# 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
* Charlie Banks (rugby league) (born 1922), 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
* 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 (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
* Emma Dunning Banks, American actress, dramatic reader, teacher, and writer
* 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 singer), 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
* 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
* 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