Kevin Buzzacott (1946 – 29 November 2023), often referred to as Uncle Kev, was an Aboriginal Australian rights campaigner and elder of the Arabunna nation in northern South Australia. He campaigned widely for cultural recognition, justice, and land rights for Aboriginal people. He initiated and led numerous campaigns, including against uranium mining at Olympic Dam mine on Kokatha land and the exploitation of the water from the Great Artesian Basin. He also published a collections of poetry, which included the content of his keynote address at a 1998 conference.

Kevin Buzzacott was born in 1946 at Finniss Springs, South Australia, on Arabunna country, and he was an Arabunna man.

He attended school at Marree. After school, he worked on the railways and cattle stations. Over the years, he and his family resided in several places, including Alice Springs, Tarcoola, and Gawler (north of Adelaide).

Buzzacott began his activism in 1982, on issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, Aboriginal education, Indigenous land rights and Aboriginal heritage and sacred sites.

In 1984 Buzzacott moved to Port Augusta, where he was employed as an alcohol and drug worker.

After moving to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, in 1985, he was involved in a successful campaign to stop a dam being built on the Todd River. He also helped establish the Arrernte Council there, and served as a regional councillor for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

He returned to South Australia in the mid-1990s and started campaigning to protect his country.

In 1997 he attended the inaugural meeting of the Alliance Against Uranium (later the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance) and served as president for many years.