Banton may refer to:
Places
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Banton, Romblon
Banton, officially the Municipality of Banton ( Bantoanon: ''Banwa it Banton'', Filipino: ''Bayan ng Banton'', formerly known as Jones), is a municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
, island municipality in the Philippines
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Banton, North Lanarkshire
Banton is a small village situated near Kilsyth in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
History
The Covenanter army under General William Baillie formed near Banton for their engagement with the Royalist forces under the command of Montrose at the Ba ...
, a village near the town of Kilsyth, Scotland
People
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Bernie Banton
Bernard Douglas Banton AM (13 October 1946 – 27 November 2007) was an Australian builder and, later, social justice campaigner for asbestos-related diseases. He was the widely recognised face of the legal and political campaign to achieve co ...
, Australian asbestosis victims campaigner
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Buju Banton
Mark Anthony Myrie (born 15 July 1973),Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, known professionally as Buju Banton, is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer. He is one of the most significant and well-re ...
, Jamaican dancehall deejay and singer
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Burro Banton
Burro Banton (born Donovan Spalding; 27 December 1956 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a dancehall reggae deejay popular in the mid-1980s and 1990s.
He is most famous for his anthem "Boom Wah Dis", which was recorded on the Steely & Clevie riddim calle ...
, Jamaican dancehall deejay
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Dalano Banton
Dalano Banton ( ; born November 7, 1999), nicknamed D.B. Hooper, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hill ...
(born 1999), Canadian basketball player
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Hugh Banton
Hugh Robert Banton (born 25 April 1949) is a British musician and electronic Organ (music), organ builder, most widely known for playing organ and keyboards with the group Van der Graaf Generator.
Career
Banton was born in April 1949 in Yeovil, ...
(born 1949), British organist and organ builder
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Michael Banton
Michael Parker Banton CMG, FRAI (8 September 1926 – 22 May 2018) was a British social scientist, known primarily for his publications on racial and ethnic relations. He was also the first editor of ''Sociology'' (1966-1969).
Education
B ...
(1926–2018), British social scientist
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Pato Banton
Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray; 28 January 1961) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. He received the nickname Pato Banton from his stepfather: its first name derives from the sound of a Jamaican owl calling "patoo, patoo", ...
(born 1961), British reggae singer and deejay
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Solo Banton
Edward Ronald Browne, known professionally as Solo Banton, is a dub-reggae and dancehall artist based in the United Kingdom. He has released four albums highlighting a range of influences including roots reggae, dancehall, soul music, and hip-h ...
, dub-reggae and dancehall artist
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Starkey Banton
Starkey Banton aka Starkey Super (born David Murray, 15 November 1962) is a British reggae deejay known for his "cultural" lyrics, active since the mid-1970s.
Biography
Born in Hammersmith, London, in 1962, Murray began performing in the mid-1970s ...
(born 1962), British reggae deejay
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Tom Banton
Thomas Banton (born 11 November 1998) is an English cricketer. He made his international debut for the England cricket team in November 2019.
Domestic and franchise career
Banton made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Somerset in the 2017 NatWest ...
(born 1998), English cricketer
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