Bata (name)

Bata is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:
 * Bata LoBagola (1877–1947), early 20th-century American impostor and entertainer

Nickname:
 * Agustín Sauto Arana (1908–1986), Spanish footballer
 * Branko "Bato" Bulatović (1951–2004), Montenegrin football administrator
 * Bata Paskaljević (1923–2004), Serbian actor
 * Bahrudin "Bato" Čengić (1931–2007), Bosnian film director
 * Bata Živojinović (1933–2016), Serbian actor and politician
 * Danilo "Bata" Stojković (1934–2002), Serbian actor
 * Bratislav "Bata" Đorđević (born 1938), Serbian basketball coach
 * Bata Kameni (1941–2017), Serbian actor and stunt performer
 * Kornelije "Bata" Kovač (1942–2022), Serbian composer
 * Milovan "Bata Đora" Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football coach
 * Mladen Vranešević (1947–2006), Serbian rock musician
 * Efren Reyes (born 1954), Filipino pool player
 * Zoran "Bata" Mirković (born 1971), Serbian footballer

Surname:
 * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), Czech shoe company founder
 * Jan Antonín Baťa (1898–1965), half-brother of the founder


 * István Bata (1910–1982), Hungarian military officer and politician
 * Thomas J. Bata (1914–2008), son of the founder