Banks is an English surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the surname include:

Contents

• Sports
• Politics
• Arts and entertainment
• Writing
• Music
• Film
• Other
• Science and technology
• Other 2
• Fictional characters
• See also

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
• Caleb Banks (American football) (born 2001), American football player
• Carl Banks (born 1962), American football player
• Charlie Banks (rugby league) (1923–2016), Scottish-born Australian rugby league player
• Carrie Banks, American basketball player and coach
• 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
• Jahmal Banks (born 2001), American football player
• James Banks III (born 1998), American basketball player
• Jeremy Banks (born 1999), American football player
• Johnathon Banks (born 1982), American boxer
• Kelvin Banks Jr. (born 2004), American football player
• Kenny Banks (1923–1994), English footballer
• Keshawn Banks (born 1999), American football player
• M. B. Banks (1883–1970), American football and basketball player and football, basketball and baseball coach
• Marcus Banks (born 1981), American basketball player
• Maud Banks (born 1879 – n.d.), American tennis player
• Maurice Banks (born 1983), American football 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 (1929–2024), 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
• Yam Banks (born 2002), American football player
• Zach Banks (born 1997), American race car driver

Politics

• Charles Arthur Banks (1885–1961), Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
• 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
• Laurence H. Banks (1897–1972), 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

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 (1931–2021), American ornithologist
• Robert Banks (chemist) (1921–1989), American research chemist
• Sarah Gertrude Banks (1839–1926), American physician and suffragist
• Tom Banks (physicist) (born 1949), American physicist

Other

• Aaron Banks (disambiguation), multiple people
• Charles C. Banks (1893–1971), British World War I flying ace
• David Banks (disambiguation), multiple people
• Edward Banks (disambiguation), multiple people
• George Banks, American convicted murderer
• Heide Banks, psychotherapist, celebrity relationship expert
• 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), multiple people
• 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

• Bank (surname)
• Banksia (disambiguation)

Surname list

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