Hoban may refer to:
- Barry Hoban (born 1940), British cyclist
- James Hoban (1758–1831), Irish-born American architect who designed the White House in Washington, D.C.
- Jeanne Hoban (1924–1997), British political activist
- Lillian Hoban (1925–1998), American writer and artist
- Mark Hoban (born 1964), British politician
- Russell Hoban (1925–2011), American writer
- Tana Hoban (1917–2006), American photographer
- Hoban Washburne, fictional character in the television series Firefly
- Archbishop Hoban High School, Catholic school in Akron, Ohio
Famous quotes containing the word hoban:
“If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.”
—Russell Hoban (b. 1925)
“Sometimes there’s nothing but Sundays for weeks on end. Why can’t they move Sunday to the middle of the week so you could put it in the OUT tray on your desk?”
—Russell Hoban (b. 1925)
“Language is an archeological vehicle ... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.”
—Russell Hoban (b. 1925)