William Cooke

Last updated December 24, 2025

William Cooke or Bill Cooke may refer to:

Sports

Harry Cooke (born William Henry Cooke, 1919–1992), English footballer
William Cooke (cricketer) (1868–1954), New Zealand cricketer
William Cooke (footballer) (1915–?), English footballer
Bill Cooke (defensive end) (born 1951), American football defensive end
Bill Cooke (footballer) (1888–1950), Australian rules footballer
Billy Cooke (weightlifter) (born 1933), Northern Irish weightlifter and strongman

William Cooke (died 1558), MP for New Woodstock and Portsmouth
William Cooke (died 1589), MP for Stamford and Grantham
Sir William Cooke (of Highnam) (1572–1619), English Member of Parliament
William Cooke (died 1703) (1620–1703), MP for Gloucester
William Cooke (1682–1709), MP for Gloucester
William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (1823–1863), Confederate politician
William Cooke, MP for Lewes
William Wilcox Cooke (died 1816), Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court

William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor
William Ernest Cooke (1863–1947), Australian astronomer
William Cooke (Methodist) (1806–1884), Methodist New Connexion
William Cooke (Provost of King's College) (1711–1797), academic and Church of England priest
William Cooke (priest, born 1821) (1821–1894), Church of England priest and hymn-writer
William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855), English line engraver
William Bridge Cooke (1908–1991), American mycologist
William Gordon Cooke (1803–1847), New Orleans druggist and major in the Texian Army
Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, English publishers (William Cooke died c. 1641)
Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782–1851), of the Cooke baronets
Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, 9th Baronet (1827–1894), of the Cooke baronets
Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet (1872–1964), of the Cooke baronets
William W. Cooke (1846–1876), US officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
William Wilson Cooke (1871–1949), American architect
3894 Williamcooke, asteroid named for William Ernest Cooke