Banks is a surname, and may refer to:

• Aidan Banks, bass guitarist
• Alan Banks, fictional character from Peter Robinson
• Ant Banks, rapper
• Antonio Banks, American wrestler
• Bill Banks, wrestling worker
• Brad Banks, American football player
• Briana Banks, American porn actress
• Carl Banks, American football player
• Carli Banks, American model
• Carlton Banks, fictional character from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Chip Banks, American football player
• Chris Banks, Canadian poet
• Clifford Banks, fictional character from Murder One
• Darryl Banks, comics artist
• David Banks (born 1951), British actor
• Denis Banks, Australian rules footballer
• Dennis Banks (born 1932), Native American politician and writer
• Doug Banks, American radio personality
• Edgar James Banks (1866–1945), U.S. archeologist
• Elizabeth Banks, American actress
• Ernie Banks (born 1931), U.S. baseball player
• George Banks, American convicted murderer
• George Linnaeus Banks, British writer
• Gordon Banks (born 1937), British footballer
• Gordon Banks (politician), British politician
• Hal C. Banks, Canadian labour leader
• Harry Banks, Canadian soldier
• Henry Banks, American racing driver
• Iain Banks (born 1954), British novelist.
• John Banks (born 1946), mayor of Auckland, New Zealand
• Jonathan Banks (born 1947), U.S. actor
• Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), English naturalist
• Leslie Banks, British actor and director
• Leslie Esdaile Banks, American novelist
• Lionel Banks, cinematic art director
• Lloyd Banks, American rapper
• Marcus Banks, American basketball player
• Maud Banks, Anerican tennis player
• Mike Banks, techno musician
• Monty Banks
• Morwenna Banks
• Michael A. Banks, American science fiction writer
• Nancy Banks-Smith, British television critic
• Nathaniel Prentice Banks, American politician
• Nick Banks
• Omari Banks
• Paul Banks
• Peter Banks
• Robert C. Banks, Jr. (born 1966), U.S. filmmaker
• Robert Banks (chemist)
• Robin Banks
• Rosemary Banks
• Rosie M. Banks, fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse
• Russell Banks
• Sean Banks
• Sonny Banks
• Steven Banks
• Thomas Banks (1735–1805), English sculptor
• Tom Banks
• Tom Banks (EastEnders), fictional character from EastEnders
• Tom Banks (football player)
• Tommy Banks (born 1936), Canadian musician and politician
• Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (born 1943), British Labour politician
• Tony Banks (born 1950), British songwriter and musician
• Tony Banks (quarterback)
• Tyra Banks (born 1973), U.S. model
• Willie Banks

Banks is the plural of bank, a financial institution; see bank (disambiguation) for other uses.

See also

• Banks Beer, popular Barbados-based beer brand.
• Name of a family of Hobbits in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Banks
• Banks, a village in Lancashire, England.
• Banks, a suburb of Canberra, Australia, named after Sir Joseph Banks
• Division of Banks, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales

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