# Langlois

Langlois or L'Anglois is a surname of French origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* Aimé Langlois (1880–1954), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Al Langlois (1934–2020), Canadian ice hockey player
* Alexandre Langlois (1788–1854), French Indologist and translator
* Anabelle Langlois (born 1981), Canadian pairs figure skater
* Bruno Langlois (born 1979), Canadian racing cyclist
* Charles Langlois (actor) (1692–1762), French actor who spent a large part of his career in Sweden
* Charles Langlois (politician) (born 1938), member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993
* Charles-Victor Langlois (1863–1929) French historian and paleographer who taught at the Sorbonne
* Charlie Langlois (1894–1965), Canadian professional hockey player
* Chibly Langlois (born 1958), Haitian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Christian Langlois (born 1963), Film director from Montreal, Canada
* Daniel Langlois, Canadian media company founder and philanthropist
* Denis Langlois (born 1968), French race walker
* Ernest Langlois (1857–1924), French medievalist, professor at the University of Lille
* Espérance Langlois (1805–1864), French painter and printmaker
* Esther Langlois (1571–1624), Scottish miniaturist, embroiderer, calligrapher, translator and writer
* Étienne, stage name of Steven Langlois (born 1971), Warner Music Canada recording artist
* Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois (3 August 1777 – 29 September 1837), French painter, draftsman, engraver and writer
* François Langlois (born 1948), Canadian politician and lawyer
* François L’Anglois (1589–1647) a French painter, engraver, printer, bookseller, publisher and art dealer
* Godfroy Langlois (1866–1928), politician, journalist and lawyer in Quebec
* Henri Langlois (1914–1977), pioneer of film preservation and restoration
* Henri Delisle Langlois, Canadian drag queen
* Hippolyte Langlois (1839–1912), French general and writer on military science
* Jean François Langlois (1808–?), New Zealand whaler and coloniser
* Jean Langlois (1824–1886), Quebec lawyer, professor, and political figure
* Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870), French soldier and painter
* Joseph Langlois (1909–1964), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Joseph-Alphonse Langlois (1860–1927), politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA)
* Léopold Langlois (1913–1996), Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian
* Lisa Langlois (born 1959), Canadian actress
* Lloyd Langlois (born 1962), Canadian freestyle skier
* Pascal Langlois, English actor, played supporting roles in television dramas since 1999
* Paul Langlois (born 1964), Canadian guitarist
* Paul Langlois (Canadian politician) (1926–2012), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Philippe Langlois (1817–1884), Norman language writer in Jèrriais
* Pierre Langlois (canoer) (born 1958), French sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1980s
* Pierre Langlois (economist), Canadian economist and political strategist
* Pierre Langlois (politician) (1750–1830), merchant and political figure in Lower Canada
* Polyclès Langlois (29 September 1814 – 30 November 1872), French writer, cartoonist and painter
* Raymond Langlois (1936–1996), Ralliement créditiste and Social Credit party member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Richard Normand Langlois (born 1952), American economist and currently professor
* Stephen Langlois, Chicago area chef and author of Prairie: Cuisine from the Heartland (1991)
* Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776–1869), Irish-Huguenot politician and judge
* Yves Langlois (born 1947), member of terrorist group Front de libération du Québec

## Etymology

The name comes from the French language. Langlois is a contracted form of L'Anglois. L’ is a contraction of the masculine definite article "le" and is translated as "the". Anglois is a disused French form of "anglais", the adjective of "Angleterre", England.