Boban is a Croatian family name and Serbian and Montenegrin given name. Among Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

, Montenegrins and Macedonians

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

, Boban might be used as pet form of the name "Slobodan" or "Bogdan". Most Croats named "Boban" are originally from village named Bobanova Draga in the municipality of Grude

Grude

Grude is a town and municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Geography :Grude is 49 kilometers from Mostar,19 kilometers from Imotski, and 100 km from Split....

, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. Boban is also a name used in the South Indian population.

Boban may refer to:

People

Surname

• Eugène Boban
  Eugène Boban
  Eugène Boban or Boban-Duvergé was a French antiquarian. He was the official archaeologist of the court of Maximillian I of Mexico, and a member of the French Scientific Commission in Mexico...
  
  , French antiquarian who sold the first crystal skulls to museum collections in the late 19th century
• Ljubo Boban
  Ljubo Boban
  Ljubo Boban was a Croatian historian and academic.He was born in Solin. At the University of Zagreb Faculty of Philosophy, he graduated and later obtained a PhD degree in 1964 with a thesis on the 1939 Cvetković–Maček Agreement....
  
  , Croatian historian
• Mate Boban
  Mate Boban
  Mate Boban was a Bosnian Croat politician and the only president of the short lived and self proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia that existed between 1991−1994 during the Bosnian war.-Pre-war life:...
  
  , Bosnian-Herzegovian politician
• Rafael Boban
  Rafael Boban
  Rafael "Ranko" Boban was a member of the Croatian World War II Ustaše regime, and the commander of the Black Legion....
  
  , Croatian Ustaše officer
• Zvonimir Boban
  Zvonimir Boban
  Zvonimir Boban is a Croatian former football midfielder who played most of his professional career for Serie A club Milan, with whom he won four Serie A titles and the Champions League. He was a member of the Croatia national team which attained third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with Boban...
  
  , Croatian footballer

Given name

• Boban Babunski
  Boban Babunski
  Boban Babunski is a former Yugoslav and Macedonian football central defender, and also a coach...
  
  , Yugoslav/Macedonian footballer
• Boban Bajković
  Boban Bajkovic
  Boban Bajković is a Montenegrin football goalkeeper, playing for Red Star Belgrade in Serbian SuperLiga.-Career:...
  
  , Montenegrin footballer
• Boban Čabarkapa
  Boban Cabarkapa
  Boban Čabarkapa is a Montenegrin footballer.- International :He played for Serbia and Montenegro in youth level at 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. He then played once for Montenegro U21 on 25 March 2007 against FYR Macedonia U21.-External links:*...
  
  , Montenegrin footballer
• Boban Maksimović
  Boban Maksimovic
  Boban Maksimović is a Swiss football midfielder playing with FC Breitenrain Bern in the Swiss 1...
  
  , Serbian footballer
• Boban Marković
  Boban Markovic
  Boban Marković is a Serbian Romani trumpet player and brass ensemble leader from Vladičin Han, frequently recognized as the greatest trumpet player to emerge from the Balkans...
  
  , Serbian trumpet player
• Boban Nikolić
  Boban Nikolic
  Boban Nikolić is a Serbian football defender last playing for FK Jagodina in the Serbian SuperLiga....
  
  , Serbian footballer
• Boban Rajović
  Boban Rajović
  Boban Rajović , born on the 25 December 1971 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a popular singer of Montenegrin descent. He is also known as Boban Piroman...
  
  , Montenegrin pop singer

Media

• Boban (album)
  Boban (album)
  Boban is the first studio album of the major Montenegrin singer Boban Rajović. The album was released in 2000.- Track listing :The album contains 8 songs:# Njena vrata# Piroman# Barbika# Ti si mene vezala# Aerodrom# Svako svoj traži put...
  
  , an album by Boban Rajović
• Boban, a cartoon character in Malayalam created by Toms