John Banks

John Banks may refer to:

  • Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet (1627–1699), English merchant and Member of Parliament
  • John Banks (playwright) (died 1706)
  • John Banks (East India Company officer) (1811–1857)
  • John Banks (U.S. politician) (1793–1864)
  • John Banks (activist) (born 1915), English political activist and writer
  • John Banks (New Zealand politician) (born 1946)
  • John Banks (motorcyclist)
  • Johnny Banks (born 1861), an American boxer
  • John Gray Banks (1888–1961), a politician in Canada

Famous quotes containing the word banks:

    “Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks. Historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river.”
    —Will Durant (1885–1981)