Cabanis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Cabanis (born 1950), French ice hockey player George Cabanis (1815–1892), American politician James Cabanis (1838–1920), American politician, son of George Cabanis Jean Cabanis (1816–1906), German ornithologist José Cabanis (1922–2000), French writer, historian and magistrate Pierre Jean George Cabanis (1757–1808), French physiologist and philosopher

See also Cabaniss, surname