Ata al-Ayyubi (1877–1951), Ottoman-Arab civil servant Ataa Jaber (born 1993), Israeli-Arab footballer Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226–1283), Iranian historian Ata Nahai (born 1960), Kurdish Iranian novelist Atta Muhammad Nur (born 1965), Afghan governor Ata Abu Rashta (born 1943), Islamic jurist, scholar and writer Ata Yamrali (born 1982), German-Afghan footballer