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 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 (–1601), a Serbian hajduk, also known as "Baba Novac" ("Old Novak") in Romanian Usnan Batubara (born 1971) a.k.a Ucok Baba, an Indonesian actor and comedian, Baba is a acronym word, it means of Batubara, who comes from the Batak Angkola clan tribe
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 (–1478), Sufi saint , 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 (), 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 ( – 8 Receb 1478), a dervish traveling throughout the Ottoman Empire Rehman Baba (1632–1706), an Afghan Sufi Dervish and poet Sai Baba of Shirdi (–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
See also
Babá (disambiguation)