title: Bako (name)
text: # Bako (name)
  
  Bako is both a surname and a given name. The accented Bakó is the Hungarian name of the Romanian city of Bacău. Bakó is also a Hungarian surname.
  
  Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Bako
  
  Surname:
  
  * Brigitte Bako (born 1967), Canadian actress
  * Ibrahim Bako (1943–1983), Nigerian senior officer in the Nigerian Army
  * Ishaya Bako (born 1986), Nigerian film director and screenwriter
  * Jarosław Bako (born 1964), Polish footballer
  * Muhammadu Bako III (born 1972), Emir of New Karshi in Nigeria North Central State of Nasarawa and a former career federal civil servant
  * Paul Bako (born 1972), American baseball player
  * Sadissou Bako (born 1976), Cameroonian footballer
  * Tisan Bako, Nigerian radio personality and presenter
  * Yakubu Bako, Nigerian governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
  * Yolanda Bako (born 1946), American feminist and activist against domestic violence
  
  Middle name
  
  * Dahiru Bako Gassol (born 1954), Nigerian Senator for the Taraba Central Senatorial District of Taraba State, Nigeria
  * Nassirou Bako Arifari (born 1962), Beninese politician, academician, government minister
  * Simon Bako Lalong (born 1963), Nigerian lawyer and politician, Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria
  
  Given name:
  
  * Bako Dagnon (1948/1953–2015), Malian griot singer
  * Bako Ratsifa (born 1964), Malagasy swimmer
  * Bako Sahakyan (born 1959), president of Artsakh
  * Bako Touré (1939–2001), Malian footballer
  
  Nickname:
  
  * Bako (footballer), the nickname of Lebanese footballer Abou Bakr Al-Mel
  
  ## Bakó
  
  * László Bakó (1872–1928), Hungarian actor
  * Pál Bakó (born 1946), Hungarian former modern pentathlete
  * Zoltán Bakó (born 1951), Hungarian sprint canoeist
  