Balaban
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Balaban may refer to:
- Balaban, İzmit, a village in İzmit district of Kocaeli, Turkey
- Balaxanı, Azerbaijan - formerly Balaban
- Balaban (instrument), a double reed wind instrument of the duduk family
- Balaban and Katz, an American corporation
Balaban is a surname, from a Ukrainian word meaning "hawk". It may refer to:
- A. J. Balaban, (1889-1962), co-founder of Balaban and Katz
- Barney Balaban, (1887-1971), co-founder of Balaban and Katz
- Bob Balaban (1945-), American actor and director (related to the founders of Balaban and Katz)
- Boško Balaban (1978-), Croatian footballer
- John Balaban, American poet and translator
- Liane Balaban (1980-), Canadian actress
- Meir Balaban (1874-1941), Ukrainian Jewish historian
- Jan Balabán, Czech writer
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