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

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
  • Allen Cook, American politician
  • 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 (singer), American singer
  • Blaine Cook (programmer) (born 1980), 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
  • Chelsea Cook, American politician and lawyer
  • Chris Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Christine Cook (born 1970), English field hockey player
  • Clara Cook (1921–1996), American baseball player
  • Clarence Chatham Cook (1828–1900), American author and art critic
  • 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
  • Harvey Weir Cook (1892–1943), American aviator
  • 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
  • Hugo Cook (born 2004), British racing driver
  • 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
  • Jane Hampton Cook, American historian
  • 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

  • Kara Cook (born 1985), Australian politician
  • 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 (1912–1991), 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
  • Louis Cook (d. 1814), Iroquois leader
  • Louise Cook (rally driver) (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), English designer of the standard set of chess figures <!-- Note that Nathaniel Cooke's name has often been misspelled as Cook, and as such should be present here to allow readers looking for him to find him easily -->
  • Nicholas Cook (born 1950), British musicologist
  • Nick Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nicky Cook, English boxer
  • Noble David Cook (1941–2024), author and historian of colonial Peru
  • 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
  • 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), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  • Victor Cook (born c. 1960/1961), American television director, writer, and producer
  • Victoria Cook (1933–2019), 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
  • Wequash Cook, also spelled Cooke, (d. 1642), Pequot leader
  • 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

  • Zach Cook (b. 1999), Australian speedway rider
  • 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

See also

  • Cooke
  • Cooks (surname)
  • Kook (surname)

References

  • Cook Surname DNA Project