# Crook (surname)

Crook is an Old Norse surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. R. Crook (1864–1930), American geologist
* Al Crook (Alfred John Crook; 1897–1958), American football player
* Alan Crook (1897–1965), Australian electrical engineer
* Andrew Crook (born 1980), Australian cricketer
* Anna Crook (born 1934), American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1995–2015)
* Billy Crook (disambiguation)
* Carl Crook (born 1963), English amateur lightweight and professional light/light welterweight boxer
* Catherine Crook de Camp (1907–2000), American science fiction author
* Charles Crook (1862–1926), English teacher, trade union official and politician, Member of Parliament (1922–1923, 1924–1926)
* Clive Crook (born 1953), English columnist, editor and author
* Eddie Crook Jr. (1929–2005), American boxer
* David Crook (1910–2000), British Marxist
* David Moore Crook (1914–1944), British fighter pilot
* Elizabeth Crook (born 1959), American novelist
* Frances Crook (born 1952), British Labour Party politician
* General Crook or General Columbus Crook (born 1945), an American blues musician
* Geoffrey Crook (born 1978), English cricketer
* George Crook (1828–1890), American general
* George Crook (rugby union) (born 1988), English rugby union player
* Gordon Crook (1921–2011), New Zealand visual artist
* Hal Crook (born 1950), jazz trombonist
* Helen Crook (born 1971), British tennis player
* Henry Crook (1802–1886), English first-class cricketer
* Herbert Crook (born 1965), American basketball player
* Howard Crook (born 1947), American tenor
* Ian Crook (born 1963), former English professional football player
* Isabel Crook (1915–2023), Canadian-British anthropologist, political prisoner and professor
* J. Mordaunt Crook (born 1937), British architectural historian
* Jack Crook (born 1993), English basketball player
* Jeff Crook, American novelist
* John Crook (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph Crook (1809–1884), Liberal British Member of Parliament (1852–1861)
* Kenneth Crook (1920–2012), British politician and diplomat, Governor of the Cayman Islands (1971–1974), Ambassador to Afghanistan (1976–1979)
* Lorianne Crook (born 1957), American radio and television personality
* Lupen Crook (Matthew Pritchard), English musician and songwriter
* Mackenzie Crook (born 1971), British actor
* Malcolm Crook, professor of French history
* Margaret Brackenbury Crook (1886–1972), British Unitarian minister and U.S. professor of religious studies
* Martyn Crook (1956–2008), British soccer coach
* Maryrose Crook, musician and artist from New Zealand
* Max Crook (1936–2020), American musician
* Narciso Crook (born 1995), Dominican baseball player
* P. J. Crook (born 1945), British painter
* Paul Crook (born 1966), American guitarist
* Paul Crook (rugby league, born 1974)
* Paul Crook (rugby league, born 1986)
* Peter Crook (businessman) (born 1963), chief executive of Provident Financial (until 2017)
* Peter Crook (skier) (born 1993), British Virgin Islander Olympic freestyle skier
* Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook (1901–1989), British peer
* Robert Crook (disambiguation)
* Steven Crook (born 1983), Australian cricketer
* Terry Crook (born 1947), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
* Thomas Crook (1798–1879), New York politician
* Thurman C. Crook (1891–1981), U.S. politician
* T. Mewburn Crook (1869-1949), English sculptor
* Tommy Crook (born 1944), American musician
* Tony Crook (disambiguation)
* Walter Crook (1912–1988), English footballer and manager
* William Crook (disambiguation)