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. Notable people with the surname include: * Alpheus Babcock (1785–1842), American piano and musical instrument maker * Audrey Babcock 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 Bradley Littleton Babcock (March 10, 1939 – June 2, 2020) was an American college baseball coach, the head coach of James Madison (JMU) from 1971 to 1989. Under him, the Dukes appeared in five NCAA Tournaments (four in Division I) and the 1983 ...

(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 Christine Babcock is a two-time all-American collegiate athlete in the United States. She is an Oiselle professional athlete and is best known for being one of only a few high school athletes to compete in the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Eugen ...

, 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 (1852–1934), American suffragist, press chair *

Emma Whitcomb Babcock Emma Whitcomb Babcock (, Whitcomb; April 24, 1849 – 1926) was an American litterateur and author. She did considerable work as a book reviewer, and contributed to various leading magazines. She was the author of ''Household Hints'', a domest ...

(1849–1926), American litterateur, author * Erin Babcock (1981–2020), Canadian politician * Ezekiel Babcock (1828–1905), American farmer and politician *

Laura Babcock Dellen Millard (born August 30, 1985) and Mark Smich (born August 13, 1987) are two Canadian convicted murderers from Toronto, Ontario, who together murdered Laura Babcock and Tim Bosma in separate killings in July 2012 and May 2013 respectively. ...

(1988/89–2012), Canadian murder victim who was murdered by Dellen Millard and Mark Smich *

George Herman Babcock George Herman Babcock (June 17, 1832 – December 16, 1893) was an American inventor. He and Stephen Wilcox co-invented a safer water tube steam boiler, and founded the Babcock & Wilcox boiler company. Biography Babock was born in Unadil ...

(1832–1893), American inventor *

Harold D. Babcock Harold Delos Babcock (January 24, 1882 – April 8, 1968) was an American astronomer and the father of Horace W. Babcock. He was of English people, English and German people, German ancestry. He was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin, before completi ...

(1882–1968), American astronomer *

Havilah Babcock Havilah Babcock (September 8, 1837 – April 21, 1905) was an American manufacturing executive and a joint founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Early life Born in Franklin, Vermont, Babcock moved with his family to Waukesha, Wisconsin ...

(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 Doctor Ira Leonard Babcock (c. 1808 – March 21, 1888) was an American pioneer and doctor in the Oregon Country. A native of New York, he was selected as the first Supreme Judge with probate powers in February 1841 in what would become the stat ...

(1808–1888), American pioneer and judge *

John Babcock John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's oldes ...

(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 Joseph Park Babcock (1893 – 1949), American popularizer of Mahjong, was born in Lafayette, Indiana. After graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for the Standard Oil Company. In 1912 he was sent to So ...

(1893–1949), American Mahjong promoter * Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850–1909), Wisconsin member of the U.S. House of Representatives * Lorenzo A. Babcock, 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 Maud May Babcock (May 2, 1867 – December 31, 1954) was the first female member of the University of Utah's faculty. She taught at the university for 46 years, beginning in 1892. While there she established the University Theater, originated the ...

(1867–1954), American educator *

Mike Babcock Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...

(born 1963), Canadian hockey head coach and former player *

Orville E. Babcock Orville Elias Babcock (December 25, 1835 – June 2, 1884) was an American engineer and general in the Union Army during the Civil War. An aide to General Ulysses S. Grant during and after the war, he was President Grant's military private secret ...

(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, (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 (1904–1979), American equestrian *Stefan Babcock (born 1988), vocalist and guitarist for PUP * Stephen Moulton Babcock (1843–1931), American agricultural chemist *

Tim Babcock Timothy Milford Babcock (October 27, 1919 – April 7, 2015) was an American politician, the 16th Governor of the state of Montana, from 1962 to 1969. Early life Babcock was born in Littlefork, Minnesota, the son of Olive (Rinehart) and Er ...

(1919–2015), governor of Montana *

Warren Babcock Warren Babcock, Jr. (September 15, 1866 – June 3, 1913) was a Michigan politician and educator. He was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, son of Warren Babcock, a farmer and saloon keeper who also served as postmaster of Milan, Michigan.''Ann Arbor ...

(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 The following is a catalogue of characters from The Passage (novel series), ''The Passage'', a series of novels by author Justin Cronin. This series currently consists of ''The Passage (Cronin novel), The Passage'', published in 2010, ''The Twel ...

, character in Justin Cronin's novel ''The Passage'' * Iris Babcock, Sergeant-Major from the Honorverse {{surname Surnames English-language surnames Surnames of English origin Surnames of British Isles origin