Florin Balaban (born 16 August 1968) is a Romanian cartoonist, illustrator and former badminton player.

[2] In 1992, Balaban won the national men's doubles title with his partner Florentin Banu.

[3] After Balaban retired from badminton, he started a new career in art as a cartoonist and a painter.

He also moved to Luxembourg to pursue his career in art and has worked as an illustrator for Luxemburger Wort.

[4] In 2002, he was awarded the Premio Internationale Satira Politica in Forte dei Marmi, Italy.