Sir Joseph Banks wani masanin halitta dan kasar Burtaniya ne a karni na 18 kuma masanin ilmin halittu wanda ya shahara da gudunmawar da ya bayar a fannin ilmin halitta, musamman yadda ya shiga binciken kimiyya na Ostiraliya da Kudancin Pacific. Kalmar "Sir Joseph Banks" tana iya nufin mutumin da kansa ko kuma ga abubuwa daban-daban masu suna don girmama shi, irin su Sir Joseph Banks Society, ƙungiyar kimiyya da aka sadaukar don nazarin tarihin halitta.