Cooke
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Cooke is a surname[1] derived from the occupation of cook. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Cooke (died 1614), English actor
- Alfred Tyrone Cooke, of the Indo-Pakistani wars
- Alistair Cooke KBE (1908–2004), British-American journalist and broadcaster
- Amos Starr Cooke (1810–1871), found of Royal School and Castle & Cooke in Hawaii
- Anna Rice Cooke (1853–1934), patron of the arts and founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
- Anthony Cooke (1505–1576), British scholar
- Baden Cooke (born 1978), Australian cyclist
- Barrie Cooke (born 1931), Irish painter
- Bates Cooke, US Representative 1831–1833, and NY State Comptroller 1839–1841
- Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793), British musician
- Beryl Cooke (1906–2001), British actress
- C. R. Cooke (Conrad Reginald Cooke, 1901–1996), English early Himalayan mountaineer
- Charles Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- Chauncey H. Cooke (1846–1919), American soldier in the U.S. Civil War
- Christian Cooke (born 1986), English actor
- Clarence Hyde Cooke (1876–1944), businessman in Hawaii
- Dave Cooke, Canadian politician
- Denise D'Ascenzo Cooke (1958–2019), American news anchor
- Derek Cooke (born 1991), basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Deryck Cooke (1919–1975), British musicologist
- Doc Cook (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), American jazz bandleader
- Dusty Cooke (1907–1987), American professional baseball player
- Edmund F. Cooke (1885–1967), US congressman from New York
- Edward William Cooke (1811–1880), English maritime artist
- Eric Edgar Cooke, Australian murderer
- Francis Cooke, Passenger on the Mayflower
- Francis Judd Cooke (1910–1995), American composer
- Geoff Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- George Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- H. Basil S. Cooke (1915–2018), Canadian paleontologist
- Hope Cooke, Queen of Sikkim
- Jack Kent Cooke (1912–1997), Canadian entrepreneur
- Sir James Douglas Cooke (1879–1949), MP for Hammersmith South
- James J. Cooke, American historian, author, academic and soldier
- James W. Cooke, American naval officer
- Janet Cooke (born 1954), American journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story
- Jay Cooke (1821–1905), American financier, notable for financing Union effort in Civil War and Northern Pacific Railway
- Jennifer Cooke, actress
- John Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- John William Cooke (1919–1968), Argentine politician and revolutionary
- Joseph Platt Cooke (1730–1816), in American Revolutionary War
- Keith Cooke, actor
- L. J. Cooke (Louis Joseph Cooke, 1868–1943), first men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota
- Lawrence H. Cooke (1914–2000), Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals 1979–1984
- Logan Cooke (born 1995), American football player
- Lorrin A. Cooke (1831–1902), American politician, governor of Connecticut
- Martin Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Cooke, hockey player
- Mel Cooke (1934–2013), New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Mildred Cooke (1524-1589) - was an English noblewoman and translator.
- Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), British botanist
- Nathaniel Cooke (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures
- Nelson Cooke (1919–2018), Australian cellist
- Nicole Cooke (born 1983), British cyclist
- Peter Cooke (Scouting)
- Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895), 19th century US cavalry officer
- Pinny Cooke (1923–2004), New York politician, assemblywoman from Rochester
- Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand judge
- Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892), American author, poet
- Ross Cooke (born 1988), English professional wrestler
- Sam Cooke (1931–1964), American singer/songwriter
- Sir Samuel Cooke (1912–1978), British judge
- Samuel Nathaniel Cooke (S. N. Cooke) (born 1883), English architect
- Sarah Cooke (died 1688), English actress
- Sasha Cooke, American mezzo-soprano
- Sidney Cooke (born 1927), paedophile and child killer
- Steve Cooke (born 1970), baseball player
- Terence Cooke (1921–1983), Cardinal, and Archbishop of New York
- Thomas Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- Walter E. Cooke (1910–1982), New York politician
- Walter H. Cooke (1838–1909), American recipient of the Medal of Honor
- Weldon B. Cooke (1884–1914), American pioneer aviator killed in crash
- Wells Cooke (1858–1916), American ornithologist
- William Cooke (disambiguation), several people
See also
References
- ^ 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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