Bascom (name)
Bascom is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Bernadette Bascom, American R&B singer, actress
- Earl W. Bascom, American-Canadian artist, inventor, rodeo cowboy, Mormon Bishop
- Elva Bascom, librarian, school teacher, editor for the American Library Association
- Emma Curtiss Bascom, American educator, suffragist and reformer
- Florence Bascom, American geologist
- George Nicholas Bascom, U.S. Army officer who arrested Chief Cochise, igniting the Apache Wars
- Henry Bidleman Bascom, American religious leader, Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop
- Jeremy Bascom, Guyana sprinter
- John Bascom, American educator, author, President of the University of Wisconsin
- John L. Bascom, American lawyer, Iowa state legislator
- John U. Bascom, American surgeon and researcher
- Julia Bascom, American autism rights activist
- Kerry Bascom, American retired professional women's basketball player
- Marion C. Bascom, American religious leader, civil-rights activist
- Oliver Bascom, American businessman, Erie Canal Commissioner
- Rose Bascom, Native American Hollywood actress, rodeo performer, hall of fame inductee
- Rose Flanders Bascom, America's first female lion tamer
- Ruth Bascom, American politician, mayor of Eugene, Oregon
- Ruth Henshaw Bascom, American folk artist
- Willard Bascom, American engineer, oceanographer, underwater archaeologist
- William Bascom, American anthropologist, folklorist, ethnologist
Given name:
- Bascom Sine Deaver, U.S. Federal judge
- Bascom Sine Deaver Jr., American physicist, professor
- Bascom Giles, American, Texas land commissioner
- Bascom Ray Lakin, American evangelical preacher
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford, American folklorist, musician, author of song "Good Old Mountain Dew"
- Bascom Joseph Rowlett, American architect
- Bascom N. Timmons, American newspaperman
Middle name:
- John Bascom Crenshaw, American college athletic director, founder of Georgia Tech's lacrosse team
- Asbury Bascom Davidson, American lawyer, Lt. Governor of Texas
- Harold Bascom Durham Jr., American recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War
- Campbell Bascom Slemp, American Congressman, secretary to President Calvin Coolidge
- George Bascom Sparkman (1855–1896
