Laban

Laban is a French surname. In the Philippines, Laban is a Tagalog word means fight. It may refer to:

Places

• Laban-e Olya, a village in Iran
• Laban-e Sofla, a village in Iran
• Laban, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
• 8539 Laban, main-belt asteroid

People

Surname

• Ahmad Abu Laban (1946–2007), Danish imam
• Arthur Laban Bates (1859–1934), American politician and representative for Pennsylvania
• Joseph Laban (c. 1981–2021), Filipino journalist and filmmaker
• Josh Laban (born 1982), Olympic swimmer for U.S. Virgin Islands
• Maurice Laban (1914–1956), founding member of the Algerian Communist Party
• Olivier Laban-Mattei (born 1977), French documentary photographer
• Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), dancer and dance theorist who devised Laban Movement Analysis
• Terry LaBan (born 1961), American cartoonist
• Theodore H. Laban (1914–1978), American World War II airman
• Vincent Laban (born 1984), French footballer
• Winnie Laban (born 1955), New Zealand politician

Forename

• Laban (Bible), a figure in the Book of Genesis
• Laban (Book of Mormon), a figure in the Book of Mormon
• Charles Laban Abernethy (1872–1955), American politician and congressman for North Carolina
• Laban Ainsworth (1757–1858), American pastor
• Laban Chege (born 1969), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Laban Coblentz (born 1961), American writer and entrepreneur
• Laban Jackson (born 1943), American businessman
• Laban Kagika (born 1978), Kenyan marathon runner
• Laban Moiben (born 1983), Kenyan marathon runner
• Laban T. Moore (1829–1892), American politician and representative for Kentucky
• Laban Lacy Rice (1870–1973), American educator and author
• Laban Rotich (born 1969), Kenyan 1500 metres runner
• Laban Wheaton (1754–1846), American politician and representative for Massachusetts

Politics

• Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP; Struggle of Democratic Filipinos), a political party in the Philippines formerly abbreviated as "Laban" in 1990s
• Lakas ng Bayan (People's Power), a former political party in the Philippines that was known by the acronym, LABAN (meaning "Fight")
• Laban sign, a Filipino hand gesture

Other uses

• Laban (band), a 1980s Eurodance duo
• Leben (milk product), buttermilk commonly referred to as laban in the Arabian Peninsula
• Yogurt in Levantine and Iraqi Arabic
• Laban Movement Analysis, a system for describing movement

See also

• Lavan (disambiguation)
• Lilla spöket Laban (The Little Ghost Godfrey), a Swedish children's book character
• Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, a college in southeast London named after Rudolf Laban