Babcock is a surname. 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 (1922–2013), American businesswoman and politician
Brad Babcock, American college baseball coach
Charlie Babcock, American actor
Chip Babcock (born c. 1950), American attorney
Christine Babcock, American runner
Courtney Babcock (born 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 Babcock (1808–1888), American pioneer and judge
John Babcock (1900–2010), last surviving Canadian World War I veteran
John C. Babcock (1836–1908), rowing pioneer and American Civil War spy
Joseph Park Babcock (1893–1949), American Mahjong promoter
Lorenzo A. Babcock, first attorney general of Minnesota Territory
Mabel Keyes Babcock, 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, (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 (Canton Bulldogs)
Stephen Moulton Babcock (1843–1931), American agricultural chemist
Tim M. Babcock (born 1919), former governor of Montana
Warren Babcock (1866–1913), American politician and educator
Wendy Babcock (1979–2011), Canadian activist for the rights of sex workers
Fictional characters:
C. C. Babcock, from the sitcom The Nanny
Giles Babcock, character in Justin Cronin's novel The Passage
Iris Babcock, Sergeant-Major from the Honorverse
