Famous People with Name Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel Pierpont Langley: was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and pioneer of aviation. He graduated from Boston Latin School, was an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, then became chair of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy. In 1867, he became the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professor of astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, a post he kept until 1891 even while he became the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1887. Langley was the founder of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

John Arthur Langley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Arthur Langley: was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.Born in Melrose, Massachusetts, he was a member of the American ice hockey team, which won the silver medal. He died in Eustis, Florida.

John Wesley Langley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Wesley Langley: was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, husband of Katherine Gudger Langley. He was Examiner in the Pension Office and a member of the Board of Pension Appeals, Law Clerk in the General Land Office, and, from 1899 to 1907, Disbursing and Appointment Cler