Jatta or Jåttå is a surname and clan name. The surname originated from Prince Karapha Yalli Jatta son of Mansa Ali Djata Keita son of Mari Djata I establisher of the

Mali Empire The Mali Empire (Manding languages, Manding: ''Mandé''Ki-Zerbo, Joseph: ''UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century'', p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or ''Manden ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Jatta (1852–1912), Italian politician and lichenologist * Assan Jatta (born 1984), Gambian football striker *

Bakery Jatta Bakery Jatta (born 6 June 1998) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. Club career Jatta signed for Hamburger SV in 2016, choosing HSV over rivals SV Werder Bremen. He initially pla ...

(born 1998), Gambian footballer * Barbara Jatta (born 1962), Italian art historian *

Daniel Laemouahuma Jatta Daniel Laemouahuma Jatta is a Jola scholar and musician from Mandinary, Gambia, who pioneered the research and documentation of the ''akonting'', a Jola folk lute, as well as the related Manjago folk lute, the buchundu, in the mid-1980s. Prio ...

, Jola scholar and musician from Mandinary, Gambia *

Fabakary Jatta Fabakary Tombong Jatta (born 16 November 1952) is a Gambian politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly since 2022 and the leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) since 2017. Early life and ...

(born 1947), member of the Pan-African Parliament from the Gambia *

Ousman Rambo Jatta Ousman Rambo Jatta (born 13 June 1969), known as Rambo, is a Gambian politician. He is currently a councillor in Old Bakau and deputy leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC). Political career Jatta was a membe ...

(born 1969), the Councilor of Old Bakau in Gambia *

Paul Jatta Paul Jatta (born 21 February 1991) is a Gambian retired footballer. He played as a midfielder. Jatta presented Gambia at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and was the captain of the U-17 from Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic ...

(born 1991), Gambian footballer *

Sidia Jatta Sidia Sana Jatta (born 1945) is a Gambian politician, academic, and writer. Early life and education A Mandinka, Jatta was born in Sutukoba, Wuli District. He was educated locally and at Nungua Secondary School, near Accra, Ghana from 1961 to ...

(born 1945), Gambian politician, academic, and writer *

Jatta (novel) ''Jatta'' is a fantasy novel by Australian author and illustrator Jenny Hale. Set in an alternate world, its heroine Jatta discovers in the days before her fourteenth birthday that she is a werewolf In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasion ...

, fantasy novel for teens with the heroine Princess Jatta 'whose life is not a fairytale'

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