William, Will, Willie, Bill or Billy Cook may refer to:

Sportsmen

Association football (soccer)

William Cook (footballer) William Cook (23 May 1907 – 7 August 1968) was an English association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward in the English Football League, Football League for Darlington F.C., Darlington and Gateshead F. ...

(1907–1968), English footballer who played for Darlington and Gateshead * Willie Cook (footballer) (1906–1981), Scottish footballer * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1974), English-born footballer who played for Sheffield United * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1980), Huddersfield Town, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1992), Irish footballer who played for Celtic and Everton * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2017), Scottish-born footballer who played for Australia

Cricket

* William Cook (Lancashire cricketer) (1881–1947), English cricketer * William Cook (Surrey cricketer) (1891–1969), English cricketer * William Cook (Leeds/Bradford MCCU cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer

Other sports

William Cook (billiards player) William Cook (15 June 1849 – 30 June 1893) was a professional player of English billiards in the 19th century. He won the World Championship on five occasions. William Cook began playing billiards at about the age of eleven, and played a lot w ...

(1849–1893), World Champion of English billiards in the 19th century * W. T. Cook (William Thomas Cook, 1884–1970), American college sports coach * Bill Cook (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1949), Australian rules footballer for Carlton * Bill Cook (footballer, born 1937), Australian rules footballer for Geelong *

Bill Cook William Osser Xavier Cook (October 8, 1895 – May 5, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey ...

(1895–1986), Canadian ice hockey player in the Hockey Hall of Fame *

Billy Cook (jockey) William Henry Cook (12 January 191029 January 1985) was an Australian jockey. Career Billy earned the nickname "Last-Race Cookie" following his riding of the winner in the last race 13 Saturdays in succession in Sydney. He was also known as "Th ...

(1910–1985), Australian jockey *

Billy Cook (baseball) William Monroe Cook (born January 7, 1999) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Cook attended Lewis-Palmer High School. Cook played college ...

(born 1999), baseball player

Politicians and judges

Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – January 1708), of Broome Hall in Norfolk, was a member of the East Anglian gentry and a Tory Member of Parliament. Origins He was only son and heir of Sir William Cook, 1st Baronet (died 1681), of Bro ...

(1630–1708), member of parliament * William Cook (British industrialist) (1834–1908), British industrialist and politician *

William Cook (MP) William, Will, Willie, Bill or Billy Cook may refer to: Sportsmen Association football (soccer) * William Cook (footballer) (1907–1968), English footballer who played for Darlington and Gateshead * Willie Cook (footballer) (1906–1981), Sco ...

, member of parliament for

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ...

* William Hemmings Cook (1768–1846), Canadian fur trader and politician, member of

council of Assiniboia The Council of Assiniboia () was the first appointed administrative body of the District of Assiniboia, operating from 1821 until 1870. It was this council who is credited for the arrival of a functioning legal system, a local police force, and a m ...

William Henry Cook William Henry Cook (September 15, 1874 – October 5, 1937) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1920 to 1937."Sudden Death Claims Supreme Court Judge William Henry Cook", ''Jackson Clarion-Ledger'' (October 6, 1937), p. 1. Lesli ...

(1874–1937), Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi *

William Loch Cook William Loch Cook (December 6, 1869 – March 5, 1942) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1923 to 1942. Born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, Cook served in the Tennessee House of Representatives for Dickson County in 1897. In 1908 ...

(1869–1942), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court *

Bill Cook (politician) William Cook (born August 12, 1945) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 2011 to 2019. Cook graduated from the University of Maryland in 1970 with a Bachelor ...

(born 1945), Republican state senator for North Carolina

Musicians

Willie Cook Willie Cook (November 11, 1923 – September 22, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. Cook was born in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on November 11, 1923.Hogan, E"Willie Cook" AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2017. He grew up in Chicago and learned to p ...

(1923–2000), American jazz trumpeter *

Antony Tudor Antony Tudor (born William Cook; 4 April 1908 – 19 April 1987) was an English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer. He founded the London Ballet, and later the Philadelphia Ballet Guild in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., in the mid-195 ...

(William Cook, 1908–1987), English choreographer *

Will Marion Cook William Mercer Cook (January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944), better known as Will Marion Cook, was an African-American composer, pianist, orchestrator, lyricist, violinist, and choral director.Riis, Thomas (2007–2011)Cook, Will Marion ''Grove Music ...

(1869–1944), American composer and violinist

Writers and artists

William Delafield Cook William Delafield Cook AM (1936–2015) was an Australian artist who was known for his photorealistic landscapes. He won a number of awards, including the Order of Australia. Early life Delafield Cook was born in Melbourne, Australia on 28 Fe ...

(1936–2015), Australian artist *

William Edwards Cook William Edwards Cook (August 31, 1881 – November 10, 1959) was an American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of American writer Gertrude Stein. Following his 1903 departure from the U.S., Cook resided in Pari ...

(1881–1959), American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of writer Gertrude Stein *

William Wallace Cook William Wallace Cook (1867–1933) also known by the pen-name John Milton Edwards, was an American journalist and writer of popular fiction. His works include westerns, adventure stories, dime novel The dime novel is a form of late 19th-ce ...

(1867–1933), American journalist and author *

Will Cook (writer) William Everett Cook (1921 – July 1964), was a western writer who used the pen names Will Cook, James Keene, Wade Everett and Frank Peace. Called "a master western storyteller,"William Cook (computer scientist) William Randall Cook (November 21, 1963 – October 27, 2021) was an American computer scientist, who was an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Early life and education Cook was b ...

(1963–2021), American computer scientist * William Harrison Cook (1903–1998), Canadian chemist *

William J. Cook William John Cook (born October 18, 1957 in New Jersey) is an American operations researcher and mathematician, and Professor of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. He was elected a member of the National Academy of En ...

(born 1957), American operations researcher and mathematician *

William Richard Joseph Cook Sir William Richard Joseph Cook, (10 April 1905 – 16 September 1987) was a British civil servant and mathematician. A graduate of Bristol University, he joined the staff of the Woolwich Arsenal in 1928, working on the 6-inch naval gu ...

(1905–1987), Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain 1966–1970, mathematician and civil servant * William Cook, 19th- and early-20th-century creator of the Orpington poultry breeds

Others

William Cook (entrepreneur) William Alfred Cook (January 27, 1931 – April 15, 2011), an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, co-founded the medical equipment manufacturer Cook Group with his wife Gayle Cook in 1963. He resided in Bloomingto ...

(1931–2011), American medical equipment manufacturer * William Cook (pioneer) (18th century), founder of Russellville, Kentucky * William Douglas Cook (1884–1967), founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand * William R. Cook, American history professor, collaborator with Ron Herzman * William W. Cook (1858–1930), American attorney and legal scholar *

Billy Cook (actor) William Cook (October 13, 1928 – June 19, 1981) was an American actor best known for his work as a child. Cook was born in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His early acting experience came in plays directed by his mother. In films, he played the young ...

(1928–1981), American actor *

Billy Cook (criminal) William Edward Cook Jr. (December 23, 1928 – December 12, 1952) was an American spree killer and mass murderer who murdered six people, including a family of five, on a 22-day rampage between Missouri and California in 1950–51. Early life ...

(1928–1952), American spree killer and mass murderer * William Cook (1908–1987), English choreographer, better known as