Bakary is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Abubakar Khamis Bakary, Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
- Bakary Diakité (born 1980), Malian footballer of part German descent currently playing for FSV Frankfurt
- Bakary Dibba (born 2001), Danish basketball player
- Bakary Koné (Burkinabé footballer) (born 1988), Burkinabé football (soccer) Defender, he currently plays for En Avant Guingamp
- Bakary Sako (born 1988), French footballer of Malian descent who currently plays for Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne
- Bakary Saré (born 1990), Belgian footballer who plays in Belgium for R.S.C. Anderlecht
- Bakary Soro (born 1985), Côte d'Ivoire football defender who currently plays for French Ligue 2 club Arles
- Bakary Soumaré (born 1985), Malian international soccer player who plays professionally as a defender for US Boulogne in Ligue 1
- Djibo Bakary (1922–1998), socialist politician and important figure in the independence movement of Niger