Laban is a French surname. It may refer to:

Places

* Laban-e Olya, a village in Iran * Laban-e Sofla, a village in Iran * Laban, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States * 8539 Laban, main-belt asteroid

People

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Ahmad Abu Laban Ahmad Abu Laban ( ar, أحمد أبو لبن; 1946 – 1 February 2007) was a Danish-Palestinian imam and the leader of the organization The Islamic Society in Denmark. He was a central figure in the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. ...

(1946–2007), Danish imam * Arthur Laban Bates (1859–1934), American politician and representative for Pennsylvania * Joseph Laban, Filipino journalist and filmmaker * Josh Laban (born 1982), Olympic swimmer for U.S. Virgin Islands *

Maurice Laban Maurice Laban (born October 1914 at Biskra, died 5 June 1956 at Boudouane), a pied-noir, was a founding member of the Algerian Communist Party (PCA). In 1936, he joined the International Brigades to fight in the Spanish Civil War. In the mid-1950s ...

(1914–1956), founding member of the Algerian Communist Party * Olivier Laban-Mattei (b. 1977), French documentary photographer *

Rudolf von Laban Rudolf von Laban, also known as Rudolf Laban (German; also ''Rudolph von Laban'', hu, Lábán Rezső János Attila, Lábán Rudolf; 15 December 1879 – 1 July 1958), was an Austro-Hungarian, German and British dance artist, choreographer a ...

, dancer and dance theorist who devised Laban Movement Analysis *

Theodore H. Laban The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike the Japan ...

(1914–1978), American World War II airman *

Vincent Laban Vincent Fabien Laban Bounayre (born 9 September 1984) is a French-born naturalized Cypriot professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Laban began his career with the reserves of Nantes, where he played for three years before moving to Cy ...

(born 1984), French footballer *

Winnie Laban Luamanuvao Dame Winifred Alexandra Laban (born 14 August 1955) is a former New Zealand politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Mana (New Zealand electorate), Mana electorate, representing the New Zealand Labour Party, L ...

(born 1955), New Zealand politician

Forename

Laban (Bible) Laban (Aramaic: ܠܵܒܵܢ; ), also known as Laban the Aramean, is a figure in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. He was the brother of Rebekah, who married Isaac and bore Jacob. Laban welcomed his nephew, and set him the stipulation of sev ...

, a figure in the Book of Genesis *

Laban (Book of Mormon) Laban () is a figure in the First Book of Nephi, near the start of the Book of Mormon, a scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement. Unlike many of the other Book of Mormon characters, Laban neither ends up in the New World, nor is he a Biblical ...

, a figure in the Book of Mormon * Charles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), American politician and congressman for North Carolina *

Laban Ainsworth Laban Ainsworth (July 19, 1757 – March 17, 1858) was an American clergyman and pastor. He holds the record for the longest serving pastorate in American history. He served as pastor in Jaffrey, New Hampshire from 1782 to 1858, a period of 76 y ...

(1757–1858), American pastor * Laban Chege (born 1969), Kenyan long-distance runner * Laban Coblentz (born 1961), American writer and entrepreneur *

Laban Jackson Laban P. Jackson Jr. (born 1942) is an American businessman who is the chairman and CEO of Clear Creek Properties. He was a director of The Home Depot from 2004–2008, and IPIX from 2000–2006. Career In 1965, Jackson graduated from the Unit ...

(born 1943), American businessman * Laban Kagika (born 1978), Kenyan marathon runner *

Laban Moiben Laban Kipkemoi Moiben (born 13 October 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes professionally in marathon races. He has a personal best of 2:09:12.9 hours for the distance and has won marathon races in Montreal, Los Angeles, Sacramen ...

(born 1983), Kenyan marathon runner * Laban T. Moore (1829–1892), American politician and representative for Kentucky * Laban Lacy Rice (1870–1973), American educator and author *

Laban Rotich Laban Rotich (born 20 January 1969 in Mosoriot) is a retired Kenyan runner who specialized in the 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in a ...

(born 1969), Kenyan 1500 metres runner * Laban Wheaton (1754–1846), American politician and representative for Massachusetts

Other uses

* Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (Struggle of Democratic Filipinos), a political party in the Philippines *

Lakas ng Bayan Lakas ng Bayan ( en, Power of the People), abbreviated as Laban, was a political party in the Philippines formed by Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. for the 1978 Interim Batasang Pambansa regional elections. The party had 21 candidates for t ...

(People's Power), a former political party in the Philippines that was known by the acronym, LABAN (meaning "Fight") * Laban sign, a Filipino hand gesture *

Laban (band) Laban was a 1980s synthpop duo consisting of Lecia Jønsson and Ivan Pedersen. Both members were born in Denmark and originally sang in Danish, before moving on to English language releases. They went on to limited international success with th ...

, a 1980s Eurodance duo *

Leben (milk product) The term Leben, variously laban, liben, lben ( ar, لبن) in the Middle East and North Africa, refers to a food or beverage of fermented milk. Generally, there are two main products known as ''leben'': in the Levant region and parts of Arabia, y ...

, buttermilk commonly referred to as laban in the Arabian Peninsula *

Yogurt Yogurt (; , from tr, yoğurt, also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as ''yogurt cultures''. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bac ...

in Levantine and Iraqi Arabic * Laban Movement Analysis, a system for describing movement

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