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 meanin ...

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

Imperial ban The imperial ban () 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 the '' Reichskammerg ...

(''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'', literally king's ban ({{langx, la, bannus, more rarely ''bannum'', from the OHG: ''ban''), was the exercise of royal jurisdiction in the Holy Roman Empire. A specific ban (German: ''Bann'') identified: * the actual order or prohi ...

(''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 or "

banning order This is a selection of people subject to a "banning order" by the apartheid-era South African government. Banning was a repressive and extrajudicial measure used by the South African apartheid regime (1948–1994) against its political opponent ...

" could be served on people in apartheid-era South Africa

Internet

* Ban (Internet), the banning of individual users from websites *

Body Area Network A body area network (BAN), also referred to as a wireless body area network (WBAN), a body sensor network (BSN) or a medical body area network (MBAN), is a wireless network of wearable computing devices. BAN devices may be embedded inside the bod ...

, a wireless network of wearable computing devices * IP ban, a block set up by a server or website that blocks requests originating from particular IP addresses or ranges of addresses * Shadow ban or stealth ban, a practice used in managing online communities

People

Ban (Chinese surname) Ban is the Standard Chinese, 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 Chinese classics, classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames ...

, a Chinese surname * Ban (Korean name), a Korean surname and element in given names **

Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon (born 13 June 1944) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations between 2007 and 2016. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Ban was the South Korean minister ...

, United Nations Secretary-General *

King Ban Ban of Benoic (Old French: ''Ban de Bénoïc'') is a character in Arthurian legend. King Ban first appeared by this name in the ''Lancelot propre'' part of the 13th-century French Vulgate Cycle as the ruler of the realm in France named (Bénoïc; ...

, a king from the Matter of Britain *

Ban (title) Ban () was the title of local rulers or officeholders, similar to viceroy, used in several states in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 20th centuries. The most common examples have been found in ...

, a noble title used in Central and Southeastern Europe (Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Hungary) **

Ban of Bosnia This is a list of monarchs of Bosnia, containing bans and kings of Medieval Bosnia; Bosnia (early medieval), Banate of Bosnia, Kingdom of Bosnia. Duke (1084–1095) Bans (1154–1377) Kings and queen (1377–1463) All Bosnian kings added t ...

Ban of Croatia Ban of Croatia () 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 Ban (title), bans as a ruler's representative (viceroy) and sup ...

* Lynn Ban (1973–2025), Singapore-born jewelry designer * Marijan Ban (born 1963), Croatian musician, frontman of the rock band ''Daleka obala'' *

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 Pe ...

(1818–1903), Serbo-Croatian poet *

Mitrofan Ban Mitrofan Ban (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Митрофан Бан; 15 May 1841 – 30 September 1920) was Bishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro, and exarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was also Archimandrite of the ...

(1841–1920), Serbian-Montenegrin cleric *

Nenad Ban Nenad Ban is a biochemist born in Zagreb, Croatia who currently works at the ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, as a professor of Structural Molecular Biology. He is a pioneer in studying gene expression mechanisms and the particip ...

(born 1966), Croatian biochemist *

Oana Ban Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired Romanian people, Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist with the team and a world silver medalist on beam and with the team. Her best events were the floor an ...

(born 1986), Romanian artistic gymnast * Olga Ban (1926–1943), Croatian partisan *

Shigeru Ban Biography
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(born 1957), Japanese architect * Y Ban (born 1961), real name Phạm Thị Xuân Ban, Vietnamese writer *

Zoran Ban Zoran Ban (born 27 May 1973) is a Croatian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He played a match against Estonia in 1994 for the U-21 team of Croatia. Career statistics Club Honours Genk * Belgian Cup The Belgian Cu ...

(born 1973), Croatian football player

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, Benson or Ebenezer, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin ...

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

Bănișor Bănișor () is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hunga ...

Commune, Sălaj County, Romania * Ban (river), a river in Sălaj County, Romania * Ban, habitation in Thai

muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...

* Ban, a settlement in

Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...

, Malaysia * Ban, Kubu, Karangasem, a village in Bali * Bans, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India

Codes

Balinese language Balinese is an Austronesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi. Most Balinese speakers also use Indonesian. The 2000 national census recorded 3.3 ...

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

Banbury railway station Banbury railway station serves the historic market town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. The station is a stop on the Chiltern Main Line; it is operated by Chiltern Railways and has four platforms in use. History Banbury Bridge Street stat ...

in the county of Oxfordshire, UK * BAN, the Chapman code for

Banffshire Banffshire (; ; ) is a historic county in Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975. Since 1996 the area has been spli ...

, historic county in Scotland * BAN, the IOC code for

Bangladesh at the Olympics Bangladesh has competed in every summer Olympic Games since 1984, but has never participated in the Winter Olympics. Bangladesh competed as part of British India prior to 1947 and Pakistan prior to 1971. As of 2024, no athlete competing for Bangla ...

* BAN, the IATA code for Basongo Airport 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 (musical instrument), 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.''Comprehensive Introduction t ...

, 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 ...

, a logarithmic unit of information or weight of evidence * Ban (deodorant), a brand name deodorant & antiperspirant * Ban (plural: ''bani''), a coin, the 1/100 part of a

Romanian leu The Romanian leu (, plural lei ; ISO code: RON; numeric code: 946) is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 (, singular: ), a word that also means "money" in the Romanian language. Etymology The name of the currency means "lio ...

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

* "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, Washingto ...

British Approved Name A British Approved Name (BAN) is the official, non-proprietary, or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia (BP). The BAN is also the official name used in some countries around the world, because ...

, for a pharmaceutical substance *

Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic Burrows–Abadi–Needham logic (also known as the BAN logic) is a set of rules for defining and analyzing information exchange protocols. Specifically, BAN logic helps its users determine whether exchanged information is trustworthy, secured agains ...

, BAN logic, used to analyze authentication protocols *

Muban Muban (; , ) is the lowest Administrative divisions of Thailand, administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet (place), hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74 ...

, or Ban for short, is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand * "B.A.N." (Atlanta), an episode of the American TV series ''Atlanta'' * "B.A.N.", a song by

Saweetie Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (; also pronounced as simply "sweetie"), is an American rapper and singer. Her 2017 debut single, "Icy Grl", received RIAA certification, double platinum cer ...

Fictional characters

* Ban (''The Seven Deadly Sins''), a character in the manga series ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' * Ban Mido, a character in the manga series ''GetBackers'' * BanBan Akaza, nicknamed Ban, a character in the television series ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger''