Cooke

Cooke is a surname.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Cooke (died 1614), English actor
• Alfred Tyrone Cooke, of the Indo-Pakistani wars
• Alistair Cooke KBE (1908–2004), journalist and broadcaster
• Amos Starr Cooke (1810–1871), found of Royal School and Castle & Cooke in Hawaii
• Anna Rice Cooke (1853–1934), patron of the arts and founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
• Anthony Cooke (1505–1576), British scholar
• Baden Cooke (born 1978), Australian cyclist
• Barrie Cooke (born 1931), Irish painter
• Bates Cooke, US Representative 1831–1833, and NY State Comptroller 1839–1841
• Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793), British musician
• Beryl Cooke (1906–2001), British actress
• C. R. Cooke (Conrad Reginald Cooke, 1901–1996), English early Himalayan mountaineer
• Charles Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• Chauncey H. Cooke (1846–1919), American soldier in the U.S. Civil War
• Christian Cooke (born 1986), English actor
• Clarence Hyde Cooke (1876–1944), businessman in Hawaii
• Dave Cooke, Canadian politician
• Denise D'Ascenzo Cooke (1958–2019), American news anchor
• Deryck Cooke (1919–1975), British musicologist
• Doc Cook (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), jazz bandleader
• Dusty Cooke (1907–1987), American professional baseball player
• Edmund F. Cooke (1885–1967), US congressman from New York
• Edward William Cooke (1811–1880), English maritime artist
• Eric Edgar Cooke, murderer
• Francis Cooke, Passenger on the Mayflower
• Francis Judd Cooke (1910–1995), American composer
• Geoff Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• George Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• H. Basil S. Cooke (1915–2018), Canadian paleontologist
• Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim
• Jack Kent Cooke (1912–1997), Canadian entrepreneur
• Sir James Douglas Cooke (1879–1949), MP for Hammersmith South
• James J. Cooke, American historian, author, academic and soldier
• James W. Cooke, American naval officer
• Janet Cooke (born 1954), American journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story
• Jay Cooke (1821–1905), American financier, notable for financing Union effort in Civil War and Northern Pacific Railway
• Jennifer Cooke, actress
• John Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Platt Cooke (1730–1816), in American Revolutionary War
• Keith Cooke, actor
• L. J. Cooke (Louis Joseph Cooke, 1868–1943), first men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota
• Lawrence H. Cooke (1914–2000), Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals 1979–1984
• Logan Cooke (born 1995), American football player
• Lorrin A. Cooke (1831–1902), American politician, governor of Connecticut
• Martin Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• Matt Cooke, hockey player
• Mel Cooke (1934–2013), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), British botanist
• Nathaniel Cooke (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures
• Nelson Cooke (1919–2018), Australian cellist
• Nicole Cooke (born 1983), British cyclist
• Peter Cooke (Scouting)
• Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895), 19th century US cavalry officer
• Pinny Cooke (1923–2004), New York politician, assemblywoman from Rochester
• Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand judge
• Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892), American author, poet
• Sam Cooke (1931–1964), American singer/songwriter
• Sir Samuel Cooke (1912–1978), British judge
• Samuel Nathaniel Cooke (S. N. Cooke) (born 1883), English architect
• Sasha Cooke, American mezzo-soprano
• Sidney Cooke (born 1927), paedophile and child killer
• Steve Cooke (born 1970), baseball player
• Terence Cooke (1921–1983), Cardinal, and Archbishop of New York
• Thomas Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• Walter E. Cooke (1910–1982), New York politician
• Walter H. Cooke (1838–1909), American recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Weldon B. Cooke (1884–1914), American pioneer aviator killed in crash
• Wells Cooke (1858–1916), American ornithologist
• William Cooke (disambiguation), several people

See also

• Cook (disambiguation)

References