Batchelor (surname)

Batchelor is a long established surname in England and Scotland, but the name has Anglo-Norman roots, and may also refer to a person in the glassmaking trade.^[1]

Notable people with the surname Batchelor include:

• Anna Batchelor, British physician
• C. D. Batchelor (1888–1977), American cartoonist
• Casey Batchelor (born 1984), English glamour model and reality TV star
• Charles Batchelor (1845–1910), American inventor and associate of Thomas Alva Edison
• Claude Batchelor (born 1929), United States Army soldier
• David Batchelor (artist and writer) (born 1955), Scottish artist and writer
• David Batchelor (sound mixer) (1941–2005), English sound mixer in television adverts
• Doug Batchelor, (born 1957), American pastor, evangelist and author
• Edward A. Batchelor (1883–1968), American sportswriter
• Erica Batchelor (born 1933), British figure skater
• Gary Batchelor, Canadian soccer player
• George Batchelor (1920–2000), Australian mathematician and fluid dynamicist
• Horace Batchelor (1898–1977), British businessman
• Jeff Batchelor (born 1988), Canadian snowboarder
• John Batchelor (born 1948), American author and radio host
• John Batchelor (actor) (born 1969), Australian television actor
• John Batchelor (illustrator) (1936–2019), English technical illustrator
• John Batchelor (missionary) (1855–1944), English missionary and first person to study the Ainu in depth
• John Batchelor (politician) (1820–1883), British politician and businessman
• John Batchelor (racing) (1959–2010), British racing team owner and ex-chairman of York City FC
• John Batchelor (rugby union) (born 1970), English rugby player
• John Batchelor (trade unionist) (1842–1929), British trade union leader
• Joy Batchelor (1914–1991), English director, producer, writer, art director and animator
• Karen Batchelor, American lawyer and genealogist
• Keith Batchelor (1930–2009), Australian rules footballer
• Lee Batchelor (1865–1911), Australian politician
• Leon Dexter Batchelor (1884–1958), American professor of horticulture
• Lillian Lewis Batchelor (1907–1977), American librarian
• Lynn Batchelor, American politician
• Marc Batchelor (born 1971), South African soccer player
• Peter Batchelor (born 1950), Australian politician
• Ray Batchelor (1924–2006), British athletics and football coach who worked in Kenya
• Stephen Batchelor (agnostic) (born 1953), British writer and teacher
• Stephen Batchelor (field hockey) (born 1961), British field hockey player
• Todd A. Batchelor (born 1970), American businessman and politician