William Cooke

William Cooke or Bill Cooke may refer to:

Sports

 * Harry Cooke (born William Henry Cooke, 1919–1992), English footballer
 * William Cooke (cricketer) (1868–1954), New Zealand cricketer
 * William Cooke (footballer) (1915–?), English footballer
 * Bill Cooke (defensive end) (born 1951), American football defensive end
 * Bill Cooke (footballer) (1888–1950), Australian rules footballer

Politicians

 * William Cooke (died 1558), MP for New Woodstock and Portsmouth
 * William Cooke (died 1589), MP for Stamford and Grantham
 * Sir William Cooke (of Highnam) (1572–1619), English Member of Parliament
 * William Cooke (died 1703) (1620–1703), MP for Gloucester
 * William Cooke (1682–1709), MP for Gloucester
 * William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (1823–1863), Confederate politician
 * William Cooke, MP for Lewes
 * William Wilcox Cooke (died 1816), Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court

Others

 * William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor
 * William Ernest Cooke (1863–1947), Australian astronomer
 * William Cooke (Methodist) (1806–1884), Methodist New Connexion
 * William Cooke (Provost of King's College) (1711–1797), academic and Church of England priest
 * William Cooke (priest, born 1821) (1821–1894), Church of England priest and hymn-writer
 * William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855), English line engraver
 * William Bridge Cooke (1908–1991), American mycologist
 * William Gordon Cooke (1803–1847), New Orleans druggist and major in the Texian Army
 * Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, English publishers (William Cooke died c. 1641)
 * Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782–1851), of the Cooke baronets
 * Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, 9th Baronet (1827–1894), of the Cooke baronets
 * Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet (1872–1964), of the Cooke baronets
 * William W. Cooke (1846–1876), US officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
 * William Wilson Cooke (1871–1949), American architect
 * 3894 Williamcooke, asteroid named for William Ernest Cooke