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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:

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

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• C
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• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• V
• W
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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
• 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
• 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

• 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 (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
• 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
• 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
• 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

v t e Surnames derived from the occupation of cook
Germanic	Cook, Cooke Cock, De Cock Kok, de Kok Koch Kock, De Kock
Romance	Bucătaru Cuoco Saucier
Slavic	Kucharz, Kuchař, Kuchar Kucharik, Kucharczyk Kucharski, Kucharsky Kukhar Kukharchuk Kukharenko Kuhar Kuharić/Kuharich Povarov
Other	Kokk Szakács طباخ Tabakh

• Surnames
• English-language surnames
• Occupational surnames
• Surnames of English origin
• English-language occupational surnames