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 of English
England
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 origin.
There are several figures named Cook:

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  • Aaron Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • A. J. Cook (actress)
    A. J. Cook (actress)
    Andrea Joy "A.J." Cook-Andersen is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau in the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds...

     (born 1978), actress
  • A. J. Cook (trade unionist)
    A. J. Cook (trade unionist)
    Arthur James Cook , known as A. J. Cook, was a British coal miner and trade union leader. He is remembered as one of the United Kingdom's best known miners’ leaders and a key component of the National Minority Movement around the General Strike of 1926.-Early years:A.J...

     (1883–1931), Welsh trade unionist
  • Alastair Cook
    Alastair Cook
    Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...

     (born 1984), English cricketer
  • Albert Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Alice Cook (disambiguation), several people
  • Alistair Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Ann Turner Cook
    Ann Turner Cook
    Ann Turner Cook is an American mystery novelist, who was the model for the familiar Gerber Baby artwork seen on baby-food packages of the Gerber Products Company.-Gerber baby:...

     (born 1926), mystery author and model for the Gerber baby logo
  • Anthony Cook (disambiguation) (several people)
  • Arthur Cook (disambiguation) several people

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  • Barbara Cook
    Barbara Cook
    Barbara Cook is an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Candide and The Music Man among others, winning a Tony Award for the latter...

     (born 1927), singer, actress
  • Bert Cook
    Bert Cook
    Bert Cook is a New Zealander former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level has played rugby union for New Zealand Army, and at representative level has played rugby league for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds,...

     is a New Zealander former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level has played rugby union (RU) for New Zealand Army, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities, and at club level for Leeds, Keighley, and Dewsbury, playing at Fullback, i.e. number 1.[
  • Beryl Cook
    Beryl Cook
    Beryl Cook, OBE was an English artist best known for comical paintings of people she encountered in her home city. She had no formal training and did not take up painting until middle age.- Early life :...

     (1926–2008), English painter
  • Bill Cook or Billy Cook see William Cook
  • Bob Cook
    Bob Cook
    Robert Arthur "Cookie" Cook is a retired ice hockey right winger. He played 72 games in the National Hockey League with four different teams. Cook last played for the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League during the 1974–75 season.-Minor league hockey:Cook began play with the London...

     (born January 6, 1948 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a retired ice hockey right winger.
  • Boo Cook
    Boo Cook
    Boo Cook is a British comic artist, whose work mainly features in the comic 2000 AD.-Career:Cook's art has appeared in the ABC Warriors and Judge Dredd, as Asylum and Dead Men Walking .In 2005, Cook graduated to regular work on the flagship story on 2000 AD, Judge Dredd, mostly to scripts by...

     (born 1972) is a British comic artist, whose work mainly features in the comic 2000 AD.
  • Brian Cook (disambiguation)
    Brian Cook (disambiguation)
    Brian Cook may refer to:*Brian Cook, American basketball player*Brian Cook , Australian football CEO*Brian Batsford, British MP who worked as an illustrator under the name Brian Cook...

     several people
  • Bruce Cook
    Bruce Alexander Cook
    Bruce Alexander Cook was an American journalist and author who wrote under the pseudonym Bruce Alexander, creating historical novels about a blind 18th century Englishman and also a 20th century Mexican-American detective....

     (1932–2003), American writer
  • Bun Cook
    Bun Cook
    Frederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.Cook was part of the Bread Line with his brother Bill Cook and Frank...

     (September 18, 1904 in Kingston, Ontario - March 19, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
  • Byron Cook
    Byron Cook (Texas politician)
    Byron Curtis Cook is a rancher and businessman from Corsicana, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 8, which encompasses Anderson, Freestone, Limestone, and Navarro counties.-Early life:...

     (born April 8, 1954) is a rancher and businessman from Corsicana, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 8, which encompasses Anderson, Freestone, Limestone, and Navarro counties.

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  • Carole Cook
    Carole Cook
    Carole Cook is an American actress. She has appeared in many theatrical productions, in films and on television.Born as Mildred Frances Cook, she was a protege of Lucille Ball. Ball gave her the stage name of "Carole", after her friend Carole Lombard because, Ball reportedly told Cook, "you have...

     (born 1928) is an American actress. She has appeared in many theatrical productions, in films and on television.
  • Catherine Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Charlie Cook
    Charlie Cook
    Charlie Cook , originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends. He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He delivers election forecasts and rankings in his own publication, The Cook Political Report,...

     (born November 20, 1953), originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, is an American political analyst who specializes in election forecasts and political trends. He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
  • Chris Cook or Christopher - several people
  • Christine Cook
    Christine Cook
    Christine Cook is a retired field hockey defender from England. She represented Hightown on club level, and competed for Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in fourth place.-References:*...

     (born 1970), English field hockey player
  • Clay Cook
    Clay Cook
    Douglas "Clay" Cook is a songwriter, producer and musician who co-wrote several songs with Grammy-winner John Mayer including "No Such Thing", "Comfortable", and "Neon"...

     (born April 20, 1978) is a songwriter, producer and musician

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  • Daequan Cook
    Daequan Cook
    Daequan Cook is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder....

     (born April 28, 1987 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American basketball player and currently a shooting guard for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.
  • Dane Cook
    Dane Cook
    Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...

     (born 1972), American comedian
  • David Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Dennis Cook
    Dennis Cook
    Dennis Bryan Cook is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball with nine teams from 1988 to 2002: the San Francisco Giants , Philadelphia Phillies , Los Angeles Dodgers , Cleveland Indians , Chicago White Sox , Texas Rangers ,...

     ( born 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
  • Dick Cook
    Dick Cook
    Richard W. "Dick" Cook is the former Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios. At the time of his separation from the company, he was the only remaining top Disney executive who had worked for the company since before Michael Eisner took charge in 1984...

    , Chairman of Disney Studios
  • Doc Cook
    Doc Cook
    Charles L. Cooke was an American jazz bandleader and arranger, who performed and recorded under the stage name Doc Cook...

     (Charles L. Cooke, 1891-1958), jazz bandleader
  • Don Cook
    Don Cook
    Don Kirby Cook is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Artists who recorded Cook's material include Barbara Mandrell, John Conlee, Mark Collie, Wade Hayes and Brooks & Dunn...

     (born May 25, 1949 [2] in San Antonio, Texas) is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music.
  • Don Cook (Organist)
    Don Cook (Organist)
    R. Don Cook is the organ area coordinator and the university carillonneur at Brigham Young University .Cook has bachelor and masters degrees in organ from BYU. He has a DMA from the University of Kansas...

     is the organ area coordinator and the university carillonneur at Brigham Young University (BYU).

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  • Eli Cook
    Eli Cook
    Eli Cook was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving 1853 and 1854–1855. He was born in Palatine Bridge, New York on January 23, 1814. He took up law in 1830, passed the bar exam, and in 1837 he practiced in Tennessee and Mississippi with rebel General Simon B. Buckner. In 1838, he moved...

     (1814–1865), American politician
  • Elizabeth Cook (disambiguation)
  • Elisha Cook, Jr. (1903–1995), American actor

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  • Fielder Cook
    Fielder Cook
    Fielder Cook was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons....

     (March 9, 1923 – June 20, 2003) was an American television and film director, producer, and writer whose 1971 television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story spawned the series The Waltons.
  • Francis Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Frank Cook
    Frank Cook
    Francis Cook is a British Independent politician, who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Stockton North from 1983 until 2010.- Background :...

     (born 1935), leftist British politician
  • Fred Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Frederick Cook (disambiguation)
    Frederick Cook (disambiguation)
    Frederick Cook may refer to:*Frederick Cook , American explorer and physician*Frederick Cook , South African cricketer*Frederick Cook , Secretary of State of New York, 1886–1889...



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  • Garry Cook
    Garry Cook
    Garry Cook is a former British athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1:44.55.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Todd...

     (born 10 January 1958) is a former British athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres with a best time of 1:44.55.
  • Garry Cook (CEO)
    Garry Cook (CEO)
    Garry Cook is a British football executive, having worked for Manchester City between 2008 and 2011 and Nike between 1996 and 2008.-Nike:Cook started working for sports wear brand Nike in 1996...

     is a British football executive, currently Chief Executive of Manchester City having worked for Nike between 1996 and 2008.
  • George Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Geoff Cook
    Geoff Cook
    Geoff Cook is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983...

     (born Geoffrey Cook, 9 October 1951, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire)[1] is a former English cricketer, who played in seven Tests and six ODIs from 1981 to 1983.
  • Glen Cook
    Glen Cook
    Glen Cook is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his fantasy series, The Black Company. Cook currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.-Biography:...

     (born 1944), author
  • Glen Cook (baseball)
    Glen Cook (baseball)
    Glen Patrick Cook is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in nine games, starting seven of them for the Texas Rangers during the 1985 Texas Rangers season.-External links:...

  • Greg Cook (disambiguation)
    Greg Cook (disambiguation)
    Greg Cook may refer to:*Greg Cook, American football QB*Greg Cook , American country music bassist with Ricochet*Greg Cook American comic book artist...


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  • Harry Cook
    Harry Cook
    Henry Wilson Cook , widely known as Harry Cook, is a British martial artist, teacher, and author. He has written several martial art books, most notably Shotokan Karate: A precise history . Cook began training in karate in 1966, and is currently the Chief Instructor of the Seijinkai Karatedo...

     (born 1949), English martial arts historian and author
  • Harry Cook (disambiguation)
    Harry Cook (disambiguation)
    Harry Cook is a British marital artist.Harry Cook may also refer to:*Harry Cooke...

  • Herman "Junior" Cook
    Junior Cook
    Herman "Junior" Cook was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.-Biography:Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook gained some fame for his longtime membership in the Horace Silver Quintet ; when he and Blue Mitchell left that band, Cook played in...

     (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.
  • Hugh Cook (Canadian novelist) (born 1942), Canadian writer
  • Hugh Cook (science fiction author)
    Hugh Cook (science fiction author)
    Hugh Cook was a cult author whose works blend fantasy and science fiction. He is best-known for his epic series The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.-Biography:...

     (born 1956), cult author
  • Hume Cook
    Hume Cook
    James Newton Haxton Hume Cook CMG was an Australian politician.Cook was born in Kihikihi, New Zealand, son of a failed farmer and he had to leave school at 13 to work selling books. He migrated with his family to Melbourne in 1881. He left home in 1887 to sell real estate and soon became active...

    , James Hume Cook, Australian politician

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  • James Cook
    James Cook
    Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...

     (1728–1779), British explorer, navigator, and map maker
  • James Cook (Australian footballer)
    James Cook (Australian footballer)
    James Cook is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton, the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne in the Australian Football League .-Carlton:...

    , former Australian Football League player
  • James Cook (American football)
    James Cook (American football)
    James Cook was a guard in the National Football League.-Career:Cook played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1921 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Notre Dame.-References:...

    , former NFL player
  • James M. Cook
    James M. Cook
    James Merrill Cook was an American businessman, banker and politician.-Life:...

    , New York State Comptroller 1854–1855
  • James William Cook
    James William Cook
    James William Cook was a lumber merchant and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Williamsburgh Township in Upper Canada in 1820. His family operated a timber business along the South Nation and Castor Rivers in the eastern part of the province. The firm's main office was situated in...

     (1820–1875), Canadian businessman and political figure
  • James Cook (boxer and community worker)
    James Cook (boxer and community worker)
    Jamaican born James Cook is a past European and British super middleweight boxing champion who in 2007 was awarded an MBE for "his outstanding work with the young people of Hackney's notorious Murder Mile". He also previously featured on the show The Secret Millionaire.-External links:*...

    , UK Boxer
  • James Cook (Skins character)
    James Cook (Skins character)
    James Cook is a fictional character from the British television series Skins. He is portrayed by Jack O'Connell. In the third series he is considered very anti-heroic. His actions often cause trouble and create havoc, affecting those around him...

    , a fictional character from the British teen drama, Skins
  • James Cook, a member of the band Delphic
    Delphic
    Delphic are an alternative dance band from Marple Bridge, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. They are signed to Polydor and released the single "Counterpoint" in April 2009 through R&S Records, produced by Ewan Pearson...

  • Jamie Cook
    Jamie Cook
    Jamie Robert Cook is the lead guitarist for the British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys.He is the most outspoken member, going on record as saying he "fucking hates the [print] news" and defending the band's numerous successive records by saying, "I couldn’t see us being like Coldplay, it’d just be...

    , guitarist with British band, The Arctic Monkeys
  • Jamie Cook (footballer)
    Jamie Cook (footballer)
    James "Jamie" Cook is an English footballer who plays for Bath City.-Career:Cook started his career with hometown club, Oxford United, where he played 77 times in the Football League, scoring seven goals. He then joined Boston United in February 2000, where he was a part of the team that beat...

  • Jesse Cook
    Jesse Cook
    Jesse Cook is a Toronto-based guitarist, born in Paris to Canadian parents. Like other guitarists of his style of music, he incorporates funky jazz, latin & world music into his playing. Cook is also well known for the energy of his live shows. He has contributed to the Afro Celt Sound System album...

     is a Toronto-based guitarist, born in Paris to Canadian parents.
  • Jeffrey Cook (disambiguation)
    Jeffrey Cook (disambiguation)
    Jeffrey Cook may refer to:*Jeffrey Cook , Director for Security Liaison in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom*Jeff Cook, musician*Jeff Cook *Jeffrey Cook - Anglo-Australian cricketer.-See also:...

    , or Jeff Cook, several people
  • Jim Cook
    Jim Cook
    James "Jim" Preston Cook was a stock car racer who competed in the NASCAR Grand National Series and NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series. Born in Illinois, Cook lived in Boston before relocating west across the United States to Norwalk, California.-Biography:Cook began racing in Boston...

    , NASCAR driver
  • Jimmy Cook
    Jimmy Cook
    Stephen James Cook is a former South African cricketer who played in three Tests and four ODIs from 1991 to 1993. His son Stephen Cook currently plays for Gauteng....

    , former South African cricketer
  • Joan Cook
    Joan Cook
    Joan Cook was a Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador.-Biography:In her working life, Cook was, variously, a businesswoman who served as vice-president of her family's automobile dealership, Cook and Jones Motors, an executive with CJON radio and television, and an executive with Robert...

     (born October 6, 1934 in English Harbour West, Newfoundland) was a Canadian Senator for Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Joan Riddell Cook
    Joan Riddell Cook
    Joan Riddell Cook was an American newspaper journalist and editor, a trade union leader, and a founding director of JAWS...

     (January 5, 1922, Portland, Oregon - February 5, 1995,[1]New York City) was an American newspaper journalist and editor, a trade union leader, and a founding director of JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium). Cook died of breast cancer in 1995 in New York City.
  • John Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Jonathan Cook
    Jonathan Cook
    Jonathan Cook is a British writer and a freelance journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, who writes about the Middle East, and more specifically, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.-Background:...

     (born 1965) is a British writer and a freelance journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, who writes about the Middle East, and more specifically, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
  • Jordan Cook
    Jordan Cook
    Jordan Alan Cook is an English professional footballer, who plays as a striker at Premier League side Sunderland.-Career:...

     (born 20 March 1990) is an English professional footballer, who plays as a striker at Premier League side Sunderland.
  • Joseph Cook (disambiguation)
  • Herman "Junior" Cook
    Junior Cook
    Herman "Junior" Cook was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.-Biography:Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook gained some fame for his longtime membership in the Horace Silver Quintet ; when he and Blue Mitchell left that band, Cook played in...

     (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was a hard bop tenor saxophone player.
  • Justin Cook
    Justin Cook
    Justin Ryan Cook is an American Producer, Voice Actor, Line Producer, ADR Director, and Engineer who works for Funimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000...

     (born 1982), American voice actor

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  • Kathy Smallwood-Cook (born 1960), former British sprint athlete
  • Kenneth Cook
    Kenneth Cook
    Kenneth Cook was a prolific Australian journalist, film director, screenwriter, TV personality and novelist best known for his works Wake in Fright, which is still in print five decades after its first publication, and the humorous Killer Koala trilogy.Born in Lakemba, New South Wales, Cook...

     (1929–1987), Australian journalist and novelist
  • Kristy Lee Cook
    Kristy Lee Cook
    Kristy Lee Cook is an American country singer who was born in Seattle, Washington and was the seventh place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2005 Cook released her debut album called Devoted. In June 2008, Cook signed to 19 Recordings and Arista Nashville. She released her...

     (born 1984), American singer

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  • Lawrence Cook (disambiguation), several people
  • Lee Cook
    Lee Cook
    Lee Cook is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Hammersmith, London, Cook began his career at Southampton. non-League Aylesbury United where he made 19 appearances, scoring twice, having progressed from the club's youth team. In 1999, after...

     (born 3 August 1982) is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a midfielder.
  • Lemuel Cook
    Lemuel Cook
    Lemuel Cook was one of the last verifiable surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Litchfield County, Connecticut to Henry Cook and his wife Hannah Benham. Enlisting in the Continental Army at the age of sixteen, Cook fought at Brandywine and in the Virginia campaign,...

     (1759–1866), American Revolutionary War veteran
  • Leonard Cook
    Leonard Cook
    Arthur Leonard Cook was an Australian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist Sten Suvio.-External links:*...

     (born 20 April 1912, date of death unknown) was an Australian boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
  • Lester Cook
    Lester Cook
    Lester Cook is an American professional tennis player.-External links:...

     (born 1984) is an American professional tennis player.

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  • Marlow Cook
    Marlow Cook
    Marlow Webster Cook is a former Republican United States Senator from Kentucky.-Early life:Cook moved to Louisville when he was 17. He joined the United States Navy and served on submarines in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War II...

     (born July 27, 1926) is a former Republican United States Senator from Kentucky.
  • Marv Cook
    Marv Cook
    Marvin Eugene Cook is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 234-lb. tight end from the University of Iowa, Cook played in 7 NFL seasons from 1989 to 1995 for the Patriots, the Chicago Bears, and...

     was born to Marilyn Cook February 24, 1966 in West Branch, Iowa, is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 234-lb.
  • Matthew Cook (disambiguation)
    Matthew Cook (disambiguation)
    Matthew Cook is an American mathematician.Matthew or Matt Cook may also refer to:*Matt Cook , Canadian ice sledge hockey player*Matt Cook , English professional rugby league footballer...

  • Merrill Cook
    Merrill Cook
    Merrill Cook was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah.Cook, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from East High School in 1964 and the University...

     (born May 6, 1946) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah.
  • Michael Cook (disambiguation) or Mike Cook - several people
  • Mitch Cook
    Mitch Cook
    Mitchel Christopher "Mitch" Cook is a retired English professional football player. He played for seven different Football League clubs during a twenty-year career, and had four separate spells at Scarborough, his hometown club...

     (born 15 October 1961 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England) is a retired English professional football player.
  • Murray Cook
    Murray Cook
    Murray James Cook AM is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the children's band The Wiggles...

     (born 30 June 1960 in Cowra, New South Wales) is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist.
  • Myke Cook
    Myke Cook
    Myke Cook is an Australian Rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Crows. Cook made his AFL debut against Collingwood in round 1 of his second season, 2009. He had the opportunity to kick a goal in his first AFL game after taking a contested mark in front of goals late in the game, but...

     (born 1989) is an Australian Rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Crows.

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  • Natalie Cook
    Natalie Cook
    Natalie Louise Cook OAM is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.-Early life:...

     (born 1975), Australian beach volleyball player
  • Nathaniel Cook
    Nathaniel Cook
    Nathaniel Cook was the designer of a set of chess figures, which is now the standard set.He registered his design at the United Kingdom Patent Office on 1 March 1849 under the Ornamental Designs Act of 1842. As he was the editor of The Illustrated London News, the newspaper where Howard Staunton...

     (19th century), designer of the standard set of chess figures
  • Nicholas Cook
    Nicholas Cook
    Nicholas Cook is a British musicologist and writer born in Athens, Greece. In 2009 he became the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge, where he is a Fellow of Darwin College...

     (born 1950), musicologist
  • Nick Cook
    Nick Cook
    Nick Cook is a British aviation journalist and author of fiction and non-fiction works and has won four Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards from the Royal Aeronautical Society.-Journalism:...

     (Nicholas Julian Cook, b. September 2, 1959) is a British aviation journalist and author of fiction and non-fiction works and has won four Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards from the Royal Aeronautical Society.
  • Nick Cook (cricketer)
    Nick Cook (cricketer)
    Nicholas "Nick" Grant Billson Cook is a former English cricketer who played in fifteen Tests and three ODIs from 1983 to 1989. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a lower order right-handed batsman, he played first-class and List A cricket from 1978 to 1994. He is currently an ECB appointed...

     (born Nicholas Grant Billson Cook, 17 June 1956, Leicester)[1] is a former English cricketer, who played in fifteen Tests and three ODIs from 1983 to 1989.
  • Nicky Cook
    Nicky Cook
    Nicky Cook is an English professional boxer who fights at featherweight he is the former British, Commonwealth, European featherweight and WBO super featherweight champion.-Early professional career:...

     is an English professional boxer who fights at featherweight he is the former British, Commonwealth, European featherweight and WBO super featherweight champion.[
  • Norman Cook (born 1963), British musician (aka Fatboy Slim)

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  • Omar Cook
    Omar Cook
    Omar Cook is a naturalized Montenegrin professional basketball player and member of the Montenegro national basketball team who grew up in the United States. He is often referred to as a prime example of college basketball players who declared for the NBA Draft too early. He is 1.86 m tall...

     (born 1982) is a member of the Montenegro national basketball team
  • Orator F. Cook
    Orator F. Cook
    Orator Fuller Cook was an American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist. Cook, born in Clyde, New York in 1867, graduated from Syracuse University in 1890. He worked for one year as an instructor at Syracuse. In 1891 Cook became a special agent of the New York State Colonization Society. He...

     (born 1867), American botanist

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  • Paul Cook (disambiguation)
    Paul Cook (disambiguation)
    Paul Cook may refer to:* Paul Cook , drummer for the Sex Pistols* Paul Anthony Cook , the drummer for Sade* Paul Cook , ex-drummer for the progressive rock band IQ* Paul Cook...

     several people
  • Paula Cook
    Paula Cook
    Paula Cook is a British auto racing driver. She is best known for her efforts as an independent driver in the British Touring Car Championship. She is the daughter of Derek Cook, founder of DC Cook, a large car dealership based in the north of England. Her brother David also competed in motorsports...

     (born 2 November 1969 in Rotherham) is a British auto racing driver.
  • Penny Cook
    Penny Cook
    Penny Cook is an Australian actress. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1978.Cook first appeared in the 1970s Australian television soap opera The Restless Years...

     (born 13 July 1957) is an Australian actress. She graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1978.
  • Perry R. Cook
    Perry R. Cook
    Perry R. Cook is an American computer music researcher and professor emeritus of computer science and music at Princeton University...

     (born 1955), computer music researcher and professor at Princeton
  • Peter Cook (disambiguation)
    Peter Cook (disambiguation)
    Peter Cook was a British comedian .Peter Cook may also refer to:* Peter Cook , British architect* Peter Cook Peter Cook (1937–1995) was a British comedian .Peter Cook may also refer to:* Peter Cook (architect) (born 1936), British architect* Peter Cook Peter Cook (1937–1995) was a British...


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  • Quinn Cook
    Quinn Cook
    Quinn Cook is an American college basketball player who currently plays guard for Duke University. He was one of the top rated basketball recruits in the class of 2011.-College career:...

     (born March 23, 1993) is an American college basketball player who currently plays at Duke University.[

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  • Rachael Leigh Cook
    Rachael Leigh Cook
    Rachael Leigh Cook is an American actress, known for her role in the romantic comedy She's All That and her This is Your Brain on Drugs public service announcement.-Early life:...

     (born 1979), actress
  • Richard Cook (disambiguation)
    Richard Cook (disambiguation)
    Richard Cook or Richard Cooke may refer to:*Richard Cook , British jazz writer and record company executive*Richard Cook , British painter*Richard E...

     several people
  • Rick Cook
    Rick Cook
    Rick Cook is a light fantasy author from the United States, best known for his Wizardry series of books. His writing includes many jokes that are hard to appreciate without having a background in systems-level programming, though the books themselves can easily be enjoyed by readers without such a...

     (born 1944), American author
  • Rick Cook (architect)
    Rick Cook (architect)
    Rick Cook is a New York City architect best known for designing the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, a skyscraper that is the first commercial high rise to receive the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum Certification.In 1992,...

     (born 1960), New York City architect
  • Robin Cook (disambiguation)
    Robin Cook (disambiguation)
    Robin Cook was a British politician.Robin Cook may also refer to:* Robin Cook * Derek Raymond , or Robin Cook, UK novelist...

  • Roderick Cook
    Roderick Cook
    Roderick Cook was an English playwright, writer, theatre director and actor of stage, television and film...

     (9 February 1932 – 17 August 1990) was an English playwright, writer, theater director, and actor of stage, television, and film.
  • Roger Cook (disambiguation) Several people
  • Ron Cook
    Ron Cook
    Ron Cook is an English actor who has been active in the theatre, film and television since the 1970s. He is from South Shields, Co Durham, England and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.- Stage appearances :...

     (born in 1948) is an English actor who has been active in the theatre, film and television since the 1970s.
  • Ryan Cook (disambiguation) several people

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  • Sam Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Sherburne F. Cook
    Sherburne F. Cook
    Sherburne Friend Cook was a physiologist by training, and served as professor and chairman of the department of physiology at the University of California, Berkeley...

     (born 1896, died 1974) was a physiologist by training, and served as professor and chairman of the department of physiology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was also a noted pioneer in population studies of the native peoples of North America and Mesoamerica and in field methods and quantitative analysis in archaeology.
  • Stéphane Cook(born May 5, 1973-) is a Swiss cardiologist.
  • Stephen Cook (disambiguation)
  • Steve Cook (disambiguation) several people
  • Stu Cook
    Stu Cook
    Stuart Alden Cook is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work in the rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival....

    , former bassist of the U.S rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....


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  • Ted Cook
    Ted Cook
    Ted Cook was a association football player who represented New Zealand, playing in New Zealand's first ever official international.Cook made his full All Whites debut in New Zealand's inaugural A-international fixture and had the distinction of scoring New Zealand's first goal, scoring a brace in...

     was an association football player who represented New Zealand, playing in New Zealand's first ever official international
  • Terry Cook
    Terry Cook
    Terry Cook is an American former stock car driver. He is married to former Craftsman Truck pit reporter Amy East, and brother-in-law to driver Bobby East...

     (born 1968) is an American former stock car driver.
  • Theodore Andrea Cook (1867–1928), British writer and art critic
  • Thomas Cook
    Thomas Cook
    Thomas Cook of Melbourne, Derbyshire, England founded the travel agency that is now Thomas Cook Group.- Early days :...

     (1808–1892), entrepreneur
  • T.S. Cook
    T.S. Cook
    T.S. Cook , is an American screenwriter and producer, perhaps best known for writing The China Syndrome , sharing with Mike Gray and James Bridges, which garned him Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe-nominations.-Early life:Thomas Steven Cook was born in Cleveland to Horace William, a...

     (born Thomas Steven Cook August 25, 1947), is an American screenwriter and producer, perhaps best known for writing The China Syndrome (1979), sharing with Mike Gray and James Bridges, which garned him Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Golden Globe-nominations.
  • Timothy D. Cook (born 1960), CEO of Apple, Inc.
  • Troy Cook
    Troy Cook
    Troy Cook is an Australian rules footballer. Cook plays for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League.-Early career:...

     (born 12 August 1976) is an Australian rules footballer. Cook plays for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League.

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  • Will Marion Cook
    Will Marion Cook
    William Mercer Cook , better known as Will Marion Cook, was an African American composer and violinist from the United States. Cook was a student of Antonín Dvořák and performed for King George V among others...

     (January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944) was a composer and violinist from the United States.
  • William Cook (disambiguation), Will Cook, Bill Cook or Billy Cook - several people
  • Willie Cook
    Willie Cook
    Willie Cook was an American jazz trumpeter.Cook grew up in Chicago and learned to play violin before settling on trumpet as a teenager. He joined King Perry's band in the late 1930s, then replaced Charlie Parker in Jay McShann's band early in the 1940s...

    (November 11, 1923, Tangipahoa, Louisiana - September 22, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden) was an American jazz trumpeter.
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