Lange (/ˈlæŋ/, rarely /ˈlɒŋi/; German: [ˈlaŋə]) is a surname derived from the German word lang "long".
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 62.4% of all known bearers of the surname Lange were residents of Germany, 16.7% of the United States, 3.4% of South Africa, 2.5% of Poland, 2.3% of Brazil, 1.9% of France, 1.3% of Denmark, 1.2% of Australia, 1.0% of Canada and 1.0% of the Netherlands.
In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:504) in the following states:
- 1. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:151)
- 2. Brandenburg (1:230)
- 3. Saxony-Anhalt (1:249)
- 4. Saxony (1:276)
- 5. Berlin (1:283)
- 6. Schleswig-Holstein (1:296)
- 7. Bremen (1:335)
- 8. Lower Saxony (1:362)
- 9. Thuringia (1:365)
- 10. Hamburg (1:399)
People
- Alex Lange (born 1995), American baseball pitcher
- Algot Lange (1884 – after 1941), Swedish explorer
- André Lange (born 1973), German bobsledder
- Andrew E. Lange (1957–2010), U.S. astronomer
- Antoni Lange (1863–1929), Polish poet
- Artie Lange (born 1967), U.S. comedian and Stern Show regular
- Bill Lange (disambiguation)
- Carl Lange (disambiguation)
- Christian Lange (born 1967), German politician
- Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938), Norwegian politician and Nobel Prize winner
- Dagmar Lange (1914–1991), Swedish crime novel writer using the pen name Maria Lang aka "Poshs"
- Darren Lange (born 1971), freestyle swimmer from Australia
- David Lange (1942–2005), former Prime Minister of New Zealand (surname pronounced as long-ee)
- David Hadley Lange (born 1947), Canadian politician for Saskatchewan
- Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), U.S. photographer
- Eric Lange (born 1973), American actor
- Friedrich Albert Lange (1828–1875), German philosopher
- Gustav Lange (1830–1889), German composer
- Hans-Dieter Lange (1926-2012), German TV journalist
- Harry Lange (1930–2008), German illustrator and production designer for 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Helene Lange (1848-1930), German activist
- Helmut Lange, World War I flying ace
- Henrik Lange (1908–2000), Swedish lieutenant general
- Herbert Lange (1909–1945), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant and Holocaust perpetrator
- Hope Lange (1933–2003), U.S. film actress
- Ina Lange (1846—1930), Finnish writer, pianist and music historian
- Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864–1941), Danish mycologist
- Jessica Lange (born 1949), U.S. film actress
- Jim Lange (1932–2014), American game show host
- Joep Lange (1954-2014), Dutch clinical researcher specialising in HIV therapy
- Johan Lange (1818–1898), Danish botanist
- Johann Joachim Lange (1670-1744), German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- Johann Peter Lange (1802–1884), German Protestant theologian
- John Lange, pen name of Michael Crichton (1942–2008), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter
- John E. Lange (born 1949), "United States Avian Influenza and Pandemic Ambassador"
- Johnny Lange (1905–2006), songwriter, author and publisher
- Joseph Lange (1751–1831), Vienna actor and painter, brother-in-law to Mozart
- Julius Lange (1817-1878), German landscape painter
- Julius Lange (1838-1896), Danish art historian
- Klaus Lange (born 1995), Argentine sailor
- Lange (musician) (Stuart Langelaan), British DJ
- Lola Lange (1922–2013), Canadian feminist
- Ludwig Lange (physicist) (1863-1936), German physicist
- Ludwig Lange (architect) (1808-1868), German architect and landscape designer
- Ludwig Lange (philologist) (1825-1885), German philologist and archaeologist
- Marilyn Lange (born 1952), 1975 Playboy Magazine Playmate Of The Year
- Max Lange (1832-1899), German chess player
- Michael Lange (born 1950), American television director and music producer
- Morten Lange (1919–2003), Danish mycologist and politician
- Mary Elizabeth Lange (Mother Mary Lange) (1784–1882), foundress of Oblate Sisters of Providence
- Norah Lange (1905–1972), Argentine author
- Oliver Lange (1927–2013), life-long pen name of American novelist John Warren Wadleigh, author of Vandenberg
- Oscar V. Lange (1853–1913), U.S. photographer
- Oskar R. Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat
- Patrick Lange (born 1981), German conductor
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 1948), record producer
- Rudolf Lange (1910 – after 1945), Nazi German SS officer, Holocaust perpetrator, and attendee at the Wannsee Conference
- Samuel Gotthold Lange (1711-1781), German poet
- Santiago Lange (born 1961), Argentine Olympic sailor
- Simone Lange (born 1976), German politician (SPD)
- Ted Lange (born 1948), U.S. actor
- Thomas Lange (disambiguation)
- Thor Lange (disambiguation)
- Ulrich Lange (born 1969), German politician
- Vincent Lange (born 1974), German volleyball player
- Wilfried Lange (1910-1993), German chess master
- Yago Lange (born 1988), Argentine sailor
See also
- Lange (disambiguation)
- Peter Lange-Müller (1850-1926), Danish composer and pianist
- De Lange (surname), Dutch surname
- Lang (surname)
- Langer (surname)
- Laing (surname)
References
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