Cook (surname)

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

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

A
  • Aaron Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • 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
  • 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
  • Alistair Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Allison Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alyssa-Jane Cook (born 1967), Australian actress, singer and television presenter
  • Amanda Cook (singer) (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
  • Arthur Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
  • Austin Cook (born 1991), American golfer

B
  • Barbara Cook (1927–2017), singer, actress
  • Barrie Cook, 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
  • Bob Cook (1948–1978), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Boo Cook (born 1972), British comic artist
  • Brendon Cook (born 1979), Australian racing driver
  • Brian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bruce Cook (1932–2003), American writer
  • Bun Cook, Canadian professional ice hockey forward
  • Byron Cook (born April 8, 1954), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives

C
  • Carole Cook (born 1928), American actress
  • Catherine Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Charlie Cook (born 1953), American political analyst
  • Chris Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Christine Cook (born 1970), English field hockey player
  • Clara Cook (1921–1996), American baseball player
  • Clay Cook (born 1978), songwriter, producer and musician

D
  • Daequan Cook (born 1987) American basketball player from Dayton, Ohio, and currently with NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder
  • 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 former professional baseball pitcher
  • Dianne Cook (born 1951), Australian basketball player
  • Dick Cook, Chairman of Disney Studios
  • Doc Cook (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), jazz bandleader
  • Don Cook (born 1949 in San Antonio, Texas), American record producer and songwriter, mainly in the field of country music
  • Don Cook (organist), organ area coordinator and the university carillonneur at Brigham Young University
  • 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

E

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

H

I
  • Ian Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ira Cook (1821–1902), American surveyor, mayor, banker, tax collector, city council member, investor and entrepreneur

J

K

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 H. Cook, American politician
  • Louise Cook (born 1987), British rally driver

M
  • Mariana Cook (born 1955), American photographer
  • Marlow Cook (1926–2016), Republican US Senator from Kentucky
  • Marv Cook (born 1966), American football player
  • Matthew Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Merrill Cook (born 1946), Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Utah
  • Michael Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mitch Cook (born 1961), English football player
  • Moxon Cook (1857–1917), Australian sports journalist
  • Murray Cook (born 1960), Australian musician
  • Myke Cook (born 1989), Australian football player

N
  • Natalie Cook (born 1975), Australian beach volleyball player
  • Nathaniel Cook (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures
  • Nicholas Cook (born 1950), musicologist
  • Nick Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Nicky Cook, English boxer
  • 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
  • Omar Cook (American football) (born 1992), American football defensive back
  • 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
  • Óscar Alvarado Cook (born 1944), Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party
  • Oscar Cook (1888–1952), British author of novels, non-fiction works and short stories with a supernatural theme
  • Otis Cook (1900–1980), American painter born in New Bedford, Massachusetts

P

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
  • Rachael Leigh Cook (born 1979), actress
  • Randall William Cook, American visual effects artist
  • Richard Cook (disambiguation) multiple people
  • Rick Cook (born 1944), American author
  • Rick Cook (architect) (born 1960), New York City architect
  • 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
  • Ryan Cook (disambiguation), multiple people

S

T

U

V
  • Vernon Cook (born 1927), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  • Victor Cook is an American television director, writer, and producer
  • Victoria Cook, former World Champion archer who represented the United States
  • Virgil Young Cook (1848–1922), American Confederate veteran and planter
  • Vivian Cook (academic) (born 1940), Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK
  • Vivian E. Cook (born 1937), represents District 32 in the New York State Assembly

W
  • Wesley Cook (b. 1954), later known as Mumia Abu-Jamal, American convicted of the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer
  • Will Marion Cook (1869–1944), American composer and violinist
  • William Cook (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Willie Cook (1923–2000), American jazz trumpeter
  • Whitfield Cook (1909–2003), American writer
  • W. T. Cook (1884–1970), American college sports coach

X

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, American politician, Republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
  • Zadock Cook (1769–1863), United States Representative from Georgia

See also

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.
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