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