Langston is a name of English origin. People with the name include: People with the given name Langston Galloway (born 1991), American basketball player Langston Hall (born 1991), American basketball player Langston Hughes (1902–1967), African-American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist Langston Walker (born 1979), American football player Langston Moore (born 1981), American football player People with the surname Big E Langston (born 1986), American professional wrestler Charles Henry Langston (1817–1892), African-American abolitionist and political activist Clinton Langston (born 1962), British Anglican priest and military chaplain Dicey Langston (1766–1837), Patriot spy at the time of the American Revolution Grant Langston (motorcyclist) (born 1982), South African motocross champion Grant Langston (musician) (born 1966), American singer-songwriter John Langston (MP) (–1812), English merchant banker and politician, Member of Parliament (MP) 1784–1807 John Mercer Langston (1829–1897), U.S. civil rights pioneer, first African-American member of Congress Mark Langston (born 1960), Major League Baseball pitcher Michael Langston, computer scientist in field of bioinformatics and computational biology Murray Langston, Canadian-American known as The Unknown Comic Peter Langston (born 1946), computer programmer Wann Langston, Jr. (1921–2013), American paleontologist William Langston, American neurologist People with the middle name John Langston Gwaltney (1928–1998), African-American writer and anthropologist Jamie Langston Turner (born 1949), American novelist Fictional characters Howard Langston, a fictional character from the 1996 film Jingle All the Way Langston Wilde Cramer, a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live Langston Field, a fictional technology found in the book The Mote in God's Eye Langston Graham, a fictional character from the television series Chuck Raymond Langston, a fictional character from the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sally Langston, a fictional character from the television series Scandal Baby Langston, "Sugarland Express" See also Lanston