# Cook (surname)

Cook is an occupational surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Aaron Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
* Abby Cook (ice hockey) (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
* 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 (ice hockey) (1948–1978), Canadian ice hockey player
* Bobby Cook (disambiguation), several people
* Boo Cook (born 1972), British comic artist
* 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

* Katherine M. Cook (1876–1962), American educator and government official
* 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

* Makira Cook (born 2001), American basketball player
* 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