Cook (family name)
Cook is a family name from English-speaking countries.
Name bearer
A.
- Aaron Cook (baseball player) (born 1979), American baseball player
- Aaron Cook (Taekwondoin) (* 1991), British Taekwondoin
- Aaron Cook (politician) , Nauruan politician
- Al Cook (* 1945), Austrian blues guitarist and singer
- Alan Cook (1896–1973), American film technician
- Alastair Cook (* 1984), English cricketer
- Albert Stanburrough Cook (1853–1927), American English scholar
- Alice Cook (sociologist) (1903–1998), American sociologist and university professor
- Alice Cook (figure skater) (born 1955), American figure skater
- Alice Carter Cook (1865–1945), American botanist
- Alice Grace Cook (1877 / 1887–1958), British astronomer
- Andrea Joy Cook (* 1978), Canadian actress
- Angela Cook (* 1953), Australian medium and long distance runner
- Ann Cook (1903–1962), American blues singer
- Annelies Cook (* 1984), American biathlete and cross-country skier
- Arthur Cook (born 1928), American marksman
- Arthur Bernard Cook (1868–1952), British classical philologist, archaeologist and religious scholar
B.
- Barbara Cook (1927–2017), American singer and actress
- Beryl Cook (1926-2008), British painter
- Bill Cook (1896–1986), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Billy Cook (serial killer) (1928–1952), American serial killer
- Billy Cook (soccer player, 1882) (1882–1947), English soccer player
- Billy Cook (soccer player, 1895) (1895–1980), English soccer player
- Billy Cook (soccer player, 1909) (1909-1992) Irish soccer player
- Billy Cook (football player, 1940) (1940-2017), Scottish-Australian football player
- Bob Cook (approx. 1958–1981), American cyclist
- Brendan Cook (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruce Alexander Cook (1932–2003), American journalist and writer
- Bun Cook (1904–1988), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), American politician
C.
- Carla Cook (* ~ 1962), American jazz singer
- Carole Cook (born 1924), American singer and actress
- Cecil Cook (1897–1985), general practitioner, Protector of Aborigines, military doctor and medical officer
- Charles Henry Herbert Cook (1843–1910), New Zealand University Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
- Charlie Cook (* 1982), American ice hockey player
- Chris Cook (* 1979), British swimmer, see Christopher Cook (swimmer)
- Chris Cook (cross-country skier) (* 1980), American cross-country skier
- Chris Cook (racing driver) (* 1981), American racing driver
- Christopher Cook (actor) (born 1942), American actor
- Christopher Cook (swimmer) (born 1979), British swimmer
- Christopher David Cook (born 1933), English botanist
- Clyde Cook (1891–1984), Australian actor, comedian, film director and author
D.
- Daequan Cook (* 1987), American basketball player
- Dalvin Cook (born 1995), American football player
- Dan Cook (1926–2008), American journalist
- Dane Cook (* 1972), American comedian
- Daniel Pope Cook (1794–1827), American politician
- David Cook (actor) (1940-2015), British actor and screenwriter
- David Cook (religious scholar) ( David Bryan Cook ; * 1966), American religious scholar
- David Cook (cyclist) ( David Alan Cook ; * 1969), British cyclist
- David Cook (Musician) ( David Roland Cook ; * 1982), American singer-songwriter and musician
- Doc Cook (1891-1958), American jazz big band leader
- Donald Cook (1901–1961), American actor
- Douglas S. Cook († 2015), American screenwriter
- Dustin Cook (* 1989), Canadian ski racer
E.
- Ebenezer Cook (~ 1667– ~ 1732), English poet
- Eddie Cook (born 1966), American boxer
- Edward Cook (track and field athlete) (1889–1972), American track and field athlete
- Edward Dutton Cook (1829-1883), British writer and literary critic
- Edward Tyas Cook (1857-1919), British journalist, biographer, and scholar
- Elisha Cook (1903-1995), American actor
- Eliza Cook (1818-1889), British writer
- Elizabeth Cook (1741–1835) , wife of the discoverer James Cook
- Elizabeth Cook (writer) (born 1952), British writer
- Elizabeth Cook (musician) (* 1972), American singer
- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (* 1930), Indigenous American author and university teacher
- Emily Cook (* 1979), American freestyle skier
- Eugene Beauharnais Cook (1830–1915), American chess composer
F.
- Fielder Cook (1923–2003), American film director and producer
- Frank Cook (1935–2012), British politician
- Frederick Cook (politician) (1833-1905), American businessman and politician (Democratic Party)
- Frederick Cook (1865–1940), American explorer, polar explorer and doctor
- Frederick Joseph Cook (1904–1988), Canadian ice hockey player and coach, see Bun Cook
G
- Garry Cook (born 1958), British athlete
- Gene Cook (1932–2002), American football player and baseball official
- George Cook (soccer player, 1895) (1895–1980), English soccer player
- George Cook (soccer player, 1904) (1904– ??), English soccer player
- George Ramsay Cook (1931-2016), Canadian historian
- George W. Cook (1851-1916), American politician
- Glen Cook (* 1944), American fantasy author
- Glenn Cook (born 1963), British triathlete
- Greg Cook (1946–2012), American football player
H
- Holly Cook , American figure skater
I.
- Ida Cook (1904–1986), British novelist and Righteous Among the Nations
J
- J. Lawrence Cook (1899–1976), American pianist
- Jacqui Cook (* 1976), Canadian rower
- James Cook (1728–1779), British navigator and explorer
- James Cook (industrialist) (1764-1837) Scottish industrialist
- James Douglas Cook (1879-1949), British politician
- James Hume Cook (1866–1942), Australian politician
- James M. Cook (1807–1868), American businessman, banker, and politician
- James Wilfred Cook (1900–1975), British chemist
- Jared Cook (born 1987), American football player
- Javier Cook (* 1961), German American football coach
- Jerry Cook (* 1943), American racing driver
- Jesse Cook (* 1964), Canadian guitarist and composer
- Joel Cook (1842–1910), American politician
- John Cook (pirate) († 1684), pirate
- John Cook (politician, 1730) (1730–1789), British-American politician (Delaware)
- John Cook (General) (1825-1910), American general
- John Cook (actor) (1876–1921), American actor
- John Cook (director) (1935–2001), Canadian photographer and director
- John Cook (politician, 1946) (born 1946), American politician, Mayor of El Paso
- John Cook (golfer) (born 1957), American golfer
- John Cook (scientist) (* 1972), Australian cognitive scientist and science writer
- John C. Cook (1846–1920), American politician (Iowa)
- John Manuel Cook (1910–1994), British classical archaeologist and ancient historian
- John Parsons Cook (1817–1872), American politician
- Jonathan Cook (* 1965), British journalist and author
- Joseph Cook (1860–1947), Australian politician
- Josephine Cook (born 1931), British shot putter
- Junior Cook (1934-1992), American jazz musician
K
- Kassidy Cook (* 1995), American water diver
- Kathy Cook (* 1960), British sprinter
- Kera Rachel Cook (* 1988), German model, see Kera Rachel Deiß
- Kristina Cook (* 1970), British eventing rider
- Kyle Cook (* 1975), American rock guitarist
L.
- Laurence Cook (* 1939), American jazz musician
- Lewis Cook (born 1997), English footballer
- Linda Cook (* 1958), American top manager
K
- Kenneth Cook (1929–1987), Australian author and filmmaker
- Kerstin Cook (* 1989), Swiss beauty queen
M.
- Marlow Cook (1926–2016), American politician
- Marty Cook (* 1947), American jazz trombonist and composer
- Mason Cook (* 2000), American actor
- Mercer Cook (1903–1987), American Romance studies scholar, translator and diplomat
- Merrill Cook (born 1946), American politician
- Michael Cook (* 1940), British scholar of Islam
- Monte Cook (* 1968), American role-play author
- Myrtle Cook (1902–1985), Canadian athlete
N
- Natalie Cook (* 1975), Australian volleyball player
- Nick Cook (* 1960), British journalist and author
- Nicky Cook (* 1979), English super featherweight boxer
- Norman Cook (* 1963), British musician and producer, see Fatboy Slim
O
- Oliver Cook (* 1990), British rower
- Omar Cook (* 1982), American-Montenegrin basketball player
- Orator Fuller Cook (1867–1949), American botanist, entomologist and cultural geographer
- Orchard Cook (1763-1819), American politician
P
- Paul Cook (* 1956), English punk musician
- Paul Cook (politician) (born 1943), American politician
- Paul Cook (writer) (born 1950), American writer
- Peter Cook (architect) (* 1936), British architect
- Peter Cook (comedian) (1937–1995), British comedian and actor
- Peter Cook (politician) (1943-2005), Australian politician
- Peter J. Cook (* 1938), British-Australian geologist
- Philip Cook (1817–1894), American politician and brigadier general
Q
- Quentin L. Cook (born 1940), Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Quinn Cook (* 1993), American basketball player
R.
- Rachael Leigh Cook (* 1979), American actress and model
- Randall William Cook , American special effects artist
- Richard Cook (1957–2007), British jazz journalist and author
- Robert Cook (software developer) , American software developer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Metaweb
- Robert A. Cook (1912–1991), American pastor and author
- Robert E. Cook ( Robert Eugene Cook ; 1920–1988), American politician
- Robert Edward Cook (* 1946), American ecologist
- Robert Finlayson Cook (1946-2005), British politician, see Robin Cook (Politician)
- Robert Manuel Cook (1909–2000), British classical archaeologist
- Robert O. Cook (1903-1995), American sound engineer
- Robin Cook (Author) (born 1940), American doctor and author
- Robin Cook (politician) (1946-2005), British politician
- Robin William Arthur Cook , pen name Derek Raymond (1931–1994), British writer
- Roger Cook (* 1940), English songwriter; see Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
- Rosa Cook (* 1998), Mexican athlete
- Rupert Svendsen-Cook (* 1990), British racing driver
S.
- Samuel A. Cook (1849–1918), American politician (Wisconsin)
- Samuel E. Cook (1860-1946), American politician (Indiana)
- Sarah Cook (art historian) (* 1974), Canadian art historian
- Sarah Cook (squash player) (* 1975), New Zealand squash player
- Sarah Cook (rower) (* 1985), Australian rower
- Sarah Cook (soccer player) (* 1993), American-Filipino soccer player
- Sarah Cook (UN official) , British UN official
- Sherburne F. Cook (1896–1974), American physiologist and anthropologist
- Stacey Cook (* 1984), American ski racer
- Stanton Cook († 2015), American manager
- Stephanie Cook (* 1972), British modern pentathlete
- Stephen A. Cook (* 1939), American computer scientist
- Steve Cook (born 1991), English football player
- Stu Cook , actually Stuart Cook (* 1945), British bassist and pianist, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Summer Cook (* 1991), American triathlete, see Summer Rappaport
T
- TS Cook (1947-2013), American screenwriter
- Thomas Cook (1808-1892), British clergyman and tourism entrepreneur
- Thomas Cook (politician, fl. 1399) , English politician from Marlborough
- Thomas Cook (politician, fl. 1417) , English politician from Exeter
- Thomas Cook (singer) (1831-1894), English opera singer (bass)
- Thomas Cook (Bishop) (1866–1928), British clergyman, Bishop of Lewes
- Thomas Cook (cricketer) (1901-1950), English cricket and soccer player
- Thomas Cook (politician, 1902) (1902–1970), English politician
- Thomas Cook (politician, 1908) (1908-1952), Scottish politician
- Thomas H. Cook (* 1947), American writer
- Tim Cook (* 1960), American manager
- Tim Cook (ice hockey player) (born 1984), American ice hockey player
- Tommy Cook (Sportsman) ( Thomas Edwin Reed Cook ; 1901–1950), English cricketer, football player and coach
- Tommy Cook (actor) (born 1930), American actor, film producer and screenwriter
- Tony Cook (* 1936), Australian long-distance runner
W.
- Walter Robert Ivimey Cook (1902–1952), British mushroom expert
- Wesley Cook , known as Mumia Abu-Jamal (* 1954), American journalist
- Will Marion Cook (1869–1944), American composer
- William Cook , real name of Antony Tudor (1908–1987), American choreographer
- William Cook (1909-1992), Irish football player, see Billy Cook (football player, 1909)
- William Cook (mathematician) (* 1957), American mathematician
- William Alfred Cook (1931–2011), American entrepreneur
- William Edward Cook (1928–1952), American murderer, see Billy Cook (serial killer)
- William James McLaughlan Cook (1940-2017), Scottish-Australian football player, see Billy Cook (football player, 1940)
- William Osser Cook (1896-1986), Canadian ice hockey player and coach, see Bill Cook
- William Richard Joseph Cook (1905–1987), British physicist
- Willie Cook (1923-2000), American jazz trumpeter
Z
- Zadock Cook (1769–1863), American politician