Urban as a given name or surname may refer to:

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Urban of Langres Saint Urban of Langres (327 – c. 390) was a French saint and bishop. He served as the sixth bishop of Langres from 374 until his death. Saint Leodegaria was his sister. Life Urban was the bishop of Langres, France, beginning in 374. Legend sta ...

, 4th-century French saint and bishop *

Urban (bishop of Llandaff) Urban (1076 – 1134) was the first bishop of South East Wales to call himself 'bishop of Llandaff'. He was of a Welsh clerical family and his baptismal name in the Welsh language is given in charter sources as Gwrgan. He Latinised it to the papa ...

(1076–1134), Welsh bishop * Urban of Macedonia, 1st-century bishop, martyr and saint * Urban Blitz, English rock musician *

Urban Federer Monsignor Urban Federer (born 17 August 1968) is a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. A member of the Order of St. Benedict, he is the current Abbot of Einsiedeln Abbey and Fahr Convent. Prior to serving as abbot, Federer was the Prior and ...

, Swiss Catholic prelate *

Urban Gad Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author. He directed 40 films between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début the ...

(1879–1947), Danish film director * Urban Hansen, Danish politician *

Urban Meyer Urban Frank Meyer III (born July 10, 1964) is a college football TV commentator and former American football coach. He spent most of his coaching career at the collegiate level, having served as the head coach of the Bowling Green Falcons fro ...

, American football coach *

Urban Priol Urban Priol (born 14 May 1961) is a German people, German Kabarett artist and comedian. Life Urban Priol was born on 14 May 1961, in Aschaffenburg. He spent his childhood in Obernburg am Main. In 1980, he made his abitur at the Kronberg-Gymnasiu ...

, German comedian *

Urban Shocker Urbain Jacques Shockcor (September 22, 1890 – September 9, 1928), known as Urban James Shocker, was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and St. Louis Browns between 1916 ...

, American baseball pitcher

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Adolf Urban Adolf Urban (9 January 1914 – 23 May 1943) was a German footballer. Urban, a forward, played for Schalke 04, among others, and made 21 appearances for Germany between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He was also part of Germany's squad at t ...

(1914–1943), German footballer * Aleksandra Urban (born 1978), Polish painter * Amanda Urban (born 1946/7), American literary agent *

Charles Urban Charles Urban (April 15, 1867 – August 29, 1942) was an Anglo-American film producer and distributor, and one of the most significant figures in British cinema before the First World War. He was a pioneer of the documentary, educational, propa ...

(1867–1942), Anglo-American film producer and distributor *

Damir Urban Damir Urban (born 19 September 1968) is a Croatian rock musician best known for his work as a singer/songwriter for Laufer and for his solo work with his band Urban & 4. Early years Damir Urban was born on 19 September 1968 in Rijeka, Croatia, ...

(born 1968), Croatian rock singer/songwriter * , Brazilian entomologist *

Eric Urban Eric Jean-Paul Urban is a professor of mathematics at Columbia University working in number theory and automorphic forms, particularly Iwasawa theory. Career Urban received his PhD in mathematics from Paris-Sud University in 1994 under the super ...

, mathematician *

Ewald Urban Ewald Urban (22 July 1913 – 8 January 1959) was a Polish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American fo ...

(1913–1959), Polish footballer *

Faye Urban Faye Urban (28 October 1945 – 11 November 2020) was a Canadian tennis player, the top-ranked player in Canada from 1967 to 1969. Career Raised in Windsor, Ontario, she competed in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in singles (the French ...

(1945–2020), Canadian tennis player * Friedrich Maria Urban (1878–1964), Austrian psychologist * Gábor Urbán (born 1984), Hungarian footballer *

Gasper Urban Gasper George Urban (March 18, 1923 – May 17, 1998) was an American football guard who played one season with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 17th round of the 1946 NFL ...

(1923–1998), American football player *

George Urban George Robert Urban (born Gyorgy Robert Ungar; 12 April 1921, in Miskolc, Hungary – 3 October 1997) was a Hungarian writer, best known as a broadcaster for Radio Free Europe (RFE). Early life Gyorgy Robert Ungar was born on 12 April 1921 in ...

(1921–1997), Hungarian writer, journalist and radio broadcaster * George Urban Jr. (1850–1928), American businessman * Glen L. Urban (born 1940), American professor *

Ignatz Urban Ignatz Urban (7 January 1848 – 7 January 1931) was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban show ...

(1848–1931), German botanist *

Jan Urban Jan Urban (; born 14 May 1962) is a Polish football manager and former player who played as a striker, who was most recently in charge of Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze. His professional career was closely associated to Górnik Zabrze and Osas ...

(born 1962), Polish footballer and manager * (1874-1940), Polish Jesuit, historian *

Jerheme Urban Jerheme Wayne Urban (born November 26, 1980) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Trinity University in San Antonio, a position he had held since the 2014 season. Urban played college football as a wi ...

(born 1980), American National Football League player * Jerzy Urban (1933–2022), Polish journalist, writer, politician and former communist press secretary *

Josef Urban Josef Urban (17 June 1899 – 2 September 1968) was a Czechoslovak wrestler. He was born in Středočeský kraj in June 1899. He won an Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1932. He also competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics ...

(1899–1968), Czechoslovak wrestler *

Joseph Urban Joseph Urban (May 26, 1872 – July 10, 1933) was an Austrian-American architect, illustrator, and scenic designer. Life and career Joseph Urban was born on May 26, 1872, in Vienna. He received his first architectural commission at age 19 wh ...

(1872–1933), Austrian artist and architect * Karl Urban (disambiguation) *

Keith Urban Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...

(born 1967), Australian country music singer, songwriter and record producer * Klaudiusz Urban (born 1968), Polish chess player *

Marcus Urban Marcus Urban (born 4 August 1971, earlier ''Marcus Schneider''Kirbach, Roland (21 June 2007 ''Schwulsein heute - ganz normal?''in ''Die Zeit''. Retrieved 16 July 2017.) is a former German football player. He played with the East Germany national ...

(born 1971), German footballer and diversity adviser *

Mark Urban Mark Lee Urban (born 26 January 1961) is a British journalist, historian, and broadcaster, and is currently the Diplomatic Editor and occasional presenter for BBC Two's ''Newsnight''. His older brother is the film-maker Stuart Urban. Educati ...

(born 1961), British journalist and writer * Mark C. Urban, American biologist and professor *

Matt Urban Matt Louis Urban (August 25, 1919 – March 4, 1995) was a United States Army lieutenant colonel and one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. Urban performed valiantly in combat on many occasions despite being wounded in ...

(1919–1995), American lieutenant colonel and Medal of Honor recipient *

Milo Urban Milo Urban (pseudonyms Ján Rovňan ml., Podbabjagurský) (24 August 1904 – 10 March 1982) was Slovakia, Slovak writer, translator, journalist and important representatives of modern Slovak literature. Urban is controversial figure because ...

(1904–1982), Slovak writer, journalist and World War II collaborator *

Miloš Urban Miloš Urban (born 4 October 1967 in Sokolov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech novelist and horror writer, known as the "dark knight of Czech literature". He is best known for his 1999 novel '' Sedmikostelí'', a Gothic crime horror set in Prague, w ...

(born 1967), Czech horror novelist * Paweł Urban, chemistry professor working at the

National Tsing Hua University National Tsing Hua University (NTHU; ) is a public research university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. National Tsing Hua University was first founded in Beijing. After the Chinese Civil War, the then-president of the university, Mei Yiqi, and othe ...

Pavo Urban Pavo Urban (1 August 1968 – 6 December 1991) was a Croatian photographer, killed during the Croatian War of Independence. Biography He attended the Dubrovnik Maritime College. He started doing photographs in the high school, and was accepted i ...

(1968–1991), Croatian photographer * Peter Urban (disambiguation) * Shirley M. Frye (née Urban), American mathematics educator * Stuart Urban (born 1958), British film and television director *

Tim Urban Timothy Joseph Urban (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer who was the seventh place finalist on the ninth season of ''American Idol''. Following his participation in the series, he released two EPs: '' Heart of Me'' in 2010 and ''New York ...

(born 1989), American singer

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