Cook (surname)

Cook

Cooks
Origin
Language(s)	Old English
Meaning	Cook (domestic worker)
Other names
Variant form(s)	Koch, Kok, Cooke, Cooker, Cock, Cocks, and Cox, Cuoco, Kuharić, Kuvarić
Frequency comparisons: [1]

Cook is an occupational surname of English origin. ^[2] Notable people with the surname include:

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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
• 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, American singer
• Blaine Cook (programmer), 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
• 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
• 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
• 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, 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–?), 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
• 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), designer of the standard set of chess figures
• 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), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Victor Cook (born c. 1960/1961), American television director, writer, and producer
• Victoria Cook (1933–2019), former 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
• 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

• 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

1. "Cook Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
2. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 732. ISBN   978-0-415-05737-0 . Retrieved 26 August 2018.

External links

• Cook Surname DNA Project