Olcott (surname)
Olcott is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ben W. Olcott, 16th Governor of Oregon
- Charles S. Olcott, American non-fiction writer
- Chauncey Olcott, American stage actor and songwriter
- Frederic P. Olcott, American banker and politician
- Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder and first president of the Theosophical Society
- J. Van Vechten Olcott, U.S. Representative
- Martha Brill Olcott, leading U.S. expert on Central Asian and the Caspian
- Sidney Olcott, Canadian film producer, director, actor and screenwriter
- Simeon Olcott, United States Senator
- William M. K. Olcott, New York lawyer and politician
- William Tyler Olcott, American lawyer and amateur astronomer
