Bakan (surname)

Bakan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abigail Bakan (born 1954), Canadian academic
 * David Bakan (1921–2004), American-Canadian psychologist and professor
 * George Bakan (1941–2020), American newspaper editor and LGBT rights activist
 * Joel Bakan (born 1959), American-Canadian lawyer, writer and academic
 * Michael Bakan, American academic
 * Seda Bakan (born 1985), Turkish actress