Babcock is an English

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. Notable people with the surname include: * Alpheus Babcock (1785–1842), American piano and musical instrument maker *

Audrey Babcock Audrey Babcock is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer who has performed in many opera houses throughout the world. She performed the Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Washington Concert Opera. Babcock sang the role of Maddalena in Verdi's ...

American operatic mezzo-soprano * Barbara Babcock (born 1937), American actress *

Betty Lee Babcock Betty Lee Babcock (March 11, 1922 – August 4, 2013) was an American businesswoman, politician, and the wife of the Governor of Montana Tim M. Babcock. She served as the First Lady of Montana from 1962 to 1969, as a delegate to the 1972 Mon ...

(1922–2013), American businesswoman and politician * Brad Babcock (1939–2020), American college baseball coach *

Brenton D. Babcock Brenton D. Babcock (1830–1906) was the 29th mayor of Cleveland. As a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he was elected in 1886, serving from 1887 to 1888. Early life Babcock was born on October 2, 1830, in Adams, New York, to William a ...

(1830–1906), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio *

Charlie Babcock Charlie Babcock (born 1979) is an American actor born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan as Charles William Babcock. Babcock has guest starred on several present-day television programs which include a recurring role on the ABC series ''Desperate Housewi ...

(born 1979), American actor *

Chip Babcock Charles L. "Chip" Babcock (born 23 June 1949) is an American attorney with the Texas-based law firm Jackson Walker L.L.P. He is best known for serving as lead litigator for Oprah Winfrey in several cases, including a 1998 lawsuit regarding an e ...

(born 1949), American attorney * Christine Babcock, American runner * Courtney Babcock (born 1972), Canadian runner *

Edward V. Babcock Edward Vose Babcock (January 31, 1864 – September 2, 1948) was a lumber industrialist who served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1922. Biography Early life Edward Vose Babcock entered the lumber business from an early age. He ran successf ...

(1864–1948), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *

E. B. Babcock Ernest Brown Babcock (July 10, 1877 – December 8, 1954) was an American plant geneticist who pioneered the under standing of plant evolution in terms of genetics. He is particularly known for seeking to understand by field investigations and e ...

(1877–1954), American plant geneticist *

Elnora Monroe Babcock Elnora Monroe Babcock (, Monroe; January 11, 1852 – December 29, 1934) was a pioneer leader in the American suffrage movement. She became actively interested in suffrage work in 1889 and for several years had charge of the press work for the N ...

(1852–1934), American suffragist, press chair * Emma Whitcomb Babcock (1849–1926), American litterateur, author * Erin Babcock (1981–2020), Canadian politician *

Ezekiel Babcock Ezekiel Babcock (August 22, 1828 – April 16, 1905) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Westerlo, New York, Babcock moved to Ceresco, Wisconsin (now Ripon, Wisconsin) in 1852. He was a farmer and served as chairman of the Ripon T ...

(1828–1905), American farmer and politician * Laura Babcock (1988/89–2012), Canadian murder victim who was murdered by Dellen Millard and Mark Smich * George Herman Babcock (1832–1893), American inventor * Harold D. Babcock (1882–1968), American astronomer * Havilah Babcock (1837–1905), American businessman *

Horace W. Babcock Horace Welcome Babcock (September 13, 1912 – August 29, 2003) was an American astronomer. He was the son of Harold D. Babcock. Career Babcock invented and built a number of astronomical instruments, and in 1953 was the first to propose th ...

(1912–2003), American astronomer * Ira Babcock (1808–1888), American pioneer and judge * John Babcock (1900–2010), last surviving Canadian World War I veteran *

John C. Babcock John C. Babcock (September 6, 1836 – November 20, 1908) was an amateur rower, a member of the secret service for the Union Army during the Civil War, and a founder of the New York Athletic Club. Early life Babcock was born in Warwick, Rhode ...

(1836–1908), rowing pioneer and American Civil War spy * Joseph Park Babcock (1893–1949), American Mahjong promoter * Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850–1909), Wisconsin member of the U.S. House of Representatives *

Lorenzo A. Babcock Lorenzo Allen Babcock (June 15, 1820 – April 2, 1860) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as the first attorney general of Minnesota Territory, a position he held from 1849 to 1853. Born in Berkshire, Ver ...

, first attorney general of Minnesota Territory *

Mabel Keyes Babcock Mabel Keyes Babcock (May 20, 1862 – December 3, 1931) was one of America's early women landscape architects. She taught at Wellesley College and the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture before going on to become Dean of Women Students at ...

, American landscape architect * Maud Babcock (1867–1954), American educator * Mike Babcock (born 1963), Canadian hockey head coach and former player * Orville E. Babcock (1835–1884), American Civil War general *

Rob Babcock Robert "Rob" Babcock (1953 – May 15, 2019) was an American basketball executive. He served as a Vice President of Basketball Operations with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA, and also as general manager of the Toronto Raptors from 2004 to ...

, (born c. 1953), former general manager of the Toronto Raptors NBA basketball team *

Roscoe Lloyd Babcock Roscoe Lloyd Babcock (November 14, 1897 – June 11, 1981) was an American painter. Babcock was born in Thayer, Kansas and was based in California. Babcock was raised on a farm. He moved to Colorado in 1912 and worked as a cowboy. Later he w ...

, (1897–1981) California artist * Sam Babcock (1901–1970), American football player *

Shelby Babcock Shelby Jean Babcock (born February 26, 1992) is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball pitcher originally from Broomfield, Colorado. She attended Legacy High School. She attended the University of Arizona, where she was a starting p ...

(born 1992), American softball player *

Stanton Babcock Stanton Babcock (January 12, 1904 – March 10, 1979) was an American equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games ...

(1904–1979), American equestrian *Stefan Babcock (born 1988), vocalist and guitarist for

PUP Pup is a name for a young animal, such as a puppy. Pup or Pups may also refer to: Places * Pup Cove, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica * Pup Creek, Kentucky * Pup Rock, Graham Land, Antarctica People * Michael Clarke (cricketer), Australian cri ...

Stephen Moulton Babcock Stephen Moulton Babcock (22 October 1843 – 2 July 1931) was an American agricultural chemist. He is best known for developing the Babcock test, used to determine butterfat content in milk and cheese processing, and for the single-grain experime ...

(1843–1931), American agricultural chemist * Tim Babcock (1919–2015), governor of Montana * Warren Babcock (1866–1913), American politician and educator *

Wendy Babcock Wendy Babcock (May 29, 1979 – August 9, 2011) was a Canadian activist for the rights of sex workers. Born in the city of Toronto, Babcock became a sex worker at the age of 15. From 2004 to 2007 she was a key member of Sex Professionals of Canada ...

(1979–2011), Canadian activist for the rights of sex workers

Fictional characters

C. C. Babcock ''The Nanny'' is an American television sitcom which originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a fashion queen from Flushing, New York who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high soc ...

, from the sitcom ''The Nanny'' * Giles Babcock, character in Justin Cronin's novel ''The Passage'' *

Iris Babcock This is a list of fictional characters appearing in the stories set in the Honor Harrington universe or Honorverse, a best-selling series of over twenty military science fiction novels and anthologies invented and written by David Weber. The sto ...

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