Langston is a name of English origin. People with the name include:

People with the given name

Langston Galloway Langston Arnold Galloway (born December 9, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Trapani Shark of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played college basketball for the Saint Joseph's Hawks. High school career Galloway attended Chris ...

(born 1991), American basketball player * Langston Hall (born 1991), American basketball player *

Langston Hughes James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. An early innovator of jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harl ...

(1902–1967), African-American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist * Langston Love (born 2002), American basketball player *

Langston Moore Langston Moore (born July 19, 1981) is an American former professional football defensive tackle. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL draft and also played for the Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions and Fl ...

(born 1981), American football player * Langston Walker (born 1979), 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 (born 1962), British Anglican priest and military chaplain * Dicey Langston (1766–1837), Patriot spy at the time of the American Revolution *

Grant Langston (motorcyclist) Grant Langston (born 17 June 1982), is a South African former professional motocross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1998 to 2000 and in the AMA Motocross Championships from 2001 to 2010. He was the 2000 125cc moto ...

(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 1807. ...

(–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 African-American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the d ...

(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 ( ...

(born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Michael Langston Michael Allen Langston is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Tennessee. In several publications with Michael Fellows in the late 1980s, he showed that the Robertson–Seymour theorem could be used to p ...

, 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'', where he usually appeared with a paper bag ov ...

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 (adventure game), Wander'', the original version o ...

(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 Boa ...

, American neurologist

People with the middle name

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 los ...

(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'' *

Langston Wilde This is a list of notable characters from the ABC soap opera ''One Life to Live'' that made their first appearance between 2000 and 2009. Kimberly Andrews Kimberly Andrews (born Aubrey Wentworth) is a fictional character on the American soap ...

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. The CoDominium (CD) is a political alliance and union between the United States and the Soviet Uni ...

, 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 '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' is an American crime drama television series created by Anthony E. Zuiker and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, William Petersen, Cynthia Chvatal, Naren Shankar, and Don Mc ...

, 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"

People with the given name

People with the surname

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Fictional characters

See also