Saban is an English, French, Spanish and Jewish given name and

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. With variants such as ''Sabban'', ''Sabani'', or ''Sabanals''; It refers to someone who sells soap, and it's usually borne by people of

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

descent. Notable people with the name include:

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* Saban of Baekje (third century), seventh king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea * Šaban Bajramović (1936–2008), Romani musician from Serbia *

Şaban Erden Şaban Erden who was born in Kırklareli in 1949, is the Deputy Secretary General of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. After the high school education at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi ''(Kabataş Erkek Lisesi)'', he graduated from the Civil Engine ...

(born 1949), Turkish municipal administrator * Şaban Özdoğan (born 1990), Danish footballer *

Šaban Poluža Shaban Mustafë Kastrati (1871 – 21 February 1945), known as Shaban Polluzha, was a Kosovo Albanian military leader active in Drenica during World War II. He was a collaborationist, serving in the Royal Albanian gendarmerie and as a commander of ...

(1871–1945), Albanian military leader in Kosovo * Šaban Šaulić (1951-2019), Serbian folk singer *

Šaban Sejdi Shaban Sejdiu ( mk, Шабан Сејдиу; born 6 May 1959) is Macedonian retired freestyle wrestler. An ethnic Macedonian Albanian, Sejdiu, as part of the Skopje Wrestling Club, was trained by notable coaches Risto Takov, who had also train ...

(born 1959), Macedonian wrestler * Šaban Trstena (born 1965), Macedonian wrestler

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* Andrej Saban (born 1962), Slovak jazz fusion guitarist * Avi Saban (born 1989), Israeli football player *

Cheryl Saban Cheryl Saban (; born April 30, 1951) is an American psychologist, author, television writer, and philanthropist. She is a former Senior Advisor to the United States Mission to the United Nations. She is the author of several children's books, ...

, American philanthropist * Haim Saban (born 1944), billionaire television and media proprietor *

Klemi Saban Klemi Saban, ( he, רחמים סבן; born February 17, 1980), is a retired Israeli football defender. Saban is mostly known for playing at Maccabi Netanya, there he played 6 years, captained the club and won over 200 caps in all club competi ...

(born 1980), Israeli football (soccer) player * Lou Saban (1921–2009), American football player and coach *

Luan Shabani Leonidas Sabanis ( el, Λεωνίδας Σαμπάνης, sq, Luan Shabani; born 28 October 1971), sometimes spelled Leonidas Sampanis, is a Greek retired weightlifter, born in southern Albania, who represented Greece in 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summ ...

, Greek weightlifter *

Mario Javier Saban Mario Javier Sabán (Buenos Aires, 1966), is an Argentinian theologian of Sephardi origin. Early life Mario Javier Sabán was born on 12 February 1966. He has a B.L. by University of Buenos Aires. Career Sabán began his historical investigatio ...

(born 1966), Sephardi theologian * Martin Šaban (born 1987), Croatian football player * Maya Saban (born 1978), German singer * Nick Saban (born 1951), American football coach *

Sinem Saban Sinem Saban is an Australian film writer, producer, director, and human rights activist. She is best known for directing and producing the film '' Our Generation''. Biography Saban was born to Turkish Cypriot parents who emigrated to Australia i ...

, Australian film maker *

Tamir Saban Tamir “Seth” Saban (תמיר סבן; born October 19, 1999) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 meters), he primarily plays at the shooting guard and point gua ...

(born 1999), American-Israeli basketball player * Yitzhak Saban (born 1952), Israeli politician

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