Banks (surname)
Banks is an English surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the surname include:
Sports
- Adrian Banks (born 1986), American basketball player
- Alan Banks (rugby league) (born c. 1965), rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Antonio Banks (American football) (born 1973), defensive back
- Brad Banks (born 1980), American football player
- Carl Banks (born 1962), American football player
- Chip Banks (born 1959), American football player
- Denis Banks (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
- Deonte Banks (born 2001), American football player
- Eric Banks (American football) (born 1998), American football player
- Ernie Banks (1931–2015), American baseball player
- Gordon Banks (1937–2019), English football goalkeeper
- Henry Banks (1914–1994), American racing driver
- James Banks III (born 1998), American basketball player
- Johnathon Banks (born 1982), American boxer
- Kenny Banks (1923–1994), English footballer
- Maud Banks (born 1879 – n.d.), American tennis player
- Marcus Banks (born 1981), American basketball player
- M. B. Banks (1883–1970), American football and basketball player and football, basketball and baseball coach
- Omari Banks (born 1982), West Indian cricketer
- Percy Banks (1885–1915), English cricketer
- Sasha Banks (born 1992), stage/ring name for professional wrestler Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado
- Sean Banks (born 1985), American basketball player
- Sevyn Banks (born 1999), American football player
- Sonny Banks (1940–1965), American boxer
- Steve Banks (born 1972), English football goalkeeper
- Tavian Banks (born 1974), American footballer
- Tom Banks (born 1948), American footballer
- Tommy Banks (born 1929), English footballer (Bolton Wanderers)
- Tony Banks (born 1973), American football quarterback
- Vic Banks (1889–1972), rugby league footballer from New Zealander of the 1910s
- Willie Banks (born 1956), American track athlete
- Willie Banks (born 1969), American baseball player
- Zach Banks (born 1997), American race car driver
Politics
- Dennis Banks (1932–2017), Native American activist and writer
- Gladys E. Banks (1897–1972), New York politician
- Gordon Banks (born 1955), British politician
- Hal C. Banks (1909–1985), Canadian labour leader
- Jim Banks (born 1979), American Congressman representing Indiana
- John Banks (born 1946), Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand
- J. B. Banks (1924–2003), American politician
- Nathaniel P. Banks (1816–1894), American politician and Union General during the American Civil War
- Rosemary Banks (born 1951), New Zealand's ambassador to France
- Tommy Banks (1936–2018), Canadian musician and politician
- Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1943–2006), British Labour politician
- Victor Banks (born 1947), Anguillan politician
Arts and entertainment
Writing
- Carolyn Banks, American novelist
- Catherine Banks, Canadian playwright
- Chris Banks (poet), Canadian poet
- Enoch Marvin Banks (1877-1911), American historian and educator
- George Linnaeus Banks, British writer
- Iain Banks (1954–2013), Scottish novelist
- Isabella Varley Banks, British novelist (married to George Linnaeus Banks)
- Leanne Banks (born 1959), American novelist
- Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959-2011), American novelist
- Mary Ross Banks (1846–1910), American litterateur and author
- Michael A. Banks, American science fiction writer
- Russell Banks (1940-2023), American novelist
Music
- Aidan Banks, bass guitarist
- Aimee Banks (born 2002), Irish soprano
- Ant Banks, rapper
- Azealia Banks, American singer/rapper
- Bankie Banx (b. Clement Ashley Banks), Anguillan musician
- Bessie Banks, American soul singer
- Chico Banks (1962–2008), American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
- Durk Banks, American rapper and singer known professionally as Lil Durk
- Erica Banks, American rapper
- Jillian Banks, American singer, and songwriter known as Banks
- Larry Banks, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer
- Lloyd Banks, American rapper
- L.V. Banks (1932–2011), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Mike Banks (musician), techno musician
- Ms Banks, British rapper
- Nick Banks, British drummer and businessman
- Paul Banks (American musician), English-American singer and guitarist (Interpol)
- Paul Banks (English musician), British songwriter and guitarist (Shed Seven, The Rising and Albion)
- Peter Banks (1947–2013), English guitarist
- Tony Banks (musician) (born 1950), British songwriter and keyboardist (Genesis)
Film
- Briana Banks, American pornographic actress
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress
- Jonathan Banks (born 1947), American actor
- Leslie Banks, British actor and director
- Lionel Banks, cinematic art director
- Monty Banks (1887–1950), comedian and film director
- Morwenna Banks, British actress and comedian
- Robert Banks (filmmaker) (Robert C. Banks Jr.) (born 1966), American filmmaker
- Steven Banks, American comedian, actor and screenwriter
Other
- Darryl Banks, comics artist
- Doug Banks, American radio personality
- Lesley Banks, British artist
- Michele Banks, artist
- Nancy Banks-Smith, British television critic
- Robin Banks, radio DJ and TV presenter in the UK
- Thomas Banks (1735–1805), English sculptor
- Timothy Banks, American illustrator
- Violet Banks (1896–1985), Scottish artist
Science and technology
- Edgar James Banks (1866–1945), American archeologist
- Edward Banks (naturalist) (1903–1988), British naturalist and museum curator
- Francis Rodwell Banks (1898–1985), British engineer and fuel specialist
- Harlan Parker Banks (1913–1998), American paleobotanist
- James Arthur Banks (1897–1967), British civil engineer
- Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), English naturalist
- Karen Banks, computer networking expert
- Nathan Banks (1868–1953), American entomologist
- Richard C. Banks (born 1931), American ornithologist
- Robert Banks (chemist) (1921–1989), American research chemist
- Tom Banks (physicist) (born 1949), American physicist
Other
- Aaron Banks (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Banks (disambiguation), multiple people
- Edward Banks (disambiguation), multiple people
- George Banks, American convicted murderer
- Laurence H. Banks (1897–1972), American politician
- Mary MacLeod Banks (1861–1951), folklorist
- Mateo Banks (1872–1949), Argentine spree killer
- Sir Maurice Banks (1901–1991), British businessman
- Mike Banks (mountaineer) (1922–2013), British mountain climber
- Nathaniel P. Banks, American Civil War Union general
- Ridgway Banks, American inventor
- Tom Banks (disambiguation)
- Tyra Banks (born 1973), American supermodel
- William Mitchell Banks (1842–1904), Scottish surgeon
Fictional characters
- Adam Banks, in the film The Mighty Ducks
- Inspector Alan Banks, in the crime novels of Peter Robinson
- Charlie Banks (One Life to Live), from the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Clifford Banks, in the TV series Murder One
- Rosie M. Banks, a recurring character in stories by author P. G. Wodehouse
- Alfie Banks, the main protagonist of the graphic adventure game A Golden Wake.
- Tom Banks (EastEnders), from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Jared Banks, from One Life to Live
- Joe Banks, title character of the film Joe Versus the Volcano, played by Tom Hanks
- Natalie Banks, from One Life to Live
- Victoria Lord Banks, fictional character form One Life to Live
- Banks, a family on the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- The Banks family in Mary Poppins (book series), children's books by P. L. Travers, and the film and musical based upon them
See also
This page lists people with the surname Banks.
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