Long (surname)
The Longs in Ireland got their names from a number of different origins. Some are of English, Scottish and Norman descent. The Norman de Long and le Lung arrived in the 11th century with the Anglo-Norman conquest in 1066 AD and established in numerous locations. A number of Irish Gaelic septs of O'Longain and O'Longaig contributed to the origin of the name. One sept was located in County Armagh, but the greater numbers were in County Cork at Cannovee and also at Moviddy. The Longs lost all their lands in the upheavals of the 17th century. The name is found in its greatest numbers in Munster, County Cork being most favored. The line of direct descent from the last elected chieftain to the present day is unbroken — the official title is styled "O'Long of Carrenelongy". The Irish origin also comes from "Lonklin" from county Tipperary and Dublin.
A more uncommon origin of the name originates from Scandinavia, More specifically, Sweden. The names Långbäck and Langbekk arrived in the 13th century in Sweden near the border of Norway. Not to be confused with the town Långbäck Långbäck did originate there. Around the Swedish emigration to the United States the name was anglicised from Långbäck to Longback, Long and Longbrook.
For the specific American political dynasty, see Long family.
For the specific English political dynasty, see :Category:Long family of Wiltshire.
For an exhaustive list of people with the surname, see below:
Disambiguation of common given names with this surname
- Arthur Long, multiple people
- Ben Long, multiple people
- Bill Long, multiple people
- Bob Long, multiple people
- Carl Long, multiple people
- Charles Long, multiple people
- Chris Long, multiple people
- Christopher Long, multiple people
- David Long, multiple people
- Doc Long, multiple people
- Earl Long, multiple people
- Ed Long, multiple people
- Eddie Long, multiple people
- Edward Long, multiple people
- George Long, multiple people
- Greg Long, multiple people
- Harold Long, multiple people
- Harry Long, multiple people
- Henry Long, multiple people
- Howard Long, multiple people
- Huey Long, multiple people
- Hugh Long, multiple people
- Jake Long, multiple people
- Jeff Long, multiple people
- James Long, multiple people
- Joe Long, multiple people
- John Long, multiple people
- Joseph Long, multiple people
- Justin Long, multiple people
- Kevin Long, multiple people
- Larry Long, multiple people
- Matthew Long, multiple people
- Max Long, multiple people
- Michael Long, multiple people
- Naomi Long, multiple people
- Pamela Long, multiple people
- Richard Long, multiple people
- Robert Long, multiple people
- Stephen Long, multiple people
- Steven Long, multiple people
- Susan Long, multiple people
- Ted Long, multiple people
- Terry Long, multiple people
- Thomas Long, multiple people
- Theodore Long, multiple people
- Tom Long, multiple people
- Walter Long, multiple people
- William Long, multiple people
Arts and literature
- Bernard Long, British illustrator
- Catharine Long, English novelist
- Edwin Long, English painter
- Frank Belknap Long, American science fiction writer
- Leonard Long, Australian painter
- Ruth Frances Long, Irish author
- Sydney Long, Australian painter
Entertainment
- Avon Long, American Broadway actor and singer
- Audrey Long, American actress
- Brad Long, American actor
- Charlotte Long, English actress, youngest daughter of the 4th Viscount Long
- Dorian Long, character in the American sitcom Moesha, played by Ray J
- Janice Long, BBC radio presenter, sister of Keith Chegwin
- Jodi Long, American actress of Asian descent
- Josie Long, English comedian
- Loretta Long, American actress
- Matt Long, American actor
- Nia Long, American actress
- Pam Long, American actress and writer
- P.W. Long, American musician
- Rob Long, American screenwriter
- Ronald Long, English actor
- Shorty Long, American soul singer
- Shelley Long, American actress
- Tim Long, Canadian comedy writer
History and military
- Anne Long, English celebrated beauty and London society figure
- Armistead L. Long, American Civil War general
- Beeston Long, English businessman
- Catherine Tylney-Long, English heiress
- Eli Long, American Civil War general
- Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long, Texas pioneer
- Pierse Long, American merchant, soldier and politician
- Philip Long, American colonist
Politics
- Benjamin Long, Swiss-born mayor of Dallas, Texas
- Billy Long, U.S. Representative from Missouri
- Breckinridge Long, American diplomat
- Catherine Small Long, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana
- Chester Deming Long, Wisconsin politician
- Chester I. Long, U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Clarence Long, U.S. Representative from Maryland
- Dick Long, Australian politician
- Dudley Long, English Whig politician
- Francis R. Long, eleventh mayor of Kansas City
- Gene Long, Canadian former Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
- Gifford Long, English MP and magistrate
- Gillis William Long, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
- Huey Pierce Long Jr., U.S. Senator and Governor
- Jacob Elmer Long, American politician
- Janet C. Long, Florida politician
- Jefferson F. Long, U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Jill Long Thompson, former U.S. Representative from Indiana
- J. C. Long, Kansas politician
- Lislebone Long, British politician and Speaker in the House of Commons
- Logan Long, American politician
- Marshall Long, American businessman and politician
- Naomi Long MEP, Northern Ireland politician
- Olivier Long, Swiss ambassador
- Oren E. Long, tenth Governor General of Hawaii and inaugural U.S. Senator from Hawaii
- Roderick T. Long, American philosopher
- Rose McConnell Long, American politician; wife of Huey Pierce Long Jr.
- Russell B. Long, American politician, son of Huey and Rose McConnell Long
- Speedy Long, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
- Virginia Long, American counsel and former justice
Science and academic
- Crawford Long, American surgeon and pharmacist, first to use ether as an anaesthetic
- Cyril Norman Hugh Long, English-American biochemist
- Hilario Fernández Long, Argentine structural engineer
- J. Scott Long, American professor of sociology and statistics
- Lois Long, American scientist, illustrator
- Norton E. Long, American author and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- Roger Long, English astronomer
- Scott Long, American human rights activist
Sports
- Asa Long, American checker champion
- Barry Long , Canadian former ice hockey player
- Charlie Long, American football player
- Dale Long, American baseball player
- Emory Long, American baseball player
- Fred Long, Australian rules footballer
- Fred T. Long, American baseball player and college football coach
- Frederick Long , English clergyman and cricketer
- Geoff Long, Australian rules footballer
- Grant Long, American former basketball player
- Herman Long, American baseball player
- Howie Long, American football Hall of Fame player
- Khari Long, American and Canadian football player
- Leo Long, American former javelin thrower
- Maxie Long, American athlete
- Luz Long, German Olympic long-jumper
- Philip Long , American swimmer
- Phillip Long, American soccer player
- Rien Long, former American football player
- Ryan Long, American baseball player
- Sean Long, English rugby player
- Sean Long , Irish footballer
- Shane Long, Irish footballer
- Shawn Long, American basketball player
- Stacy Long, English footballer
- Terrence Long, American baseball player
- Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player
- Tim Long , American football player
Miscellaneous
- Barry Long, Australian spiritualist
- Brad Long, Canadian celebrity chef
- Clarence Hailey Long, Texas rancher, famous as original Marlboro Man
- Gregory Long, eighth president and CEO of the New York Botanical Garden
- Lazarus Long, fictional character of the science-fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein
- Reub Long, Oregon rancher and author
- Zelma Long, American enologist and winemaker