Ban, or BAN, may refer to:

Law

* Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship, being denied from entering or using the place/item ** Imperial ban (''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 {{Short description, Exercise of royal jurisdiction ''Königsbann'', literally king's ban ( lat, bannus, more rarely ''bannum'', from the OHG: ''ban''), was the exercise of royal jurisdiction in the Holy Roman Empire. A specific ban (German: ''Ban ...

(''Königsbann''), a royal command or prohibition in the medieval Holy Roman Empire * Herem (disambiguation), a Hebrew word usually translated as "the ban" * A

ban Ban, or BAN, may refer to: Law * Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship, being denied from entering or using the place/item ** Imperial ban (''Reichsacht''), a form of outlawry in the medieval Holy Roman ...

could be served on people in apartheid-era South Africa

People

* Ban (surname), a Chinese surname *

Ban (Korean name) Ban, also spelled Bahn or Pan, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write it. Family name Overview The family name Ban is written with either of two hanja, indicating different li ...

, 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 his country's Minister ...

, 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) Ban () was a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. The most common examples have been found in Croatia. Sources The first known mention of the title ''ban'' is in the 1 ...

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

Banate of Bosnia The Banate of Bosnia ( sh, Banovina Bosna / Бановина Босна), or Bosnian Banate (''Bosanska banovina'' / Босанска бановина), was a medieval state based in what is today Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although Hungarian kings ...

** Ban of Croatia *

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 Oana Mihaela Ban (born 11 January 1986 in Cluj-Napoca) is a retired 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 and the balance ...

, a Romanian artistic gymnast * Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect * Y Ban (real name Phạm Thị Xuân Ban), a Vietnamese writer

Places

Ban, Burkina Faso Ban is a town in the Solenzo Department of Banwa Province in western Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali t ...

, a town in Burkina Faso *

Bans, Jura Bans is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Jura department The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura department of France. The ...

, a commune in eastern France *

Ban, Murree Ban is a village and union council of Murree Tehsil in the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the south of the tehsil, and is bounded to the north by Mussiari, to the north-east by Charhan, to the east by Angoori and to the sout ...

, 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, a village in Markazi Province, Iran * Ban, a village in Bănișor Commune, Sălaj County, Romania * Ban (river), a river in Sălaj County, Romania * Ban, habitation in Thai

muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

* Ban, a settlement in

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, 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 M ...

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

Internet

* Ban (Internet), the banning of individual users from websites * Body Area Network, a wireless network of wearable computing devices *

IP address blocking IP address blocking, or IP banning, is a configuration of a network service that blocks requests from hosts with certain IP addresses. IP address blocking is commonly used to protect against brute force attacks and to prevent access by a disrup ...

, a block set up by a server or website that blocks requests originating from particular IP addresses or ranges of addresses * Stealth banning or shadow banning, a practice used in managing online communities

Codes

Balinese language Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by 3.3 million people () on the Indonesian island of Bali as well as Northern Nusa Penida, Western Lombok, Eastern Java, Southern Sumatra, and Sulawesi. Most Balinese speakers also know Indo ...

(ISO 639-2 and -3 code "ban"), spoken in Indonesia *BAN, the National Rail code for Banbury railway station in the county of Oxfordshire, UK *BAN, the Chapman code for

Banffshire Banffshire ; sco, Coontie o Banffshire; gd, Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. It borders the Moray ...

, historic county in Scotland *BAN, the IOC code for Bangladesh at the Olympics *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 * Tra ...

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), 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 means "money" in Romanian. Etymology The name of the currency means "lion", and is derive ...

or Moldovan leu * "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 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 analyse authentication protocols *

Muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

, 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

Fictional characters

* Akaza BanBan, nicknamed Ban, a character in '' Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' *

Ban Mido The following is a list of fictional characters featured in the manga and anime series ''GetBackers''. Protagonists Ban Midou is one of the main protagonists in ''GetBackers''. His name comes from his mother's surname "Midou" and the "Ban" fr ...

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