Athanase is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Athanase Apartis (1899âÂÂ1972), Greek sculptor
- Athanase Auger (1734âÂÂ1792), French educator, Hellenist and translator
- Athanase Bala (1927âÂÂ2019), Cameroonian Catholic bishop
- Athanase Bassinet (1850âÂÂ1914), French politician
- Athanase Coquerel (disambiguation)
- Athanase David (1882âÂÂ1953), Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman
- Prix Athanase-David, annual literary award, part of the Prix du Québec
- Athanase Dupré (1808âÂÂ1869), French mathematician and physicist
- Athanase Gaudet (1848âÂÂ1888), Canadian farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec
- Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820âÂÂ1875), French Protestant theologian, son of Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel
- Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel (1795âÂÂ1868), French Protestant theologian
- Athanase Seromba (born 1963), Rwandan priest found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in the Rwandan genocide
- Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (1832âÂÂ1911), French royalist military commander
- Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771âÂÂ1852), French civil servant and scientist
- Jean Charles Athanase Peltier (1785âÂÂ1845), French physicist
- Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard (1768âÂÂ1825), French physician
- Jean-Athanase Sicard (1872âÂÂ1929), French neurologist and radiologist
- Panayis Athanase Vagliano (1814âÂÂ1902), Greek merchant and shipowner