• Source: Bancroft (surname)

Bancroft is a place name-derived English surname originating in the 13th century with three purported origins: the locale Bancroft in Ardeley, Hertfordshire; the locale of Bancroft Field in Soham, Cambridgeshire; or an Old English transliteration of the phrase "dweller by the bean field'. Bancroft is thought to be related in origin to two other surnames, Bangcroft and Bencroft.
Notable people sharing this surname include

Bancroft family, previous owners of Dow Jones & Company
Aaron Bancroft (1755–1839), Colonial American clergyman and Revolutionary War soldier
Ann Bancroft (born 1955), American explorer
Anne Bancroft (1931–2005), American actress
Billy Bancroft (1871–1959), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
Cameron Bancroft (cricketer) (born 1992), Australian cricketer
Cameron Bancroft (actor) (born 1967), Canadian actor
Dave Bancroft (1891–1972), American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Edward Bancroft (1744–1821), American double agent in the American Revolutionary War, first for the American, then for the British
Edward Nathaniel Bancroft (1772–1842), English physician, botanist, and zoologist
Effie Bancroft (1839–1921), English actress and theatre manager
Frederick J. Bancroft (1834–1903), American physician
Frederick Bancroft (educator) (1855–1929), Canadian educator
George Bancroft (1800–1891), American historian, statesman, and Secretary of the Navy
George Bancroft (actor) (1882–1956), American actor
Gertrude Bancroft (1908–1985), American economist
H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988), British organist and composer
Hugh Bancroft (attorney) (1879–1933), American publisher and attorney
Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), American historian and ethnologist
Huldah Bancroft (died 1966), American biostatistician
Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft (1922–1996), British civil servant
Jack Bancroft (1879–1942), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (1867–1952), American educator, a pioneer of physical education
John Bancroft (bishop) (1574–1640), bishop of Oxford
John Bancroft (dramatist) (died 1696), English dramatist
John Bancroft (architect) (1928–2011), British architect
John Bancroft (sexologist) (born 1936), American physician
John Bancroft (businessman), 21st century British businessman
Joseph Bancroft (1836–1894), English-born Australian surgeon and parasitologist
Lincoln Bancroft (1877–1942), American politician
Mary Bancroft (1903–1997), American novelist and spy
G. Michael Bancroft (born 1942), Canadian chemist
Natalie Bancroft (born circa 1980), American businesswoman
Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), New Zealand sculptor
Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), English clergyman and Archbishop of Canterbury
Ryan Bancroft (born 1989), American conductor
Squire Bancroft (1841–1926), aka Sydney Bancroft, English actor and theatre manager
Stephen H. Bancroft, American theologian and educator
Thomas Bancroft (poet) (c. 1596–1658), English poet
Thomas Bancroft (MP) (died 1636), English Member of Parliament
Thomas Bancroft (priest) (1756–1811), English Anglican vicar
Tom Bancroft (born 1967), British jazz drummer and composer
Tony Bancroft (born 1967), American animator
Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867–1953), American chemist




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