Buffum (surname)

Buffum is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Arnold Buffum (1782-1859), Quaker abolitionist
 * Arnold Buffum Chace (1845-1932), American businessman and academic administrator
 * Charles Abel Buffum (1870–1936), American businessman and politician
 * Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901-1997), American cultural leader
 * Edward Gould Buffum (1820–1867), American philanthropist, son of Arnold Buffum.
 * Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806–1899), American activist. She was the daughter of Arnold Buffum.
 * James N. Buffum (1807–1887), American politician
 * John Buffum (born 1943), American rally driver
 * Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman (1847–1929), American social reformer
 * Robert Buffum (1828-1871), American Union Army soldier
 * Thomas Buffum (1776–1852), Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
 * William B. Buffum (1921–2012), American diplomat