Baba (name)
Baba can be a surname in a few cultures such as Japanese, Assyrian, Russian, etc. It is also a nickname for father in a few languages. Baba also translates to "father" in the Arabic and Shona languages. Note, in various Slavic languages "baba" means an [old] lady (as in diminutive variation babushka).
First name
- Baba Brinkman, Canadian environmental rapper
- Baba Ishak (died 1241), Seljuk Turkish preacher who led a revolt against the Seljuq Sultanate of Rûm
- Baba Jan (politician) (born 1974), Pakistani political activist
- Baba Nobuharu (1514–1575), samurai of Japan's Sengoku period under Takeda Shingen
- Abdul Baba Rahman (born 1994), Ghanaian footballer
Nickname
- Raila Odinga (born 1945), Kenyan politician and 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya (2008–2013)
- Sanjay Dutt (born 1959), Indian film actor and producer
- Starina Novak (c. 1530–1601), a Serbian hajduk, also known as "Baba Novac" ("Old Novak") in Romanian
Surname
- Baba Nobuharu (1514/15–1575), Japanese samurai
- Corneliu Baba (1906–1997), Romanian painter
- Frank Shozo Baba (1915–2008), Japanese American worked for Voice of America and Japan
- Ghafar Baba (1925–2006), Malaysian politician
- Gül Baba (died 1541), Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet
- James Baba (born 1945), Ugandan politician
- Jaroslav Bába (born 1984), Czech high jumper
- Kenji Baba (born 1985), Japanese footballer
- Kikutaro Baba (1905–2001), Japanese malacologist
- Masao Baba (1892–1947), Japanese general
- Otman Baba (c. 1378–1478), Sufi saint
- Ryosuke Baba (馬場 亮輔, born 1984), Japanese artistic gymnast
- Shigeru Baba (born 1948), Japanese professional go player
- Shohei Baba (1938–1999), Japanese wrestler
- Sumie Baba (born 1967), Japanese voice actress
- Tadao Baba (born 1944), Japanese motorcycle engineer
- Toru Baba (born 1988), Japanese entertainer
- Tupeni Baba (fl. 1980s–present), Fijian politician
- Yudai Baba (born 1995), Japanese basketball player
- Yuki Baba (born 1992), Japanese politician
- Yuta Baba (born 1984), Japanese expatriate footballer in South Korea
Honorific
The following have adopted the honorific Baba:
- Baba Ram Das (1931–2019), born Richard Alpert, American spiritual teacher and psychologist
- Baba Ramdevji (1352–1385), a Hindu ruler venerated as a folk deity in Gujarat and Rajasthan
- Baba Bulleh Shah (1680–1757), a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet
- Demir Baba, a 16th-century Alevi saint
- Gül Baba (died 1541), an Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet
- Meher Baba (1894-1969), born Merwan Sheriar Irani, Indian guru
- Otman Baba (c. 1378 – 8 Receb 1478), a dervish traveling throughout the Ottoman Empire
- Rehman Baba (1632–1706), an Afghan Sufi Dervish and poet
- Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838–1918), Indian guru
- Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011), born Sathya Narayana Raju, Indian guru purporting to be a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi
- Sersem Ali Baba, a 16th-century Ottoman dervish
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