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 "Bata" 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