Bickerstaff or Bickerstaffe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bernie Bickerstaff (born 1944), American National Basketball Association executive and former head coach, father of J. B. Bickerstaff
  • J. B. Bickerstaff (born 1979), American National Basketball Association head coach, son of Bernie Bickerstaff
  • Edwin Bickerstaff (1920–2008), neurologist after whom Bickerstaff's encephalitis and Bickerstaff's migraine are named
  • Erik Bickerstaff (born 1980), American former National Football League running back
  • Isaac Bickerstaff, a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of astrologer John Partridge
  • Isaac Bickerstaffe (1733–after 1808), Anglo-Irish playwright
  • Matt Bickerstaff (born 1976), Australian rugby league player
  • Philip Bickerstaffe (1639–1714), English merchant and Member of Parliament
  • Rodney Bickerstaffe (1945–2017), British trade unionist, General Secretary of the National Union of Public Employees and UNISON
  • Steve Bickerstaff (1946–2019), adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas Law School in Austin, Texas
  • Tim Bickerstaff (1942–2009), New Zealand radio talkback host and pioneer
  • William Bickerstaff (1728–1789), English antiquarian, curate, and schoolmaster

See also

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  • Bickerstaffe, a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England