# Langley (surname)

Langley is a habitational surname from any of the numerous places named with Old English Lang (meaning ‘long’) + lēah (meaning ‘wood’ or ‘glade’)

## List of people with this surname

* A. DeWade Langley, American police officer
* Ambrose Langley (1870–1937), English football manager
* Anthony Langley (born 1954) British businessman
* Arthur Langley, previously Arthur Longbottom (footballer) (1933–2023), English football manager
* Batty Langley (1696–1751), English garden designer
* Bob Langley (born 1939), English TV presenter
* Brendan Langley (born 1994), American football player
* Brian Langley, American politician
* Bruno Langley (born 1983), English actor
* Chris Langley (born 1980), English rugby league player
* Clint Langley (born 1970), English comic-book artist
* Desmond Langley (1930–2008), English army officer
* Donna Langley-Shamshiri (born 1968), British movie executive and Chairwoman of Universal Pictures
* Dorothy Langley (1904–1969), American author
* Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), English prince
* Elizabeth Langley (born 1933), Canadian performer, choreographer, teacher and dramaturge
* Elmo Langley (1928–1996), American NASCAR driver
* Elizabeth Langley, née Elizabeth Cass (1863–1954), English victim of controversial court proceedings in 1887
* Esme Langley (1919–1991), English writer
* Eve Langley (1908 – c.1974), Australian novelist and poet
* Francis Langley (1548–1602), English theatre producer
* Frank Langley (1882–1946), Australian VFL football player
* Gary Langley (born 1984), English rugby league player
* Geoffrey of Langley (fl. 1270–1294), English knight
* Gerard Langley, English musician with The Blue Aeroplanes
* Gil Langley (1919–2001), Australian cricketer
* Gill Langley (born 1952), British writer and animal-rights activist
* Harold D. Langley (1925–2020), American historian
* Harry Langley, English architect
* Henry Langley (disambiguation), several people
* Isaiah Langley (born 1996), American football player
* J. Batty Langley (1834–1914), English politician
* James Langley, (1916–1983), British soldier and intelligence officer
* Jamie Langley (born 1983), English rugby league player
* Jamie Langley (Miss Alabama) (born 1984), American broadcaster
* Jane Pickens Langley (1907–1982), American singer
* Jim Langley (1929–2007), English footballer
* John Langley (disambiguation), several people
* Katherine G. Langley (1888–1948), American congresswoman
* Kevin Langley (born 1964), English footballer
* Lee Langley, Scottish/Indian author
* Lesley Langley (born 1944), English beauty queen
* Matthew Langley, American photographer
* Michael Langley, American Lt. Gen.
* Mick Langley (died 2018), British snooker player
* Monica Langley, American journalist
* Morgan Langley (producer) (born 1974), American TV producer
* Morgan Langley (soccer) (born 1989), American soccer player
* Neva Jane Langley (1933–2012), American beauty queen
* Noel Langley (1911–1980), South African playwright
* Orville Edwin Langley (1908–1973), American judge
* R. F. Langley (Roger Francis Langley, 1938–2011), English poet
* Richard Langley (born 1979), Jamaican footballer
* Richard Langley (martyr) (died 1586), English martyr
* Richard Langley (priest) (1563–1615), Head Master of Eton College from 1591 to 1611
* Roger Langley (disambiguation), several people
* Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834–1906), scientist and early experimenter in crewed flight
* Scott Langley (born 1989), American golfer
* Thomas Langley (disambiguation), several people
* Tommy Langley (born 1958), English footballer
* Walter Langley (1852–1922), English artist
* Walter B. Langley (1921–1976), New York state senator

## Fictional characters

* Asuka Langley Soryu, a character from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
* Cal Langley, a character from Roswell
* Paul Langley (Waterloo Road), a character from Waterloo Road
* The foster name of Princess Arianna, a character from the book series Unicorns of Balinor