Pattanaik is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Bijayananda Pattanaik (1916–1997), Indian politician, aviator and businessman Devdutt Pattanaik, Indian mythologist, speaker, illustrator and author Gopal Ballav Pattanaik (born 1937), Indian lawyer, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and 32nd Chief Justice of India Hara Pattanaik (1958–2015), Indian actor, director and screenplay writer Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik (1927–2015), Indian politician, Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014 Kasturi Pattanaik, Odissi dance exponent, performer, choreographer, teacher, trainer and music composer from India Navin Pattanaik (born 1946), Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Odisha Prasanta Pattanaik (born 1943), emeritus professor at the Department of Economics at the University of California Rama Kant Pattanaik, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) of Indian Navy and of Integrated Defence Staff (DCIDS)

See also Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, Indian Hindi television series which aired on the EPIC Channel Patanak Patnaik Piatnik