Robert Langdon

Robert Langdon is the protagonist of the Dan Brown novels Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, and Inferno as well as the movies and video games based upon those novels.

Langdon was born on June 22 in Exeter, New Hampshire. Growing up he attended the Phillip Exeter Academy. He became claustrophobic after falling into a well at the age of seven. At the age of nine he was given a Mickey Mouse watch by his parents that he would wear well into adulthood. His father died when Langdon was twelve. Langdon was raised a Catholic but feels that true faith is a gift he hasn't yet received.

In adulthood Langdon became a professor of religious iconology and symbology, teaching at Harvard University.