Raban (disambiguation)

Raban or Rabana is a musical instrument, a one-sided traditional drum type used mainly in Sri Lanka

Raban may also refer to:

  • Rabanus Maurus (c. 780 – 856), also known as Hrabanus or Rhabanus, a Frankish Benedictine monk and theologian, archbishop and saint
  • Ze'ev Raban, Israeli artist
  • Raban Gamaliel VI (c. 370–425), the last nasi of the ancient Sanhedrin
  • Jonathan Raban (born 1942), British travel writer and novelist

See also

  • Battle of Raban, an engagement fought in autumn 958 near the fortress of Raban (in the north of modern Syria) between the Byzantine army, led by John Tzimiskes (later emperor), and the forces of the Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo under the famed emir Sayf al-Dawla
  • Paco Rabanne (born 1934), Spanish fashion designer of Basque origin
  • Raaban, artistic name of Robbin Söderlund, (born 1987), Swedish DJ and music producer. Also part of the production duo Tungevaag & Raaban alongside Norwegian DJ/producer Martin Tungevaag
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