Bane may refer to:

Fictional characters

Bane (DC Comics) Bane is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan, the character first appeared in ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' #1 (January 1993). He is regarded as one of Batman ...

, an adversary of Batman * Bane (''Harry Potter''), a centaur in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Bane (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film trilogy * Bane the Druid, a Guardian in the ''Legacy of Kain'' franchise * Darth Bane, a Sith Lord from the ''Star Wars'' franchise *

Cad Bane Cad Bane is a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. Created by George Lucas, Dave Filoni and Henry Gilroy, he first appeared in the animated series '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (voiced by Corey Burton). Burton would return to voice Ban ...

, famous bounty hunter from the ''Star Wars'' franchise * The Bane, a character in ''The Underland Chronicles'' novel series * Bane, a character in '' Ten Gentlemen from West Point'' (1942)

Music

Bane (band) Bane is an American hardcore punk band that began in 1995 as a side project between Aaron Dalbec (then of Converge) and Damon Bellorado. Dalbec approached Matt Firestone to sing and they played under the moniker of Gateway for a few shows, befo ...

, a hardcore punk band formed in 1995 * ''Bane'', a Joey Arkenstat album produced in 2004 by

Mike Gordon Michael Eliot Gordon (born June 3, 1965) is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker ('' Rising Low'', '' Outs ...

* "Bane", a song by D12 from '' Shady XV'', 2014 * "Bane", a song by alt-J from '' The Dream'', 2022

Places

Africa

* Bane, Nigeria, a village in Nigeria *

Bané Department Bané is a department or commune of Boulgou Province in eastern Burkina Faso. Its capital lies at the town of Bané. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 34,507. Towns and villages * Bané (1 095 inhabitants ...

, one of the 13 departments of the Boulgou Province of Burkina Faso ** Bané, a town in the Bané Department

Asia

* Bane, Iran, a city in Kurdistan Province * Bane, Lebanon, a village in Bsharri District

Elsewhere

Bane, West Virginia Bane is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The Un ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States * Bane, Velike Lašče, a village in the Municipality of Velike Lašče, southern Slovenia

Other uses

Bane (plant) The term bane (from , meaning "thing causing death, poison"), in botany, is an archaic element in the common names of plants known to be toxic or poisonous. In the Middle Ages, several poisonous plants of the genus ''Aconitum'' were thought to ha ...

, an element in the common names of several species of plants, referring to their poisonous nature, whether actual or imagined * "Bane" (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' *

Bane people The Beti-Pahuin are a Bantu ethnic group located in Center region of Cameroon. Though they separate themselves into several individual clans, they all share a common origin, history and culture. Estimated to be well over 8 million individuals i ...

, a Central African ethnicity

People with the name

Given name or nickname

* Bane (), a nickname for the Slavic given name

Branislav Branislav () is a Czech, Croatian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene and Ukrainian given name. It also appears in Polish as Bronisław, in Russian as ''Bronislav,'' and Ukrainian as ''Boronyslav.'' The name is derived from the Slavic elements bran ...

Bane Jelic Bane may refer to: Fictional characters * Bane (DC Comics), an adversary of Batman * Bane (''Harry Potter''), a centaur in the ''Harry Potter'' series * Bane (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film trilogy * Bane the Druid, a Gua ...

(born 1967), Serbian musician, painter, and writer *

Branislav Kerac Branislav Kerac (; born September 7, 1952, Novi Sad) is a Serbian comic book creator, known best for his series '' Cat Claw''. In the US he also published under his pseudonym H.M. Baker. Credits in American comics include '' The Black Pearl'' and ...

(born 1952), Serbian comic book creator *

Branislav Prelević Branislav Prelević or Mpranislav Prelevits ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Прелевић, ; born 19 December 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Bane ( sr-Cyrl, Бане ...

(born 1966), Serbian basketball player *

Branislav Sekulić Branislav "Bane" Sekulić (; 29 October 1906 – 24 September 1968) was a Yugoslav football manager and player. Career He began playing with the youth team of Javor Beograd before moving to Dušanovac. Being only 15 he became senior and the yo ...

(1906 – 1968), Serbian football player *

Branislav Trifunović Branislav "Bane" Trifunović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав "Бане" Трифуновић; born 16 January 1978), is a Serbian actor and film producer. Trifunović made numerous award-winning appearances in films, including '' Goose Feather'', ...

(born 1978), Serbian actor and film producer *

Bane Vasic Bane Vasic is an engineer at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2012 for his contributions to coding theory and its applications in data storage Dat ...

, American engineer

Surname

* Charles A. Bane (1913 – 1998), American lawyer and civil rights activist * Charles Bane Jr. (born 1951), American poet * Cormac Bane, Irish football player * Desmond Bane, American basketball player * Eddie Bane (born 1952), American baseball player * Honey Bane (born 1964), English singer and actress * Howard Bane (1927-2007), American intelligence officer * James Bane (died 1332), Bishop of St. Andrews * Jonas Bane (born 1987), Swedish actor * Jonathan Bane (born 1991), American football player * Margaret Bane (1542 – 1597), Scottish midwife and alleged witch * Mary Jo Bane, American political scientist * Tom Bane (1913 – 1999), American politician * William Patterson Bane (1843 – 1912), American soldier, claimed to be the tallest one to have fought in the American Civil War