Cook (surname)

Cook is an occupational surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:

A

 * Aaron Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Adam Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * A. J. Cook (born 1978), Canadian actress
 * A. J. Cook (trade unionist) (1883–1931), Welsh trade unionist
 * Alan Cook (disambiguation) or Allan, multiple people
 * Alana Cook (born 1997), American soccer player
 * Alastair Cook (born 1984), English cricketer
 * Albert Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alfred M. Cook, American politician
 * Ali Cook, English magician and actor
 * Alice Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alicia Augello Cook also known as Alicia Keys, American singer
 * Alistair Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Allison Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alyssa-Jane Cook (born 1967), Australian actress, singer and television presenter
 * Amanda Lindsey Cook (born 1984), Canadian singer
 * Amy Cook (born 1979), American musician and singer-songwriter
 * Anne Cook (disambiguation), or Ann, multiple people
 * Annelies Cook (born 1984), American biathlete
 * Anthony Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Arnold Cook (1922–1981), Australian academic and national guide dog pioneer
 * Arthur Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
 * Austin Cook (born 1991), American golfer

B

 * Barbara Cook (1927–2017), American singer and actress
 * Barrie Cook (1929–2020), English artist
 * Barry Cook, American film director
 * Beano Cook (1931–2012), American sportscaster
 * Bekki Cook (born 1950), American politician
 * Benjamin Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bert Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Beryl Cook (1926–2008), English painter
 * Betsy Cook, American musician
 * Bill Cook or Billy Cook see William Cook (disambiguation)
 * Blaine Cook, American singer
 * Blaine Cook (programmer), Canadian software engineer
 * Bob Cook (1948–1978), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Bobby Cook (disambiguation), several people
 * Boo Cook (born 1972), British comic artist
 * Brendon Cook (born 1979), Australian racing driver
 * Brian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bruce Cook (disambiguation), several people
 * Bun Cook, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
 * Byron Cook (disambiguation), several people

C

 * Carole Cook (1924–2023), American actress
 * Carl Cook (born 1962), American businessman
 * Catherine Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Charles Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Chris Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Christine Cook (born 1970), English field hockey player
 * Clara Cook (1921–1996), American baseball player
 * Clay Cook (born 1978), American songwriter, producer and musician

D

 * Daequan Cook (born 1987), American player with Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Dale Cook (born 1958), American kickboxer
 * Dalvin Cook (born 1995), American football player
 * Daniel Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Damien Cook (born 1991), Australian Rugby League player
 * Dane Cook (born 1972), American comedian
 * David Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dean Cook (born 1985), British actor
 * Dennis Cook (born 1962), American professional baseball pitcher
 * Dianne Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dick Cook, American Chairman of Disney Studios
 * Doc Cook (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), American jazz bandleader
 * Doc Cook (baseball) (Luther Almus Cook, 1886–1973), American baseball player
 * Don Cook (born 1949), American record producer and songwriter, mainly in the field of country music
 * Donald Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Donna Cook (1926–2006), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Doris Cook (born 1931), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Dorothy Cook, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Dylan Cook (born 1998), American football player

E

 * Edith Agnes Cook (1859–1942), first female student at Adelaide University, principal of the Advanced School for Girls
 * Eli Cook (1814–1865), American politician
 * Eli Cook (musician) (born 1986), American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer
 * Elisha Cook Jr. (1903–1995), American actor
 * Elizabeth Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Everett Richard Cook (1894–1974), American World War I flying ace

F

 * Fielder Cook (1923–2003), American television and film director, producer and writer
 * Francis Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Frank Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Fred Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Frederick Cook (disambiguation), multiple people

G

 * Garry Cook (born 1958), British athlete
 * Garry Cook (CEO), British football executive, currently with Manchester City
 * George Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Geoff Cook (born 1951), England cricketer
 * Geoffrey Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Glen Cook (born 1944), author
 * Glen Cook (baseball), American baseball player
 * Glenn Cook, British triathlete and coach
 * Greg Cook (disambiguation), multiple people

H

 * Harry Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Henry Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Herman Cook, known as Junior Cook (1934–1992), hard bop tenor saxophone player
 * Hugh Cook (Canadian novelist) (born 1942), Canadian writer
 * Hugh Cook (science fiction author) (1956–2008), English-born novelist
 * Hume Cook, James Hume Cook, Australian politician

I

 * Ian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ira Cook (1821–1902), American surveyor, mayor, banker, tax collector, city council member, investor and entrepreneur

J

 * James Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jamie Cook, guitarist with British band the Arctic Monkeys
 * Jamie Cook (footballer), English footballer
 * Jane Constance Cook (Ga’axstal’as) (1870–1951), Canadian first nations leader and activist
 * Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist
 * Jeffrey Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jill Cook, British curator
 * Jim Cook see James Cook (disambiguation)
 * Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer
 * Joan Cook (born 1934), Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador
 * Joan Riddell Cook, founding director of JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium)
 * Joel Cook (1842–1910), American politician from Pennsylvania
 * John Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Johnny Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jonathan Cook (born 1965), British writer and journalist based in Israel
 * Jonathan Cook (cricketer) (born 1989), Australian cricketer
 * Jordan Cook (born 1990), English footballer
 * Joseph Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Julian Cook (1916–2017), US Army officer
 * Julian Abele Cook Jr. (1930–2017), US District Court judge
 * Junior Cook (1934–1992), Herman Cook, American hard bop tenor saxophone player
 * Justin Cook (born 1982), American voice actor

K

 * Kathy Smallwood-Cook (born 1960), British sprint athlete
 * Kenneth Bernard Cook (1929–1987), Australian journalist and novelist
 * Kristy Lee Cook (born 1984), American singer

L

 * Lawrence Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Lee Cook (born 1982), English footballer
 * Lemuel Cook (1759–1866), American Revolutionary War veteran
 * Leonard Cook (1912–?), Australian boxer at the 1936 Olympics
 * Lester Cook (born 1984), American tennis player
 * Lewis Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Linda Cook (1962–1986), English murder victim
 * Louise Cook (born 1987), British rally driver

M

 * Mariana Cook (born 1955), American photographer
 * Marlow Cook (1926–2016), Republican US Senator from Kentucky
 * Marv Cook (born 1966), American football player
 * Mary Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Matthew Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Merrill Cook (born 1946), Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Utah
 * Michael Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Myke Cook (born 1989), Australian football player
 * Mindy Cook (born 1988), American goalball player
 * Mitch Cook (born 1961), English football player
 * Moxon Cook (1857–1917), Australian sports journalist
 * Murray Cook (born 1960), Australian musician
 * Murray Cook (baseball) (born 1940), Canadian baseball scout and executive

N

 * Nat Cook, Australian politician
 * Natalie Cook (born 1975), Australian beach volleyball player
 * Nathaniel Cook (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures
 * Nicholas Cook (born 1950), British musicologist
 * Nick Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Nicky Cook, English boxer
 * Norm Cook, American basketball player
 * Norman Cook (born 1963), British musician (aka Fatboy Slim)

O

 * Octavia Cook (born 1978), New Zealand jeweller
 * Olive Cook (1912–2002), British writer and artist
 * Oliver Cook (born 1990), British rower
 * Omar Cook (born 1982), American-born, naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player
 * Omar Cook (American football) (born 1992), American football defensive back
 * Orator F. Cook (1867–1949), American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist
 * Orchard Cook (1763–1819), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
 * Orval R. Cook (1898–1980), United States Air Force four-star general
 * Oscar Cook (1888–1952), British author of novels, non-fiction works and short stories with a supernatural theme
 * Óscar Alvarado Cook (born 1944), Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
 * Otis Cook (1900–1980), American painter born in New Bedford, Massachusetts

P

 * Pam Cook (born 1943), English film theorist
 * Pamela Cook, American mathematician
 * Paul Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
 * Paula Cook (born 1969), British auto racing driver
 * Penny Cook (1957–2018), Australian actress
 * Perry R. Cook (born 1955), American computer music researcher and professor at Princeton
 * Peter Cook (disambiguation), multiple people

Q

 * Quentin L. Cook (born 1940), American lawyer, business executive, and religious leader in the LDS Church
 * Quinn Cook (born 1993), American basketball player

R

 * R. James Cook (born 1937), American phytopathologist
 * Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979), American actress and model
 * Ralph Cook (born 1944), Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
 * Randall William Cook (born 1951), American visual effects artist
 * Richard Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
 * Rick Cook (architect) (born 1960), New York City architect
 * Rick Cook (writer) (1944–2022), American author
 * Robin Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roderick Cook (1932–1990), English playwright, writer, director, and actor
 * Rodney Mims Cook Jr. (born 1956), American businessman
 * Rodney Mims Cook Sr. (1924–2013), American politician and activist
 * Roger Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Ron Cook (born 1948), English actor
 * Ron Cook (baseball) (born 1947), American baseball player
 * Russ Cook, English endurance athlete
 * Ryan Cook (disambiguation), multiple people

S

 * Samuel Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Scott Cook (born 1952), American entrepreneur
 * Scott Cook (soccer), American soccer player
 * Sharon Anne Cook (born 1947), Canadian historian
 * Sherburne F. Cook (1896–1974), American physiologist and pioneer in population studies
 * Stephen Cook (disambiguation)
 * Steve Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Stu Cook (born 1945), bassist with U.S rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * Stuart W. Cook (1913–1993), American social psychologist

T

 * Ted Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Terry Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Theodore Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Thomas Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * T. S. Cook (1947–2013), American screenwriter and producer
 * Tim Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Troy Cook (born 1976), Australian footballer
 * Tyler Cook (born 1997), American basketball player

V

 * Vernon Cook (1927–1987), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
 * Victor Cook (born c. 1960/1961), American television director, writer, and producer
 * Victoria Cook (1933–2019), former World Champion archer who represented the United States
 * Virgil Young Cook (1848–1922), American Confederate veteran and planter
 * Vivian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people

W

 * Walter Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Wayne Cook (American football) (born 1971), American football player
 * Wayne Cook (musician) (born 1946), American keyboardist
 * Wesley Cook (born 1954), later known as Mumia Abu-Jamal, American convicted of the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer
 * Whitfield Cook (1909–2003), American writer
 * Will Marion Cook (1869–1944), American composer and violinist
 * William Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Willie Cook (1923–2000), American jazz trumpeter
 * Willie Cook (footballer) (1903–1981), Scottish footballer
 * W. T. Cook (1884–1970), American college sports coach

Y

 * Yassar Cook (born 1993), South African first-class cricketer
 * Yvette Cook, known as "Lady E", member of Newcleus, American electro and old school hip hop group

Z

 * Zachary Cook (fl. 2000s–2010s), American politician, Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
 * Zadock Cook (1769–1863), United States Representative from Georgia