People
- The 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
- 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
- Frederick Bancroft (1855–1929), Canadian educator
- George Bancroft (1800–1891), American historian, statesman, and Secretary of the Navy (1845–1846)
- George Bancroft (actor) (1882–1956), American actor
- H. Hugh Bancroft (1904–1988), British organist and composer
- Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), American historian and ethnologist
- Jack Bancroft (1879–1942), Welsh international rugby union player and county cricketer
- G. Michael Bancroft (born 1942), Canadian chemist and synchrotron scientist
- Milton Herbert Bancroft (1867–1947), American Painter
- Molly Bancroft, American singer and songwriter
- Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), English clergyman and Archbishop of Canterbury (1604–1610)
- Squire Bancroft (1841–1926), English actor and manager
- Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1867–1953), American physical chemist
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