Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), African-American poet, novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist

Langston is a surname of English origin:

Langston, Oklahoma

John Mercer Langston (1829-1897), U.S. civil rights pioneer, first African American member of Congress

Langston University

Langston, Alabama

Mark Langston (1960 - ), All-star Major League Baseball pitcher

Dr. Michael A. Langston, computer scientist in field of bioinformatics and computational biology

Langston Field, a fictional technology found in the book The Mote in God's Eye