# Lange (surname)

Lange (/ˈlæŋ/, rarely /ˈlɒŋi/; German:) 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
* Katrin Lange (born 1971), German politician
* 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
* Mike Lange (1948–2025), American sportscaster
* 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