Cooke is a surname derived from the occupation of cook. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Cooke Alexander Cooke (died February 1614) was an actor in the King's Men and the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the acting companies of William Shakespeare, John Heminges and Richard Burbage. Cooke was most likely introduced to the theatre by John Heminge ...

(died 1614), English actor *

Alfred Tyrone Cooke Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke VrC (born 1939 or 1940) is an Indian pilot who was decorated for his role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was honoured with the Vir Chakra in September 1965.Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke (born Alfred Cooke; 20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States.Amos Starr Cooke Amos Starr Cooke (December 1, 1810 – March 20, 1871) was an American educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that influenced Hawaii during the 20th century. Life Amos Starr Cooke was born in Danbury, ...

(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 Sir Anthony Cooke (1504 – 11 June 1576) was an English humanist scholar. He was tutor to Edward VI. Family Anthony Cooke was the only son of John Cooke (died 10 October 1516), esquire, of Gidea Hall, Essex, and Alice Saunders (died 1510), ...

(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 Benjamin Cooke (1734 – 14 September 1793) was an English composer, organist and teacher. Cooke was born in London and named after his father, also Benjamin Cooke (1695/1705 – 1743), a music publisher based in Covent Garden (active from ...

(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) Charles Cooke may refer to: *Charles A. Cooke (1848–1917), North Carolina Supreme Court justice *Charles C. W. Cooke (born 1984), editor of ''National Review Online'' * Charles M. Cooke (1844–1920), North Carolina Secretary of State and legisla ...

, several people *

Chauncey H. Cooke Chauncey Hibbard Cooke (May 15, 1846 – May 11, 1919) was a United States Army soldier from Buffalo County, Wisconsin who fought in the American Civil War. After the war ended, he worked as a schoolteacher, teaching former slaves in Texas. ...

(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 (19582019), American news anchor * Derek Cooke (born 1991), basketball player for

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil ( he, הפועל גלבוע גליל) is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250- ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball ...

Deryck Cooke Deryck Cooke (14 September 1919 – 26 October 1976) was a British musician, musicology, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert. Life Cooke was born in Leicester to a poor, working-class family; his father died when he was a child, but ...

(1919–1975), British musicologist * Doc Cook (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), American jazz bandleader *

Dusty Cooke Allen Lindsey "Dusty" Cooke (June 23, 1907 – November 21, 1987), was an American professional baseball outfielder, coach, and manager, in Major League Baseball (MLB), who played for three different big league teams, between and . During h ...

(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 Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964), nicknamed the Night Caller and later the Nedlands Monster, was an Australian serial killer who terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, from September 1958 to August 1963. Cooke c ...

, Australian murderer *

Francis Cooke Francis Cooke (c.1583 – April 7, 1663) was a Leiden Separatist, who went to America in 1620 on the Pilgrim ship ''Mayflower'', which arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a signer of ...

, Passenger on the Mayflower *

Francis Judd Cooke Francis Judd Cooke (December 28, 1910 – May 18, 1995) was an American composer, organist, cellist, pianist, conductor, choir director, and professor. Life Cooke was born December 28, 1910 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to a family of New England missi ...

(1910–1995), American composer *

Geoff Cooke (disambiguation) Geoff Cooke may refer to: * Geoff Cooke (rugby union) (born 1941), England rugby coach *Geoff Cooke (cyclist) (born 1944), British former national cycling coach See also *Geoffrey Cook (disambiguation) Geoff(rey) Cook may refer to: *Geoffrey Cooke ...

, several people *

George Cooke (disambiguation) George Cooke may refer to: * Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet (1662–1732), British MP for Aldborough, 1698–1700 * George Cooke (Australian politician) (1869–1938), member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Barossa * George Cooke (di ...

, several people * H. Basil S. Cooke (1915–2018), Canadian paleontologist * Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim *

Jack Kent Cooke Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and news ...

(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 Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is an American former journalist. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for an article written for '' The Washington Post''. The story was later discovered to have been fabricated and Cooke returned the Pul ...

(born 1954), American journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story *

Jay Cooke Jay Cooke (August 10, 1821 – February 16, 1905) was an American financier who helped finance the Union war effort during the American Civil War and the postwar development of railroads in the northwestern United States. He is generally acknowle ...

(1821–1905), American financier, notable for financing Union effort in Civil War and Northern Pacific Railway * Jennifer Cooke, actress * John Cooke (disambiguation), several people * John William Cooke (1919–1968), Argentine politician and revolutionary * 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 Matthew David Cooke (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played sixteen seasons and 1046 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cooke won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins during t ...

, hockey player * Mel Cooke (1934–2013), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Mildred Cooke Mildred Cecil, Baroness Burghley (née Cooke; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was an English noblewoman and translator in the sixteenth century. She was the wife of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the most trusted adviser of Elizabeth I, and the mother ...

(1524-1589) - was an English noblewoman and translator. *

Mordecai Cubitt Cooke Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (12 July 1825, in Horning, Norfolk – 12 November 1914, in Southsea, Hampshire) was an English botanist and mycologist who was, at various points, a London schoolteacher, a Kew mycologist, curator at the India Museum, jour ...

(1825–1914), British botanist * Nathaniel Cooke (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures * Nelson Cooke (1919–2018), Australian cellist *

Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in any cyc ...

(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 Robin Brunskill Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon (9 May 1926 – 30 August 2006) was a New Zealand judge and later a British Law Lord and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is widely considered one of New Zealand's mos ...

, New Zealand judge * Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892), American author, poet * Ross Cooke (born 1988), English professional wrestler * Sam Cooke (1931–1964), American singer/songwriter * Sir

Samuel Cooke Samuel Winter Cooke (13 March 1847 – 26 June 1929) was an Australian politician. Early life Cooke was the son of pastoralist Cecil Pybus Cooke and Arbella, née Winter. He was sent to England for his schooling, where he attended Mr ...

(1912–1978), British judge * Samuel Nathaniel Cooke (S. N. Cooke) (born 1883), English architect *

Sarah Cooke Sarah Cooke (died 1688) was an English stage actress of the seventeenth century. She was a member of the King's Company, based at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She played a number of lead roles during the 1680s. Her aunt was the governess to t ...

(died 1688), English actress *

Sasha Cooke Sasha Cooke is an American mezzo-soprano. Cooke was born in Riverside, California, and grew up in College Station, Texas, where her parents are professors of Russian at Texas A&M University. She earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University and ...

, American mezzo-soprano * Sidney Cooke (born 1927), paedophile and child killer *

Steve Cooke Steven Montague Cooke III (born January 14, 1970) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992–1994 and 1996-1998. He was named as the LHP in the Topps All-Star Rookie Team in 1993. On the final day of th ...

(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

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