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
• Charlie Banks (rugby league) (born 1922), Scottish-born Australian rugby league 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
• 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 (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
• 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

Writing

• Carolyn Banks, American novelist
• Catherine Banks, Canadian playwright
• Charles Eugene Banks (1852–1932), American writer and newspaper editor
• Charles L. Banks (1914–1988), United States Marine Corps general
• 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 (1931–2021), American ornithologist
• Robert Banks (chemist) (1921–1989), American research chemist
• 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
• 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)

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