Bardas Hikanatos (Greek: Βάρδας Ἱκανάτος) was a senior Byzantine official under Alexios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) He is first mentioned, without rank or office, as one of the participants in the synod of March 1082 that condemned John Italos. In March 1093 and March 1094, he is mentioned, in acts concerning the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian on Patmos, with the rank of kouropalates and the post of praetor (civil governor) of the joint themes of Hellas and the Peloponnese. By late 1094 he was back in Constantinople and had been promoted to nobelissimos. There he took part in the Council of Blachernae against Leo of Chalcedon, and is listed 16th in the list of precedence of the officials attending.