Babcock is a surname that can refer to:
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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
