Banda (surname)
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Banda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Banda Kanakalingeshwara Rao (1907–1968), Indian stage actor
- Lucius Banda (born 1970), Malawian musician and politician
Military
- Abdallah Banda (born 1963), Sudanese military commander
- Banda Singh Bahadur (1670–1716), Sikh military leader
Politicians
- Aleke Banda (1939–2010), Malawian politician
- Banda Karthika Reddy (born 1977), Indian politician
- Chimunthu Banda, Malawian politician
- Etta Banda, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malawi
- Hastings Banda (1898–1997), former President of Malawi
- Joyce Banda (born 1950), President of Malawi
- M. D. Banda (1914–1974), Sri Lankan politician
- Michael Banda (1930–2014), British-Sri Lankan Trotskyist
- Rupiah Banda (1937–2022), President of Zambia
