Cook (surname)
Cook is an occupational surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
A
- Aaron Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Abby Cook (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Adam Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- A. J. Cook, Canadian actress
- A. J. Cook (trade unionist), Welsh trade unionist
- Alan Cook (disambiguation) or Allan, multiple people
- Alana Cook, American soccer player
- Alastair Cook, 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, Australian actress, singer and television presenter
- Amanda Lindsey Cook, Canadian singer
- Amy Cook, American musician and singer-songwriter
- Anne Cook (disambiguation), or Ann, multiple people
- Annelies Cook, American biathlete
- Anthony Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Arnold Cook, Australian academic and national guide dog pioneer
- Arthur Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
- Austin Cook, American golfer
B
- Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
- Barrie Cook, English artist
- Barry Cook, American film director
- Beano Cook, American sportscaster
- Bekki Cook, American politician
- Benjamin Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bert Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Beryl Cook, English painter
- Betsy Cook, American musician
- Bill Cook or Billy Cook see William Cook (disambiguation)
- Blaine Cook (singer), American singer
- Blaine Cook (programmer), Canadian software engineer
- Bob Cook (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Bobby Cook (disambiguation), several people
- Boo Cook, 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, American actress
- Carl Cook, 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, English field hockey player
- Clara Cook, American baseball player
- Clarence Chatham Cook, American author and art critic
- Clay Cook, American songwriter, producer and musician
D
- Daequan Cook, American player with Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Dale Cook, American kickboxer
- Dalvin Cook, American football player
- Daniel Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Damien Cook, Australian Rugby League player
- Dane Cook, American comedian
- David Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dean Cook, British actor
- Dennis Cook, American professional baseball pitcher
- Dianne Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dick Cook, American Chairman of Disney Studios
- Doc Cook, American jazz bandleader
- Doc Cook (baseball), American baseball player
- Don Cook, American record producer and songwriter, mainly in the field of country music
- Donald Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Donna Cook, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Doris Cook, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Dorothy Cook, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
- Dylan Cook, American football player
E
- Edith Agnes Cook, first female student at Adelaide University, principal of the Advanced School for Girls
- Eli Cook, American politician
- Eli Cook (musician), American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer
- Elisha Cook Jr., American actor
- Elizabeth Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Everett Richard Cook, American World War I flying ace
F
- Fielder Cook, 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, British athlete
- Garry Cook (CEO), British football executive, currently with Manchester City
- George Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Geoff Cook, England cricketer
- Geoffrey Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Glen Cook, 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, American aviator
- Henry Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Herman Cook, known as Junior Cook, hard bop tenor saxophone player
- Hugh Cook (Canadian novelist), Canadian writer
- Hugh Cook (science fiction author), English-born novelist
- Hume Cook, James Hume Cook, Australian politician
I
- Ian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ira Cook, 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, 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, Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador
- Joan Riddell Cook, founding director of JAWS
- Joel Cook, American politician from Pennsylvania
- John Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnny Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Cook, British writer and journalist based in Israel
- Jonathan Cook (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Jordan Cook, English footballer
- Joseph Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Julian Cook, US Army officer
- Julian Abele Cook Jr., US District Court judge
- Junior Cook, Herman Cook, American hard bop tenor saxophone player
- Justin Cook, American voice actor
K
- Kara Cook, Australian politician
- Katherine M. Cook, American educator and government official
- Kathy Smallwood-Cook, British sprint athlete
- Kenneth Bernard Cook, Australian journalist and novelist
- Kristy Lee Cook, American singer
L
- Lawrence Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lee Cook, English footballer
- Lemuel Cook, American Revolutionary War veteran
- Leonard Cook, Australian boxer at the 1936 Olympics
- Lester Cook, American tennis player
- Lewis Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Linda Cook, English murder victim
- Louise Cook (rally driver), British rally driver
M
- Makira Cook, American basketball player
- Mariana Cook, American photographer
- Marlow Cook, Republican US Senator from Kentucky
- Marv Cook, American football player
- Mary Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Matthew Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Merrill Cook, Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Utah
- Michael Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Myke Cook, Australian football player
- Mindy Cook, American goalball player
- Mitch Cook, English football player
- Moxon Cook, Australian sports journalist
- Murray Cook, Australian musician
- Murray Cook (baseball), Canadian baseball scout and executive
N
- Nat Cook, Australian politician
- Natalie Cook, Australian beach volleyball player
- Nathaniel Cook, English designer of the standard set of chess figures
- Nicholas Cook, British musicologist
- Nick Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nicky Cook, English boxer
- Noble David Cook, author and historian of colonial Peru
- Norm Cook, American basketball player
- Norman Cook, British musician
O
- Octavia Cook, New Zealand jeweller
- Olive Cook, British writer and artist
- Oliver Cook, British rower
- Omar Cook, American-born, naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player
- Orator F. Cook, American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist
- Orchard Cook, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- Orval R. Cook, United States Air Force four-star general
- Oscar Cook, British author of novels, non-fiction works and short stories with a supernatural theme
- Óscar Alvarado Cook, Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
- Otis Cook, American painter born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
P
- Pam Cook, English film theorist
- Pamela Cook, American mathematician
- Paul Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
- Paula Cook, British auto racing driver
- Penny Cook, Australian actress
- Perry R. Cook, American computer music researcher and professor at Princeton
- Peter Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
Q
- Quentin L. Cook, American lawyer, business executive, and religious leader in the LDS Church
- Quinn Cook, American basketball player
R
- R. James Cook, American phytopathologist
- Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and model
- Ralph Cook, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
- Randall William Cook, American visual effects artist
- Richard Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
- Rick Cook (architect), New York City architect
- Rick Cook (writer), American author
- Robin Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Roderick Cook, English playwright, writer, director, and actor
- Rodney Mims Cook Jr., American businessman
- Rodney Mims Cook Sr., American politician and activist
- Roger Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ron Cook, English actor
- Ron Cook (baseball), American baseball player
- Russ Cook, English endurance athlete
- Ryan Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
S
- Samuel Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Scott Cook, American entrepreneur
- Scott Cook (soccer), American soccer player
- Sharon Anne Cook, Canadian historian
- Sherburne F. Cook, American physiologist and pioneer in population studies
- Stephen Cook (disambiguation)
- Steve Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Stu Cook, bassist with U.S. rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Stuart W. Cook, 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, American screenwriter and producer
- Tim Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Troy Cook, Australian footballer
- Tyler Cook, American basketball player
V
- Vernon Cook, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Victor Cook, American television director, writer, and producer
- Victoria Cook, World Champion archer who represented the United States
- Virgil Young Cook, American Confederate veteran and planter
- Vivian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
W
- Walter Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Wayne Cook (American football), American football player
- Wayne Cook (musician), American keyboardist
- Wesley Cook, later known as Mumia Abu-Jamal, American convicted of the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer
- Whitfield Cook, American writer
- Will Marion Cook, American composer and violinist
- William Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
- Willie Cook, American jazz trumpeter
- Willie Cook (footballer), Scottish footballer
- W. T. Cook, American college sports coach
Y
- Yassar Cook, 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, American politician, Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- Zadock Cook, United States Representative from Georgia