Bancroft may refer to:

People

• Ann Bancroft, an American explorer
• Anne Bancroft, an American actress
• Billy Bancroft, Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
• Dave Bancroft, an American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Edward Bancroft, a double agent in the American Revolutionary War
• George Bancroft, an American historian and politician
• George Bancroft (actor), an American actor
• H. Hugh Bancroft, British organist and composer
• Hubert Howe Bancroft, American historian and ethnologist
• Jack Bancroft, Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
• Richard Bancroft, an ex-Archbishop of Canterbury
• Wilder Dwight Bancroft, an American physical chemist
• Bancroft family, previous owners of Dow Jones & Company

Animals

• Bancroft (horse), a thoroughbred race horse which ran in the 1880 Kentucky Derby

Place names

United Kingdom:

• Bancroft, Milton Keynes

Canada:

• Bancroft, Ontario

United States:

• Bancroft, Idaho
• Bancroft, Iowa
• Bancroft, Kentucky
• Bancroft, Maine
• Bancroft, Michigan
• Bancroft, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Bancroft, Nebraska
• Bancroft, South Dakota
• Bancroft, West Virginia

Schools

• Bancroft Middle School (Los Angeles)
• Bancroft School, a K-12 private school in Worcester, Massachusetts
• Bancroft School of Massage Therapy
• Bancroft's School, an independent school in Woodford Green, London

Other

• Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, named in Hubert Howe Bancroft's honor and started with his collection
• Bancroft (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Bancroft Mills, a factory in Wilmington, Delaware
• Bancroft Prize, American literary award from Columbia University

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