Ban, or BAN, may refer to:

Law

Ban (law) A ban is a formal or informal prohibition of something. Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory. Some bans in commerce are referred to as embargoes. ''Ban'' is also used as a verb similar in meaning ...

, a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship, being denied from entering or using the place/item **

Imperial ban The imperial ban (german: Reichsacht) was a form of outlawry in the Holy Roman Empire. At different times, it could be declared by the Holy Roman Emperor, by the Imperial Diet, or by courts like the League of the Holy Court (''Vehmgericht'') or t ...

(''Reichsacht''), a form of outlawry in the medieval Holy Roman Empire *

Ban (medieval) In the Middle Ages, the ban (Latin ''bannus'' or ''bannum'', German ''Bann'') or banality (French ''banalité'') was originally the power to command men in war and evolved into the general authority to order and to punish. As such, it was the basis ...

, the sovereign's power to command ** King's ban (''Königsbann''), a royal command or prohibition in the medieval Holy Roman Empire *

Herem (disambiguation) Herem may refer to: * Herem (censure), expulsion from the Jewish community *Herem (war or property), a belief that any property imperiling Jewish religious life should be destroyed *Herem (priestly gift), an object that is devoted to God See also ...

, a Hebrew word usually translated as "the ban" * A ban could be served on people in apartheid-era South Africa

People

Ban (surname) Ban is the Mandarin pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written in Chinese character. It is romanized Pan in Wade–Giles. Ban is listed 235th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames''. It is not among the 300 most comm ...

, a Chinese surname * Ban (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names ** Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General *

King Ban Ban is the King of Benwick or Benoic in Arthurian legend. First appearing by this name in the ''Lancelot propre'' part of the Vulgate Cycle, he is the father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, and is the brother of King Bors. Ban largely cor ...

, a king from the Matter of Britain * Ban (title), a noble title used in Central and Southeastern Europe (Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Hungary) ** Banate of Bosnia **

Ban of Croatia Ban of Croatia ( hr, Hrvatski ban) was the title of local rulers or office holders and after 1102, viceroys of Croatia. From the earliest periods of the Croatian state, some provinces were ruled by bans as a ruler's representative (viceroy) an ...

Matija Ban Matija Ban ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бан; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo- Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik. Ban was born in near ...

, a Croatian poet * Oana Ban, a Romanian artistic gymnast *

Shigeru Ban Biography
, The Hyatt Foundation, retrieved 26 March 2014 is a Japanese architect, known for his i ...

, a Japanese architect *

Y Ban Phạm Thị Xuân Ban (born 1 July 1961, writing as Y Ban) is a Vietnamese writer of short stories, poet and journalist. She published her poetry on her Facebook timeline. Her books ''I am Woman'', 2006 (''I am Đàn bà''), ''Hey, have you r ...

(real name Phạm Thị Xuân Ban), a Vietnamese writer

Places

* Ban, Burkina Faso, a town in Burkina Faso * Bans, Jura, a commune in eastern France * Ban, Murree, a village and UC of Rawalpindi District, Pakistan * Ban, an alternate name of

Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...

, a city in Iran *

Ban, Iran Ban ( fa, بان, also Romanized as Bān; also known as Pām) is a village in Shamsabad Rural District, in the Central District of Arak County, Markazi Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ca ...

, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Ban, a village in

Bănișor Bănișor ( hu, Alsóbán) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern ...

Commune, Sălaj County, Romania *

Ban (river) The Ban is a left tributary of the river Crasna in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulga ...

, a river in Sălaj County, Romania * Ban, habitation in Thai muban * Ban, a settlement in

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

, Malaysia *

Ban, Kubu, Karangasem Ban (alternately Desa Ban) is a village in Kubu District, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists o ...

, a village in Bali *

Bans, Raebareli Bans is a village located in Sataon block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India. As of 2011, its population is 1,341, in 244 households. It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities. The 1961 census recorded Bans as comprising ...

, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Internet

Ban (Internet) On the Internet, a block or ban is a technical measure intended to restrict access to information or resources. Blocking and its inverse, unblocking, may be implemented by the owners of computers using software. Some countries, notably China a ...

, the banning of individual users from websites * Body Area Network, a wireless network of wearable computing devices * IP address blocking, a block set up by a server or website that blocks requests originating from particular IP addresses or ranges of addresses *

Stealth banning Shadow banning, also called stealth banning, hellbanning, ghost banning and comment ghosting, is the practice of blocking or partially blocking a user or the user's content from some areas of an online community in such a way that the ban is not ...

or shadow banning, a practice used in managing online communities

Codes

* Balinese language (ISO 639-2 and -3 code "ban"), spoken in Indonesia *BAN, the National Rail code for

Banbury railway station Banbury railway station serves the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. The station is operated by Chiltern Railways, on the Chiltern Main Line, and has four platforms in use. History Banbury Bridge Street station opened on 2 September 18 ...

in the county of Oxfordshire, UK *BAN, the Chapman code for Banffshire, historic county in Scotland *BAN, the IOC code for

Bangladesh at the Olympics Bangladesh has competed in every Olympic Games since 1984, with Bangladesh competing as part of India prior to 1947 and Pakistan prior to 1972. The nation never won a medal in the Summer Olympics and has never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. ...

*BAN, the IATA code for

Basongo Airport Basongo Airport is an airport serving Basongo, a village on the Kasai River in Kasaï Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The runway is east of the village. See also * * * List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Tr ...

in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other

* An alternate spelling for "bann" as in

banns of marriage The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and thence in Old French), are the public announcement in a Christian parish church, or in the town cou ...

Paiban The ''paiban'' () is a clapper made from several flat pieces of hardwood or bamboo (or, formerly, sometimes also ivory or metal), which is used in many different forms of Chinese music. There are many different types of ''paiban'', and the instr ...

, a clapper used in Chinese music, alternately called BAN) *

Ban (unit) The hartley (symbol Hart), also called a ban, or a dit (short for decimal digit), is a logarithmic unit that measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. One hartley is the information content of an event if th ...

, a logarithmic unit of information or weight of evidence *

Ban (deodorant) Mum was the first brand of commercial deodorant. Containing a zinc compound as its active ingredient, it was developed in Philadelphia in 1888.Joey Green (2004) ''Joey Green's Incredible Country Store: Potions, Notions, and Elixirs of the Past--And ...

, a brand name deodorant & antiperspirant * Ban (plural: ''bani''), a coin, the 1/100 part of a Romanian leu or

Moldovan leu The leu (sign: L; ISO 4217 code: MDL) is the currency of Moldova. Like the Romanian leu, the Moldovan leu ( lei) is subdivided into 100 bani ( ban). The name of the currency originates from a Romanian word which means "lion". Etymology The name ...

* "Ban" (song), a 2021 single by Sakurazaka46 *

Basel Action Network The Basel Action Network (BAN), a charitable non-governmental organization, works to combat the export of toxic waste from technology and other products from industrialized societies to developing countries. BAN is based in Seattle, Washington, ...

* British Approved Name, for a pharmaceutical substance * Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic, BAN logic, used to analyse authentication protocols * Muban, or Ban for short, the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand * "B.A.N." (Atlanta), an episode of American TV series ''Atlanta'' * "B.A.N.", a song by

Saweetie Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (), is an American rapper. After the release of her debut single "Icy Grl" in 2017, she was signed to her then-manager Max Gousse's record label Artistry Wo ...

Fictional characters

* Akaza BanBan, nicknamed Ban, a character in ''

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger is the twenty-eighth production of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries produced by Toei. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2004 Super Hero Time block with '' Kamen Rider Blade''. The action footage from the show was used for the American series, ' ...

'' * Ban Mido, a main character of the ''GetBackers'' series * Ban: Fox's Sin of Greed, a sin from ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2014 TV series)