# Bascom (name)

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**Bascom** is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

**Surname:**

- [Bernadette Bascom](/source/Bernadette_Bascom) (born 1962), American R&B singer, actress
- [Earl W. Bascom](/source/Earl_W._Bascom) (1906–1995), American-Canadian artist, inventor, rodeo cowboy, Mormon Bishop
- [Elva Bascom](/source/Elva_Bascom) (1870–1944), librarian, school teacher, editor for the American Library Association
- [Emma Curtiss Bascom](/source/Emma_Curtiss_Bascom) (1828–1916), American educator, suffragist and reformer
- [Florence Bascom](/source/Florence_Bascom) (1862–1945), American geologist
- [George Nicholas Bascom](/source/George_Nicholas_Bascom) (1837–1862), U.S. Army officer who arrested Chief Cochise, igniting the Apache Wars
- [Henry Bidleman Bascom](/source/Henry_Bidleman_Bascom) (1796–1850), American religious leader, Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop
- [Jeremy Bascom](/source/Jeremy_Bascom) (born 1981), Guyanese sprinter
- [John Bascom](/source/John_Bascom) (1827–1911), American educator, author, President of the University of Wisconsin
- [John L. Bascom](/source/John_L._Bascom) (1860–1950), American lawyer, Iowa state legislator
- [John U. Bascom](/source/John_U._Bascom) (1925–2013), American surgeon and researcher
- [Julia Bascom](/source/Julia_Bascom), American autism rights activist
- [Kerry Bascom](/source/Kerry_Bascom) (born c. 1968), American retired professional women's basketball player
- [Marion C. Bascom](/source/Marion_C._Bascom) (1925–2012), American religious leader, civil-rights activist
- [Oliver Bascom](/source/Oliver_Bascom) (1815–1869), American businessman, Erie Canal Commissioner
- [Rose Bascom](/source/Rose_Bascom) (1922–1993), Native American Hollywood actress, rodeo performer, hall of fame inductee
- [Rose Flanders Bascom](/source/Rose_Flanders_Bascom) (1880–1915), America's first female lion tamer
- [Ruth Bascom](/source/Ruth_Bascom) (1926–2010), American politician, mayor of Eugene, Oregon
- [Ruth Henshaw Bascom](/source/Ruth_Henshaw_Bascom) (1772–1848), American folk artist
- [Willard Bascom](/source/Willard_Bascom) (1916–2000), American engineer, oceanographer, underwater archaeologist
- [William Bascom](/source/William_Bascom) (1912–1981), American anthropologist, folklorist, ethnologist

**Given name:**

- [Bascom Sine Deaver](/source/Bascom_Sine_Deaver) (1882–1944), U.S. Federal judge
- [Bascom Sine Deaver Jr.](/source/Bascom_S._Deaver) (born 1930), American physicist, professor
- [Bascom Giles](/source/Bascom_Giles) (1900–1993), American, Texas land commissioner
- [Bascom Ray Lakin](/source/B._R._Lakin) (1901–1984), American evangelical preacher
- [Bascom Lamar Lunsford](/source/Bascom_Lamar_Lunsford) (1882–1973), American folklorist, musician, author of song "Good Old Mountain Dew"
- [Bascom Joseph Rowlett](/source/Bascom_Joseph_Rowlett) (1886–1947), American architect
- [Bascom N. Timmons](/source/Bascom_N._Timmons) (1890–1987), American newspaperman

**Middle name:**

- [John Bascom Crenshaw](/source/John_Bascom_Crenshaw) (1861–1942), American college athletic director, founder of Georgia Tech's lacrosse team
- [Asbury Bascom Davidson](/source/Asbury_Bascom_Davidson) (1855–1920), American lawyer, Lt. Governor of Texas
- [Harold Bascom Durham Jr.](/source/Harold_Bascom_Durham_Jr.) (1942–1967), American recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War
- [Norchad Bascom Omier Rojas](/source/Norchad_Omier) (born 2001), [Nicaraguan](/source/Nicaraguans) [basketball](/source/Basketball) player.
- [Campbell Bascom Slemp](/source/C._Bascom_Slemp) (1870–1943), American Congressman, secretary to President Calvin Coolidge
- [George Bascom Sparkman](/source/George_B._Sparkman) (1855–1896), American lawyer, mayor of Tampa, Florida
- [George Bascom Sparkman Jr.](/source/George_B._Sparkman_Jr.) (1886–1924), American football player and coach
- [Henry Bascom Steagall](/source/Henry_B._Steagall) (1873–1843), American politician
- [Lester Bascom Wikoff](/source/Lester_B._Wikoff) (1893–1978), American educator, Rotarian
- [John Bascom Wolfe](/source/John_Bascom_Wolfe) (1904–1988), American psychologist
- [Ashley Bascom Wright](/source/Ashley_B._Wright) (1841–1897), American politician

## See also

- [Bascomb](/source/Bascomb)
- [Bascombe](/source/Bascombe)
- [Bascome](/source/Bascome)
- [Baskcomb](/source/Baskcomb)
- [Boscombe](/source/Boscombe)

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