Bayard Tuckerman (2 July 1855 New York City - 20 October 1923) was a United States biographer and historian.
He studied for two years in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, at the Pension Roulet, and later graduated from Harvard in 1878, and became a writer on historical and literary subjects. He lectured on English literature for Princeton University 1898-1907. He married Annie Osgood Smith in 1882; they had four children, among whom was Bayard Tuckerman, Jr., a noted jockey.