Pancoast is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Fred Pancoast (born c. 1932), human resources executive and former American football player and coach G. Sieber Pancoast (1914–1992), former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Henry Pancoast (1875–1939), American radiologist after whom a type of lung tumor is named (Pancoast tumor) Joseph Pancoast (1805–1882), American surgeon See also Pancoast, Pennsylvania Pancoast Creek, tributary of the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania, United States Pancoast Pelican, American twin-engine aircraft Pancoast tumor, also called a pulmonary sulcus tumor or superior sulcus tumor, tumor of the pulmonary apex