Mahmoud Mahmoud Atta (born 1954), American-Arab militant Mohamed Atta (1968–2001), Egyptian Islamist, ringleader of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks Shahla Atta (born c. 1965), Afghan politician Walid Atta (born 1986), Swedish footballer Wasil ibn Ata (700–748), Islamic scholar