Bascom (name)
Bascom is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Bernadette Bascom (born 1962), American R&B singer, actress
- Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), American-Canadian artist, inventor, rodeo cowboy, Mormon Bishop
- Florence Bascom (1862–1945), American geologist
- George Nicholas Bascom (1837-1862), U.S. Army officer who arrested Chief Cochise, igniting the Apache Wars
- Henry Bidleman Bascom (1796–1850), American religious leader, Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop
- John Bascom (1827–1911), American educator, author, President of the University of Wisconsin
- John L. Bascom (1860-1950), American lawyer, Iowa state legislator
- John U. Bascom (1925-2013), American surgeon and researcher
- Kerry Bascom, American retired professional women's basketball player
- Marion C. Bascom (1925-2012), American religious leader, civil-rights activist
- Oliver Bascom (1815–1869), American businessman, Erie Canal Commissioner
- Ruth Bascom (1926-2010), American politician, mayor of Eugene, Oregon
- Willard Bascom (1916-2000), American engineer, oceanographer, underwater archaeologist
- William Bascom (1912–1981), American anthropologist, folklorist, ethnologist
Given name:
- Bascom Sine Deaver (1882-1944), U.S. Federal judge
- Bascom Sine Deaver, Jr. (born 1930), American physicist, professor
- Bascom Giles (1900-1993), American, Texas land commissioner
- Bascom Ray Lakin (1901–1984), American evangelical preacher
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882–1973), American folklorist, musician, author of song "Good Old Mountain Dew"
- Bascom Joseph Rowlett (1886-1947), American architect
- Bascom N. Timmons (1890-1987), American newspaperman
- John Bascom Crenshaw (1861-1942), American college athletic director, founder of Georgia Tech's lacrosse team
- Asbury Bascom Davidson (1855-1920), American lawyer, Lt. Governor of Texas
- Harold Bascom Durham, Jr. (1942-1967), American recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War
- Campbell Bascom Slemp (1870–1943), American Congressman, secretary to President Calvin Coolidge
- Wilford Bascom Smith (1884-1939), American muckraking publisher of Missouri and Texas
- Henry Bascom Steagall (1873-1843), American politician
- Lester Bascom Wikoff (1844-1978), American educator, Rotarian
- John Bascom Wolfe, (1904-1988), American psychologist
- Ashley Bascom Wright (1841-1897), American politician
See also
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