Ataç is a Turkish surname and a masculine given name. Its meaning is given as "a child who shows greatness" in Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk. According to the Dictionary of Personal Names in Turkish it refers to "ancestral or pertaining to ancestors."
Notable people with the name are as follows:
Surname Hasan Fehmi Ataç (1879–1961), Turkish politician Metin Ataç (born 1946), Turkish navy officer Muzaffer Ataç, known as Muzaffer Atac (1933–2010), Turkish-American physicist Nurullah Ataç (1898–1957), Turkish writer Sezgin Ataç (born 1998), Turkish long-distance runner Yavuz Ataç, Turkish intelligence official
Given name Ataç İmamoğlu (born 1964), Turkish-Swiss physicist
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