Westcott (surname)

Westcott is an English surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Anarcha Westcott (c. 1828 – unknown), enslaved woman experimented on by physician J. Marion Sims
• Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901), British bishop, biblical scholar and theologian
• Burton J. Westcott (1868–1926), American businessman based in Ohio
• Carl Westcott (born 1939), American businessman
• Carlia S. Westcott, American marine engineer
• Carrie Westcott (born 1969), American model and actress
• David Westcott (born 1957), British hockey player and cricketer
• David M. Westcott (ca 1769–1841), New York politician
• Dick Westcott (1927–2013), South African cricketer
• Duvie Westcott (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
• Frederic Westcott (died 1861), English botanist
• Frederick John Westcott, known as Fred Karno (1866–1941), British theatre impresario
• Genevieve Westcott (1955–2020), Canadian-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter
• Gordon Westcott (1903–1935), American actor
• Helen Westcott (1928–1998), American actress
• Lisa Westcott, Award-winning British makeup artist
• Stukely Westcott (1592–1677), Founding settler of Rhode Island
• William Westcott (aviator), USAF flying ace during the Korean War
• William Wynn Westcott (1848–1925), Co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
• The Westcott family of Florida:
  • James Westcott (1802–1880), U.S. senator from Florida
  • James Westcott III (1839–1887), justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
  • John Westcott (1807–1888), president of the Florida Canal Company