Langen (surname)

Langen, van Langen or von Langen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Birgit Collin-Langen (born 1956), German politician
• Carl Freiherr von Langen (1887–1934), German equestrian who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
• Christoph Langen (born 1962), German bobsledder
• Dexter Langen (born 1980), German footballer
• Dirk Reinhard Adelbert van Langen (1898–1983), a member of the Chief of Staff of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
• Ellen van Langen (born 1966), Dutch athlete
• Eugen Langen (1833–1895), German entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal monorail
• Ivar Langen (born 1942), rector at the University of Stavanger in Norway
• Joseph Langen (1837–1901), German theologian
• Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (1913–1976), U.S. Representative from Minnesota
• Philipp Langen (born 1986), German footballer
• Rudolph von Langen (1438 or 1439–1519), German Catholic divine, who helped introduced Humanistic ideas to the town of Munster
• Werner Langen (born 1949), German politician and Member of the European Parliament