and stand-up comedian best known for his performances on ''The Gong Show'', during which he usually appeared with a pape ...
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Peter Langston Peter Langston (born 1946) is a computer programmer who wrote and distributed for free several games for Unix systems in the 1970s, including one of the earliest text adventure video games '' Wander'', the original version of ''Empire'' and the pro ...
(born 1946), computer programmer * Wann Langston, Jr. (1921–2013), American paleontologist *
William Langston J. William Langston is the Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Movement Disorder Specialist, and Chief Executive Officer of the Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center in Sunnyvale, California, the founding member of the Scientific Advisory B ...
, American neurologist


People with the middle name

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John Langston Gwaltney John Langston Gwaltney (September 25, 1928 – August 29, 1998) was an African-American writer and anthropologist focused on African-American culture, best known for his book '' Drylongso: A Self Portrait of Black America''. Early life Gwaltney lo ...
(1928–1998), African-American writer and anthropologist *
Jamie Langston Turner Jamie Langston Turner (born 1949) is a Christian novelist. Biography Jamie Turner was born in Mississippi and taught writing and poetry at Bob Jones University. She has written eight novels: ''Suncatchers'' (1995), ''Some Wildflower in My Heart'' ...
(born 1949), American novelist


Fictional characters

*Howard Langston, a fictional character from the 1996 film ''
Jingle All the Way ''Jingle All the Way'' is a 1996 American Christmas family comedy film directed by Brian Levant. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad as two rival fathers, mattress salesman Howard Langston (Schwarzenegger) and postal worker Myron Larab ...
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Langston Wilde Langston Wilde is a fictional character from ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' portrayed by Brittany Underwood from May 17, 2006, to April 12, 2011. Langston is Dorian Lord's adoptive daughter and very similar to her. In January 2011, it was a ...
Cramer, a fictional character from the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' *
Langston Field CoDominium is a series of future history novels written by American writer Jerry Pournelle, along with several co-authors, primarily Larry Niven. Series Setting Formation of the CoDominium The point of departure of Pournelle's history is the ...
, a fictional technology found in the book ''The Mote in God's Eye'' *
Langston Graham Langston Graham is a fictional recurring character in the NBC television series ''Chuck''. Graham was the director of the CIA, and oversaw Operation Bartowski, a fictional top-secret project to guard Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) and the Intersec ...
, a fictional character from the television series ''Chuck'' * Raymond Langston, a fictional character from the television series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' *Sally Langston, a fictional character from the television series ''Scandal'' *Baby Langston, "Sugarland Express"


See also

* Lanston {{Given name, type=both