Babcock is a surname that can refer to:

People

• Alpheus Babcock (1785–1842) American piano and musical instrument maker
• Barbara Babcock (b. 1937) American actress
• Courtney Babcock (b. 1972) Canadian runner
• Edward V. Babcock (1864–1948) former mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• E. B. Babcock (Ernest Brown Babcock, 1877–1954) American plant geneticist
• George Herman Babcock (1832–1893) American inventor
• Harold D. Babcock (1882–1968) American astronomer
• Horace W. Babcock (1912–2003) American astronomer
• Ira L. Babcock (1808-1888) American pioneer and judge
• John Babcock (b. 1900) Last surviving Canadian WWI veteran
• Joseph Park Babcock (1893-1949) American Mahjong promoter
• Mike Babcock (b. 1963) Canadian hockey head coach and former player
• Orville E. Babcock (1835–1884) American Civil War General
• Rob Babcock, former general manager of the Toronto Raptors NBA basketball team
• Roscoe Lloyd Babcock, (1897-1981) California artist
• Stephen Moulton Babcock (1843–1931) American agricultural chemist
• Tim M. Babcock (b. 1919) former governor of Montana

Geographic places

• Babcock (crater), a lunar crater
• Babcock Lakes, former ponds in Washington, D.C.
• Babcock, Michigan, an unincorporated town
• Babcock State Park, a West Virginia state park

Science

• Babcock Model, a mechanism to describe sunspot patterns
• Babcock test, which determines the fat content of milk

History and law

• Babcock Amendment, U.S. state of Minnesota constitutional amendment

Corporations and schools

• Babcock and Brown, an Australian investment bank
• Babcock and Wilcox, an American company producing energy production and pollution control equipment
• Babcock Electric Carriage Company, early 20th century US automobile maker
• Babcock International Group, a British engineering and services company
• Babcock University, Seventh-Day Adventist university in Nigeria
• Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University's business school, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Fictional characters

• Iris Babcock, Sergeant-Major from the Honorverse
• C. C. Babcock, on the sitcom The Nanny

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