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]

• 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
• 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

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