Fictional Characters
- Starbuck, the first mate of the ship Pequod in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick
- Starbuck, a hero in the novel Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies
- Elon Cody Starbuck, a space pirate created by Howard Chaykin for the comics anthology magazine Star*Reach, first appearing in 1974.
- J.J. Starbuck, a character in the J.J. Starbuck television series
- Lieutenant Starbuck, a character in the original 1978 Battlestar Galactica film and television series
- Kara Thrace, call sign "Starbuck", a character in the 2004 Battlestar Galactica television series
- Nathaniel Starbuck, the main character in The Starbuck Chronicles novels by Bernard Cornwell
- Dana Scully, a character in the TV series The X-Files, given the nickname "Starbuck" by her father, after the Moby Dick character.
- Bill Starbuck, a main character and con man in the play and 1956 film The Rainmaker, and the musical 110 in the Shade
- Walter F. Starbuck, the main character of the novel Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut.
- A title held by two characters in the 1980 novel The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge.
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