Saban (name)

Saban is an English, French, Spanish and Jewish given name and surname. With variants such as Sabban, Sabani, or Sabanals; It refers to someone who sells soap, and it's usually borne by people of Sephardic Jewish descent. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Saban of Baekje (third century), seventh king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea
• Šaban Bajramović (1936–2008), Romani musician from Serbia
• Şaban Erden (born 1949), Turkish municipal administrator
• Şaban Özdoğan (born 1990), Danish footballer
• Šaban Poluža (1871–1945), Albanian military leader in Kosovo
• Šaban Šaulić (1951-2019), Serbian folk singer
• Šaban Sejdi (born 1959), Macedonian wrestler
• Šaban Trstena (born 1965), Macedonian wrestler

Surname

• Andrej Saban (born 1962), Slovak jazz fusion guitarist
• Avi Saban (born 1989), Israeli football player
• Cheryl Saban, American philanthropist
• Haim Saban (born 1944), billionaire television and media proprietor
• Klemi Saban (born 1980), Israeli football (soccer) player
• Lou Saban (1921–2009), American football player and coach
• Luan Shabani, Greek weightlifter
• Mario Javier Saban (born 1966), Sephardi theologian
• Martin Šaban (born 1987), Croatian football player
• Maya Saban (born 1978), German singer
• Nick Saban (born 1951), American football coach
• Sinem Saban, Australian film maker
• Tamir Saban (born 1999), American-Israeli basketball player
• Yitzhak Saban (born 1952), Israeli politician

See also

• Saban (disambiguation)