Bathurst () is a surname of Old English origin. It is a locational surname, referring to those from Bathurst manor, near Battle Abbey, Sussex.
Notable people with this name include:
Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst (1684–1775), politician
Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst (1832–1892)
Allen Bathurst, 9th Earl Bathurst (born 1961)
Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley (1895–1942), British Army officer
Benjamin Bathurst (disambiguation), many people
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (1867–1958) agriculturist and politician
Charles Bathurst (1754–1831), better known as Charles Bragge Bathurst, a British politician
Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe (1934–2009)
Earl Bathurst
Elizabeth Bathurst (1655–1685), English Quaker preacher and theologian
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714–1794), lord chancellor
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762–1834), secretary for war & colonies
Henry Bathurst, 4th Earl Bathurst (1790–1866), MP
Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst (1927–2011)
Henry Bathurst (bishop) (1744–1837)
John Bathurst (1607–1659), physician
Otto Benjamin Charles Bathurst (born 1971), British television and film director
Peter Bathurst (1687–1748), member of parliament for Wilton, for Cirencester, and for Salisbury
Peter Bathurst (1723–1801), member of parliament for Eye
Ralph Bathurst (1620–1704)
Richard Bathurst (1722/3–1762), physician and writer
Robert Bathurst (born 1957), actor
Robin Gilbert Charles Bathurst (1920–2006), English geologist
Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst (1864–1923)
Walter Bathurst (1764–1827), naval officer
William Bathurst, 5th Earl Bathurst (1791–1878)
William Hiley Bathurst (1796–1877), clergyman