Bakari is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Bakari Shamis Faki, Tanzanian politician Bakari Fofana (born 1962), Malian footballer Bakari Grant (born 1987), Canadian football player Bakari Hendrix (born 1977), American basketball player Michael Bakari Jordan (born 1987), American actor Bakari Koné (born 1981), Ivorian footballer Bakari Sellers (born 1984), American attorney, politician and commentator
Surname Bahia Bakari (born 1996), French airplane crash survivor Dagui Bakari (born 1974), French-Ivorian footballer Grace Bakari (born 1954), Ghanaian sprinter Nurdin Bakari (born 1988), Tanzanian footballer Oumar Bakari (born 1980), French footballer Saïd Bakari (born 1994), French-Comorian footballer Tareq Bakari (born 1988), Moroccan writer
See also Bakary Bakare