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Banana split
Banana split: American ice cream dessert of a lengthwise-split banana, three ice cream scoops, sauces, nuts, whipped cream, and a cherry; invented 1904 by David Strickler at Tassell Pharmacy, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, with competing claims from Wilmington, Ohio, and Boston.
Banana Yoshimoto
Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな; real name Yoshimoto Mahoko) is a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo in 1964, best known for her debut Kitchen (1987) and fiction about loss and healing, published in over 30 countries.
Bananaman
Bananaman is a British comic-strip superhero parody, created in 1980 for DC Thomson's comic Nutty, in which schoolboy Eric Wimp becomes a hero by eating a banana.
Bananarama
Bananarama are a British pop group formed in London by Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, and Siobhan Fahey; later a duo. Hits "Cruel Summer", "Venus" (US No. 1), "I Heard a Rumour"; 12 studio albums, 30 million records sold.
Bananas
Bananas (1971) is Woody Allen's second film as director, a political farce in which product tester Fielding Mellish joins and leads a revolution in the fictional republic of San Marcos, co-starring Louise Lasser and Carlos Montalbán.
Bananas in Pyjamas
Bananas in Pyjamas: Australian ABC children's franchise about banana twins B1 and B2 and teddy bears on Cuddles Avenue; live-action series 1992 to 2001, animated revival from 2010/2011, 2026 live-action reboot by Windmill.
Banaphool
Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, best known by his pen name Banaphool, was an Indian Bengali writer and physician who wrote hundreds of short stories, novels, and plays.
Banarasi brocade
Banarasi brocade is a zari-ornamented silk fabric woven in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, whose motifs are built into the cloth on the loom; the name has been Geographically Indication protected since 2009.
Banarasi saree
The Banarasi saree is a silk sari woven in Varanasi, India, known for its brocade patterns with zari and shaped under Mughal patronage in the 16th century.
Banat Su'ad
Banat Su'ad (بانت سعاد), also known as Qaṣīdat al-Burda, is a classical Arabic ode in praise of the Prophet Muhammad by the poet Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr.
Banat-un-Nash
Banat-un-Nash (بنات النعش), translated as Daughters of the Bier, is an 1872 Urdu novel by Deputy Nazir Ahmad, the sequel to his Mirat-ul-Uroos, written to promote the education of Muslim girls.
Banchan (반찬)
Banchan (반찬, 飯饌) are Korean side dishes served with rice and soup, graded in 3 to 12 cheop on a bansang table; types include kimchi, namul, jorim, jeon, bokkeum, and gui, with a traditional free-refill custom.
Bancroft (TV series)
Bancroft is an ITV British crime thriller (2017–2020) created by Kate Brooke, starring Sarah Parish as DCI Elizabeth Bancroft, a ruthless detective hiding her role in a 27-year-old murder; two four-part series filmed around Bolton and Manchester.
Band Aid (band)
Band Aid is the British charity supergroup formed by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in November 1984 to record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for Ethiopian famine relief, spawning Live Aid, four chart-topping re-recordings, and the Band Aid Charitable Trust.
Band Aid 30
Band Aid 30: 2014 Bob Geldof-organized re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for West African Ebola relief; 312,000 first-week UK sales, number 1 in 69 countries, over £1.9m in early grants, and wide criticism of its lyrics.
Band Baaja Baaraat (बैंड बाजा बारात)
Band Baaja Baaraat (बैंड बाजा बारात), also called Wedding Planners, is a 2010 Yash Raj Films Hindi rom-com, Maneesh Sharma's directorial debut and Ranveer Singh's acting debut with Anushka Sharma, about Delhi wedding planners; it won six IIFA 2011 awards.
Band Geeks
Band Geeks is a 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants season 2 episode (35b, with The Secret Box) in which Squidward's chaotic marching band triumphs at the Bubble Bowl performing David Glen Eisley's Sweet Victory; it is the series' highest-rated episode and spawned the 2019 Super Bowl petition.
Band Melam
Band Melam (బ్యాండ్ మేళం) is a 2026 Telugu romantic drama directed by Sathish Javvaji, starring Harsh Roshan and Sridevi Apalla (the Court pair) as village cousins Giri and Raji; produced by Kona Venkat, released 26 March 2026, streaming on Zee5.
Band of Brothers (miniseries)
Band of Brothers, a 2001 HBO ten-part World War II miniseries adapted from Stephen Ambrose's 1992 book, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg; follows Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, cost a then-record $125 million, and won 7 Emmys and a Golden Globe.
Band of Gypsys
Band of Gypsys: 1970 live album by Jimi Hendrix with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, recorded at Fillmore East on January 1, 1970, released March 25, 1970 on Capitol; his only authorized live album and last released in his lifetime.
Band of Gypsys (band)
Band of Gypsys: 1969-1970 Jimi Hendrix power trio with Billy Cox (bass) and Buddy Miles (drums), distinct from the Jimi Hendrix Experience; played four Fillmore East shows and released the funk-driven live album Band of Gypsys (1970).
Band of Horses
Band of Horses: American indie rock band formed 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell after Carissa's Wierd; albums Everything All the Time (2006, Sub Pop, "The Funeral") through Things Are Great (2022), based in South Carolina.
Band of Robbers
Band of Robbers: 2015 American crime comedy by Aaron and Adam Nee reimagining Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as adults; Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist; released January 15, 2016.
Band on the Run (song)
"Band on the Run" is a 1973 song by Paul and Linda McCartney, title track of the Wings album Band on the Run. Released as a single in April 1974, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won a 1975 Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus.
Band-Maid (バンドメイド)
Band-Maid (バンドメイド) is a five-piece all-female Japanese hard rock band formed in Tokyo in 2013, known for maid-café costumes, fans called masters and princesses, albums like Epic Narratives, and the 2026 world tour ending at Nippon Budokan.
Banda
Banda is a Regional Mexican music style of brass-and-percussion ensembles that originated in rural Sinaloa, Mexico, with 9 to 15 musicians playing clarinets, trumpets, trombones, tuba, and drums.
Banda el Recodo
Banda El Recodo (Banda Sinaloense El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga), "La Madre de Todas las Bandas," is a Mexican banda sinaloense founded in 1938 by clarinetist Cruz Lizárraga in El Recodo, Sinaloa; first performed abroad in Los Angeles in 1962 and is a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner.
Banda Gorda
Banda Gorda is a Dominican merengue orchestra founded and led by trumpeter José Peña Suazo in 1994, among the most popular merengue groups of the 1990s.
Banda Los Sebastianes
Banda Los Sebastianes, also known as Los Sebastianes, is an 18-member banda group from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, whose hit "A Través Del Vaso" won a 2019 Latin Grammy.
Banda MS
Banda MS, fully Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga, is a Mexican banda group founded in 2003 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, by tuba player Sergio Lizárraga.