Bacot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur William Bacot (1866–1922), English entomologist
H. Parrott Bacot, specialist in the art of the American south, Director of the LSU Museum of Art for over thirty years
J. Carter Bacot (1933–2005), president of The Bank of New York for eight years and chairman and CEO for sixteen years
Jacques Bacot (1877–1965), explorer and pioneering French Tibetologist
John Bacot (1821–1888), New Zealand politician