Langdon (surname)
Langdon is an surname of English origin. It originates as a toponymic surname from any of various places called "Langdon" or similar in England, such as in the counties of Devon, Dorset, Essex, or Kent.[1] The name ultimately derives from the Old English lang, meaning "long"; and dun, meaning "hill".[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Charles C. Langdon, American politician
- Chauncey Langdon (1763–1830), American politician, lawyer and judge
- Craig Langdon (born 1957), Australian politician
- Darren Langdon (born 1971), Canadian former National Hockey League player
- David Langdon (1914–2011), English cartoonist
- Elisha Bassett Langdon (1827–1867), American brevet brigadier general and Ohio state representative
- Emma F. Langdon (1875–1937), American union activist
- Genevieve Langdon, British explosives expert
- George C. Langdon (1833–1909), mayor of Detroit (1878-1879)
- Harry Langdon (1884–1944), American comedian and silent-movie actor
- Harry Langdon Jr. (born 1934), American photographer and son of above
- Jeffrey Langdon (born 1975), Canadian figure skater
- Joan Langdon (1922–2022), Canadian competitive swimmer and breaststroke
- John Langdon (disambiguation)
- Julia Langdon (born c. 1946), British journalist, newspaper political editor and writer
- Lillian Langdon (1860–1943), American film actress of the silent era
- Margaret Langdon (died 2005), linguist
- Mary Joy Langdon (born 1951), British nun
- Michael Langdon (1920–1991), British bass singer
- Oliver Langdon, Canadian educator and former politician
- Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), wife of American writer and humorist Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), maiden name Langdon
- Reuben Langdon, American actor and stuntman
- Richard Langdon (1729–1803), British cathedral organist
- Royston Langdon (born 1972), lead singer and bassist of the British glam rock band Spacehog
- Samuel Langdon (1723–1797), American Congregational clergyman, educator and president of Harvard University
- Shawn Langdon, American drag racer and winner of the 2013 NHRA Top Fuel championship
- Stephen Herbert Langdon (1876–1937), American-born British Assyriologist
- Steven W. Langdon (born 1946), Canadian politician and economist
- Steve J. Langdon (born 1948), American anthropologist
- Steve Langdon (hockey player) (born 1953), Canadian former ice-hockey player
- Sue Ane Langdon (born 1936), American actress
- Thomas Langdon (cricketer) (1879–1944), English cricketer
- Thomas Langdon (MP) for Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
- Tom Langdon (born 1994), Australian rules football player
- Trajan Langdon (born 1976), American retired basketball player
- Verne Langdon (1941–2011), American mask maker, musician, magician, circus clown, make-up artist, and wrestler
- William Chauncy Langdon (1831–1895), American minister important in early history of American YMCA
- William Chauncy Langdon (1871-1947), American historian and writer of historical pageants
- Woodbury Langdon (1739–1805), American merchant, statesman, and justice
Fictional characters:
- Robert Langdon, fictional character created by author Dan Brown
- Dr. Frank Langdon, fictional Emergency Medicine Doctor in the HBO medical drama The Pitt
- Tate Langdon (born 1977), fictional serial killer in the American Horror Story TV series
- Michael Langdon, the antichrist in the American Horror Story TV series
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). "Langdon". The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-967776-4 – via Oxford Reference.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter, eds. (2022). "Langdon". Dictionary of American Family Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024512-2 – via Oxford Reference.