Kato is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name

• Kato Khandwala (died 2018), American record producer and audio engineer
• Kató Lomb, Hungarian interpreter
• Kato Serwanga (born 1976), American football player
• Kato Kaelin, an American radio and television personality

People with the surname

• Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino fighter
• David Kato, Ugandan activist
• Satori Kato (born 1847), Japanese inventor of instant coffee
• Moriyuki Kato (加戸 守行, born 1934), Japanese politician
• Sergio Kato (born 1960), Brazilian-American actor

Fictional characters

• Hikaru Katō, Star Trek character
• Kato Fransen, the main character of the fourth season of the Belgian series wtFOCK.
• Kato Hoeven, the victim in the Belgian noir TV series Beau Séjour