Lange (, rarely ; German: ) is a surname derived from the German word lang "long". Notable people with the surname include:
Alex Lange (born 1995), American baseball player Algot Lange (1884 – after 1941), Swedish explorer André Lange (born 1973), German bobsleigher Andrew E. Lange (1957–2010), American astronomer Antoni Lange (1863–1929), Polish poet Artie Lange (born 1967), American comedian Bill Lange (disambiguation) Carl Lange (disambiguation) Christian Lange (born 1967), German politician Christian Lous Lange (1869–1938), Norwegian politician and Nobel Prize winner Corinna Lange (born 1986), German politician Dagmar Lange (1914–1991), Swedish crime novelist Darren Lange (born 1971), Australian swimmer David Lange (1942–2005), Prime Minister of New Zealand (surname pronounced as long-ee) David Hadley Lange (born 1947), Canadian politician for Saskatchewan Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), American 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), American actress Ina Lange (1846—1930), Finnish writer, pianist and music historian Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864–1941), Danish mycologist Jesper Lange (born 1986), Danish footballer Jessica Lange (born 1949), American 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 theologian and philosopher Johann Peter Lange (1802–1884), German theologian John Lange, pen name of Michael Crichton (1942–2008), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter John E. Lange (born 1949), American administrator John Frederick Lange Jr. (born 1931), professor and writer, better known by his pen name John Norman 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) (born 1974), British DJ Lola Lange (1922–2013), Canadian feminist Ludwig Lange (architect) (1808–1868), German architect and landscape designer Ludwig Lange (philologist) (1825–1885), German philologist and archaeologist Ludwig Lange (physicist) (1863–1936), German physicist Luise Lange (1891–1978), German physicist Marilyn Lange (born 1952), 1975 Playboy Magazine Playmate Of The Year Marita Lange (1943–2025), German shot putter Mary Elizabeth Lange (1784–1882), foundress of Oblate Sisters of Providence 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 Norah Lange (1905–1972), Argentine author Oliver Lange (1927–2013), life-long pen name of American novelist John Warren Wadleigh Oscar V. Lange (1853–1913), American 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, and Holocaust perpetrator Samuel Gotthold Lange (1711–1781), German poet Santiago Lange (born 1961), Argentine sailor Simone Lange (born 1976), German politician Ted Lange (born 1948), American 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, DeLange, Dutch surname Lang (surname) Langer (surname) Laing (surname)