Alban Bagbin is a Ghanaian politician who is the current Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana. He was the Minister for Health in the Ghana government from January 2012 until February 2013 when Hanny-Sherry Ayittey took over the position. He served as the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana. He contested for the presidential candidate slot of the National Democratic Congress in 2019 but subsequently lost to former President John Dramani Mahama. On 7 January 2021 Bagbin was elected Speaker of 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
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Alban Köhler (1874 – 1947) was a German radiologist best known for his discovery of a rare foot disorder found in children that was named Köhler disease in his honor.
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Alban Jasper Conant (1821 – 1915) was an American painter best known for painting the first portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
This name is used for the Albanians. The name Alban is very common in Albania. The Italian singer Albano, as he has confirmed, is because of his father who used to be in Albania, as a soldier during the war. Alban-Alban-ians.
The name Alban has been in use in France for centuries, but it became very popular in the late 70's. It reached its peak in 2007, when it was given to 649 baby boys.
St Alban was a Roman, therefore the name being Roman isn't that farfetched. I have a friend who now lives abroad who's just had a son, and she's really pushing for the kid's middle name to be Alban. It's a bit of a dorkish sounding name in my opinion, but since the name was inspired by the city (St Albans) and we both originally come from there, I think it's quite sweet.
Alban is also a male Albanian name. Alban was a tribe of Albanians (Albanians were called Arbër at the time). There were many tribes of Arbërs. Apparently foreigners came into contact with this tribe, before the other tribes, giving the name Albanian to all Albanians. Of course Albanians do not call themselves in their mother tounge this name. Albanians in the Albanian language call themselves Shqipëtar (pronounced Shchipetar) like the whole world calls Germans German, yet they refer to themselves as Deutschen. So Alban is also an Albanian name, meaning Albanian, which comes from the Albanian tribe Alban, in their honor.
The singer Albano Carrisi from the duet "Al Bano and Romina Power". Albano Carrisi and Romina Power have sung together for almost 30 years. Some of their hits are: "Liberta", "Felicita", "Ci Sara", "Magic Oh Magic", "Cara Terra Mia", "Nostalgia Canaglia".