People
- Jeanne Sakata, American actress and playwright
- Lenn Haruki Sakata (born 1954), former American professional baseball player
- Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata (1920–1982), American Olympic medalist and professional wrestler
- Sakata Eio (1920–2010), Japanese professional Go player
- Sakata Minoru, former Japanese photographer
- Sakata no Kintoki, the Japanese folk hero Kintarō
- Sakata Tōjūrō, stage name taken on by a number of Kabuki actors
- Takefumi Sakata (born 1980), Japanese flyweight boxer
- Sakata Shōichi (1911–1970), Japanese physicist
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