• Aidan Banks, bass guitarist
• Alvin Banks, Congressional Staffer
• Ant Banks, rapper
• Antonio Banks, American wrestler
• Brad Banks, American football player
• Briana Banks, American pornographic actress
• Carl Banks, American football player
• Carolyn Banks, American novelist
• Chip Banks, American football player
• Chris Banks, Canadian poet
• 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
• Edward Banks (1903-1988), British naturalist and museum curator
• Edward Banks (disambiguation)
• Elizabeth Banks, American actress
• Ernie Banks (born 1931), U.S. baseball player
• George Banks, American convicted murderer
• George Linnaeus Banks, British writer
• Mrs G Linnaeus Banks, Isabella Varley Banks, British novelist, wife of the above.
• Gordon Banks (born 1937), British footballer
• Gordon Banks (politician), British politician
• Hal C. Banks, Canadian labour leader
• Henry Banks, American racing driver
• Iain Banks (born 1954), Scottish novelist
• Isabella Varley Banks, Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks, British novelist
• James Arthur Banks, (1897-1967), British civil engineer
• John Banks (New Zealand) (born 1946), mayor of Auckland, New Zealand
• Jonathan Banks (born 1947), U.S. actor
• Johnathon Banks (born 1982), American boxer
• 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, American tennis player
• Mike Banks, techno musician
• Monty Banks
• Morwenna Banks
• Michael A. Banks, American science fiction writer
• Nancy Banks-Smith, British television critic
• Nathan Banks, American entomologist
• Nathaniel Prentice Banks, American politician
• Nick Banks
• Omari Banks
• Paul Banks, American singer and guitarist
• Peter Banks
• Robert Banks (filmmaker) (Robert C. Banks, Jr.) (born 1966), U.S. filmmaker
• Robert Banks (chemist)
• Robin Banks, radio DJ and TV presenter in the UK
• Rosemary Banks
• Russell Banks
• Sean Banks
• Sonny Banks
• Steve Banks, English footballer
• Steve Banks (musician),
• Steven Banks
• Thomas Banks (1735–1805), English sculptor
• Tom Banks
• Tom Banks (football player)
• Tommy Banks (born 1936), Canadian musician and politician
• Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1943-2006), British Labour politician
• Tony Banks (musician) (born 1950), British songwriter and musician
• Tony Banks (quarterback)
• Tyra Banks (born 1973), American Supermodel
• Willie Banks, American track athlete
• Willie Banks, baseball player

Fictional characters

• Alan Banks, fictional character from Peter Robinson
• Clifford Banks, fictional character from Murder One (TV series)
• Rosie M. Banks, fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse
• Tom Banks (EastEnders), fictional character from EastEnders

Fictional families

• The Banks are a fictional family from the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Name of a family of Hobbits in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Banks family in the Mary Poppins series of children's books by P. L. Travers, and the film and musical based upon them