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

Bernadette Bascom Bernadette Bascom (born 1962 in Baltimore) is an American R&B singer. The daughter of Civil Rights activist Rev. Marion C. Bascom, she began her career as a voice over artist for a local DJ on a Baltimore, Maryland radio station. Bascom was the f ...

(born 1962), American R&B singer, actress *

Earl W. Bascom Earl Wesley Bascom (June 19, 1906 – August 28, 1995) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine art his own experiences of cowboyin ...

(1906–1995), American-Canadian artist, inventor, rodeo cowboy, Mormon Bishop *

Elva Bascom Elvira "Elva" Lucile Bascom (June 20, 1870 – November 5, 1944) was an American librarian, best known for her work editing Booklist from 1909 to 1913 and for her work on book selection. Early life and career Elva Bascom was born in Greene Town ...

(1870–1944), librarian, school teacher, editor for the American Library Association *

Emma Curtiss Bascom Emma Curtiss Bascom (née Emma Curtiss; April 20, 1828 – 1916) was a 19th-century American educator, suffragist and reformer from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. She was a charter member of the Association for the Advancement of Woman and for ...

(1828–1916), American educator, suffragist and reformer *

Florence Bascom Florence Bascom (July 14, 1862 – June 18, 1945) was an American pioneer for women as a geologist and educator. Bascom became an anomaly in the 19th century when she earned two bachelor's degrees. Earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1882, and a Bachelo ...

(1862–1945), American geologist *

George Nicholas Bascom George Nicholas Bascom (1837 – February 21, 1862) was a United States Army officer in the Arizona Territory and in the early months of the American Civil War. Biography George N. Bascom was born in Owingsville in Bath County, Kentucky. His anc ...

(1837–1862), U.S. Army officer who arrested Chief Cochise, igniting the Apache Wars *

Henry Bidleman Bascom Henry Bidleman Bascom (1796–1850) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1850. He also distinguished himself as a circuit rider, pastor and Christian preacher; as chaplain to the U.S. House of Representa ...

(1796–1850), American religious leader, Congressional Chaplain, Methodist Bishop *

Jeremy Bascom Jeremy Bascom (born 1981) is a Guyanese sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 100 metres, where he equaled the Guyanese national record in the distance. Born in Linden, Guyana, he has lived in the United States of ...

(born 1981), Guyanese sprinter *

John Bascom John Bascom (May 1, 1827October 2, 1911) was an American professor, college president and writer. Life He was born on May 1, 1827 in Genoa, New York, and was a graduate of Williams College with the class of 1849. He graduated from the Andov ...

(1827–1911), American educator, author, President of the University of Wisconsin *

John L. Bascom John Luman Bascom (November 6, 1860 – January 1, 1950) was born in Farmersburg, Iowa, the son of John Sanburn Bascom and Phoebe Spencer. He was an Iowan lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected three times ...

(1860–1950), American lawyer, Iowa state legislator * John U. Bascom (1925–2013), American surgeon and researcher *

Julia Bascom Julia Bascom is an American autism rights activist. She is the current Executive Director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) and replaced Ari Ne'eman as president of ASAN in early 2017. Advocacy work Bascom previously worked on the N ...

, American autism rights activist *

Kerry Bascom Kerry Bascom (born March 3, 1969) is a retired American women's basketball player. She played forward and center for the Connecticut Huskies (UConn) from 1987 to 1991, scoring 2,177 points, a school record until broken in 1998 by Nykesha Sales. ...

(born 1968), American retired professional women's basketball player * Marion C. Bascom (1925–2012), American religious leader, civil-rights activist *

Oliver Bascom Oliver Bascom (June 13, 1815 – November 7, 1869) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was born in West Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, the son of Josiah Bascom (1786–1863) and Betsey (Bottom) Bascom. The family r ...

(1815–1869), American businessman, Erie Canal Commissioner *

Rose Bascom Rose Bascom also known as Texas Rose Bascom (January 25, 1922 – September 23, 1993) is a 1981 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame trick rider inductee. Life Rose Bascom was born Ethel Rose Flynt on January 25, 1922, near Mount Olive, ...

(1922–1993), Native American Hollywood actress, rodeo performer, hall of fame inductee * Rose Flanders Bascom (1880–1915), America's first female lion tamer *

Ruth Bascom Ruth Ellen Bascom (; February 4, 1926 – August 26, 2010) was an American politician who served as the first female mayor of Eugene, Oregon, from 1993 until 1996. Early life Bascom was born Ruth Ellen Fenton in Ames, Iowa, the daughter of tw ...

(1926–2010), American politician, mayor of Eugene, Oregon * Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772–1848), American folk artist *

Willard Bascom Willard Newell Bascom (November 7, 1916 in New York City – September 20, 2000 in San Diego, California), was an engineer, adventurer and scientist, as well as a writer, photographer, painter, miner, cinematographer, and archeologist, who first p ...

(1916–2000), American engineer, oceanographer, underwater archaeologist *

William Bascom __NOTOC__ William R. Bascom (May 23, 1912 – September 11, 1981) was an award-winning American folklorist, anthropologist, and museum director. He was a specialist in the art and culture of West Africa and the African Diaspora, especially the Y ...

(1912–1981), American anthropologist, folklorist, ethnologist Given name: *

Bascom Sine Deaver Bascom Sine Deaver (November 26, 1882 – October 13, 1944) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Education and career Born in Union County, Georgia, Deaver received an Artium ...

(1882–1944), U.S. Federal judge * Bascom Sine Deaver Jr. (born 1930), American physicist, professor *

Bascom Giles James Bascom Giles (September 21, 1900 – July 7, 1993) was an American politician who was the Texas Land Commissioner from 1939 to 1955. Implicated in the Veterans' Land Board scandal, he gave up his office and served three years in prison. Ear ...

(1900–1993), American, Texas land commissioner * Bascom Ray Lakin (1901–1984), American evangelical preacher *

Bascom Lamar Lunsford Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 – September 4, 1973) was a folklorist, performer of traditional Appalachian music, and lawyer from western North Carolina. He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians." Biography B ...

(1882–1973), American folklorist, musician, author of song "Good Old Mountain Dew" *

Bascom Joseph Rowlett Bascom Joseph Rowlett (1886–1947) was an architect in Richmond, Virginia. He was raised by others after his father, James Bascom Rowlett, who worked at the Tredegar Ironworks died. Rowlett graduated from Richmond High School in 1906 and Virgi ...

(1886–1947), American architect *

Bascom N. Timmons Bascom Nolley Timmons (March 31, 1890 – June 8, 1987) was an American newspaperman based in Washington, D.C., in a career that spanned all or parts of six decades. He was an advisor to U.S. Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Franklin D. Rooseve ...

(1890–1987), American newspaperman Middle name: *

John Bascom Crenshaw John Bascom Crenshaw (1861–1942) was the head of the Department of Modern Languages at the Georgia Institute of Technology for 38 years, and also served as the school's first athletic director, in which capacity he started Georgia Tech's lacrosse ...

(1861–1942), American college athletic director, founder of Georgia Tech's lacrosse team *

Asbury Bascom Davidson Asbury Bascom Davidson (November 13, 1855 in Lincoln County, Tennessee – February 4, 1920) served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15, 1907, to January 21, 1913. He had previously served in the Texas Senate from 1899 to 1907. ...

(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 * George Bascom Sparkman (1855–1896), American lawyer, mayor of Tampa, Florida * George Bascom Sparkman Jr. (1886–1924), American football player and coach * Henry Bascom Steagall (1873–1843), American politician * Lester Bascom Wikoff (1893–1978), American educator, Rotarian *

John Bascom Wolfe John Bascom Wolfe (July 8, 1904 – January 5, 1988) was an American social and behavioural psychologist best known for his study of the use of a token economy on chimpanzees. Born: Dryden, Virginia on July 8, 1904. Married Lillian Schuck (Yale ...

(1904–1988), American psychologist * Ashley Bascom Wright (1841–1897), American politician

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