Atakan is a Turkish surname and given name, from ata "ancestor" and kan "blood".

Given name

• Atakan Alaftargil (born 1976), Turkish alpine skier
• Atakan Yüksel (born 1985), Turkish wrestler
• Atakan Cangöz (born 1992, Turkish football midfielder (Serik Belediyespor)
• Atakan Karazor (born 1996), German football midfielder (VfB Stuttgart)
• Atakan Çankaya (born 1998), Turkish football midfielder (Ankaragücü)
• Atakan Akkaynak (born 1999), German football midfielder (Çaykur Rizespor)
• Atakan Üner (born 1999), Turkish football winger (Ümraniyespor)
• Atakan Gündüz (born 2001), Turkish football defender (Trabzonspor)

Surname

• Derin Atakan (born 2006), Turkish female kitesurfer
• Nancy Atakan (born 1946), American artist who has lived in Turkey since 1969
• Ruzen Atakan (born 1966), Turkish Cypriot painter

Name list

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