Langlois

Langlois or L'Anglois is a surname of French origin. It may refer to:

• Aimé Langlois (1880–1954), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Al Langlois (born 1934), 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
• Hippolyte Langlois (1839–1912), French general and writer on military science
• Jean François Langlois (born 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) (born 1926), 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 (born 1936), 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.

See also

• Langlois de Sézanne (1757–1845), French portraitist and pastel artist
• Langlois, Oregon, unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast
• Langlois Bridge, drawbridge in Arles, France, subject of several paintings by Vincent van Gogh in 1888
  • Langlois Bridge at Arles (Van Gogh series)
• Daniel Langlois Foundation, non-profit, philanthropic organization
• Langlois reagent, Sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate (CF₃SO₂Na), the sodium salt of trifluoromethanesulfinic acid
• Langloisia