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) 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 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 ** Ban of Croatia * Matija Ban, a Croatian poet * Oana Ban, a Romanian artistic gymnast * Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect *Y Ban (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, Iran, Ben, 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 * Ban, a settlement in Sarawak, 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, 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 (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, historic county in Scotland *BAN, the IOC code for Bangladesh at the Olympics *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 * Paiban, 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 or Moldovan leu * Ban (song), "Ban" (song), a 2021 single by Sakurazaka46 * Basel Action Network * 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), "B.A.N." (Atlanta), an episode of American TV series ''Atlanta'' * "B.A.N.", a song by Saweetie discography, Saweetie

Fictional characters

* Akaza BanBan, nicknamed Ban, a character in ''Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger'' * 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), ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2014 TV series)