Cooke
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Cooke is the surname
of several notable people:
Places in the United States named Cooke include:
Cooke may also refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of several notable people:
- Alan CookeAlan CookeAlan Cooke is a British actor.He has appeared in many British television shows, including Grange Hill, The Bill and EastEnders, playing Carl Talbot.-External links:...
, British actor - Alexander CookeAlexander CookeAlexander Cooke was an actor in the King's Men, the acting company of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage.Edmond Malone introduced the hypothesis, still current though far from certain, that Cooke originated Shakespeare's principal female roles...
(d. 1614), English actor - Alfred Tyrone CookeAlfred Tyrone CookeFlight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke VrC was a hero of the Indo-Pakistani wars. He was honoured with the Vir Chakra in September 1965. He received the award for shooting down a Sabre jet whilst flying a Hawker Hunter, whilst they were under anti-aircraft fire....
, of the Indo-Pakistani wars - Alistair CookeAlistair CookeAlfred Alistair Cooke KBE was a British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992...
KBE (1908-2004), journalist and broadcaster - Amos Starr CookeAmos Starr CookeAmos Starr Cooke was an educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that influenced Hawaii during the 20th century.-Life:Amos Starr Cooke was born in Danbury, Connecticut, December 1, 1810....
(1810–1871), found of Royal School and Castle & Cooke in Hawaii - Anna Rice CookeAnna Rice CookeAnna Rice Cooke was a patron of the arts and the founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.-Biography:Anna Charlotte Rice was born on September 5, 1853 into a prominent missionary family on Oahu, Hawaii. Her father was teacher William Harrison Rice , and her mother was Mary Sophia Hyde. Anna grew...
(1853-1934), patron of the arts and founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts - Anthony CookeAnthony CookeSir Anthony Cooke was an eminent English humanist, scholar and tutor to Edward VI, England's first ruler to be raised as a Protestant.-Background:...
(1505-1576), British scholar - Baden CookeBaden CookeBaden Cooke is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He completed secondary school at Galen College in Wangaratta, Victoria....
(b. 1978), Australian cyclist - Barrie CookeBarrie CookeBarrie Cooke is an Irish abstract expressionist painter.He was born in Cheshire, England, and spent part of his childhood in Bermuda and Jamaica before moving to the United States as a teenager where he later studied Art History at Harvard University. He has lived and worked in Ireland since 1954...
(b. 1931), Irish painter - Bates CookeBates CookeBates Cooke was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was the son of Captain Lemuel Cooke who had fought in the American Revolutionary War...
, US Representative 1831-1833, and NY State Comptroller 1839-1841 - Benjamin CookeBenjamin CookeBenjamin Cooke was an English composer, organist and teacher.Cooke was born in London and named after his father, a music publisher based in Covent Garden...
(1734-1793), English musician - Beryl CookeBeryl CookeBeryl Cooke was a British actress. Her career spanned six decades; she is most familiar to British audiences as Aunt Lucy in the sitcom Happy Ever After and Mrs...
(1906-2001), English actress - C. R. CookeC. R. CookeLieutenant-Colonel Conrad Reginald Cooke, OBE was an English early Himalayan mountaineer. In 1935, alone and without oxygen, he reached the summit of Kabru North. His achievement remained the highest solo climb until 1953.-References:...
(1901-1996), English early Himalayan mountaineer - Charles Montague CookeCharles Montague CookeCharles Montague Cooke was a businessman during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii and Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Charles Montague Cooke was born May 6, 1849 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was Amos Starr Cooke co-founder of Castle & Cooke...
(1849–1909), businessman in Hawaii - Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. (1874-1948), American malacologist
- Christian CookeChristian CookeChristian Louis Cooke is an English actor, known for playing Luke Kirkwall in Where the Heart Is, Luke Rutherford in Demons, Dorian Gaudain in Trinity, Freddie in Cemetery Junction and Len Matthews in the Channel 4 mini series The Promise.-Background:Cooke was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, where...
(b. 1986), English actor - Clarence Hyde CookeClarence Hyde Cooke-Life:Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaii Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle &...
(1876–1944), businessman in Hawaii - Dave CookeDave CookeDave Cooke is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was an NDP member of the provincial legislature from 1977 to 1997, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.-Early career:...
, Canadian politician - Deryck CookeDeryck CookeDeryck Cooke was a British musician, musicologist and broadcaster.-Life:Cooke was born in Leicester to a poor and working class family; his father died when he was a child, but his mother was able to afford piano lessons. Cooke acquired a brilliant technique and began to compose...
(1919-1975), British musicologist - Doc CookDoc CookCharles 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 - Edward William CookeEdward William CookeEdward William Cooke, R.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.S.A., F.G.S. was an English landscape and marine painter, and gardener.-Life and work:...
(1811-1880), English maritime artist - Eric Edgar CookeEric Edgar CookeEric Edgar Cooke nicknamed The Night Caller was an Australian serial killer. From 1959 to 1963, he terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, by committing 22 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths....
, murderer - Francis CookeFrancis CookeFrancis Cooke was one of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower. This early settler is one of the twenty-six male Pilgrims known to have descendants.- Early life and family :...
, Mayflower passenger - Francis Judd CookeFrancis Judd CookeFrancis Judd Cooke was an American composer, organist, cellist, pianist, conductor, choir director, and professor.-Life:...
(1910–1995), American composer - Geoff CookeGeoff CookeGeoff Cooke OBE is a former England Rugby coach.-Early career:During his playing career he played mainly as a Centre/Fly Half 1962-72 and captained his Club and his County. Cooke also attended York St John University. He was coach to Bradford RFC 1973 to 1975, coach to Yorkshire Rugby Football...
, former England Rugby coach - Hope CookeHope CookeHope Cooke is an American socialite who was the "Gyalmo" of the 12th Chogyal of Sikkim. But Palden was to be the last king of Sikkim as a protectorate state under India. By 1973, the country and their marriage was crumbling; soon Sikkim was annexed by India. Cooke returned to New York City...
, Queen of Sikkim - James J. CookeJames J. CookeJames J. Cooke is an American historian, author, academic and soldier.-Early life:...
, American historian, author, academic and soldier - James W. CookeJames W. CookeJames Wallace Cooke was an American naval officer, serving in the United States Navy and during the American Civil War serving in the Confederate Navy....
, American naval officer - Janet CookeJanet CookeJanet Leslie Cooke is an American former journalist who became infamous when it was discovered that a Pulitzer Prize–winning story that she had written for The Washington Post had been fabricated.-Early career:...
(born 1954), American journalist, won a Pulitzer price for a fabricated story - Jennifer CookeJennifer CookeJennifer Cooke is an American actress.She is perhaps best known for her role as the "Star Child", Elizabeth, who is half Human/half Visitor in the 1984 television series V. She also starred in the soap opera Guiding Light as Morgan Richards Nelson from 1981-1983. Cooke played "Debbie" on the...
, actress - John Cooke (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Platt CookeJoseph Platt CookeJoseph Platt Cooke was an American military officer in the Revolutionary War, a Connecticut politician, and twice a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1750...
(1730–1816), in American Revolutionary War - Keith CookeKeith CookeKeith Hirabayashi Cooke is an American martial artist, actor and an occasional stuntman.-Biography:...
, actor - L. J. CookeL. J. CookeLouis Joseph "L. J." "Doc" Cooke was the first head men’s basketball coach at the University of Minnesota. He coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball team for 28 seasons...
, first men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota - Lawrence H. CookeLawrence H. CookeLawrence Henry Cooke was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1979 to 1984.-Life:...
(1914-2000), Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals 1979-1984 - Martin Cooke (baritone), opera singer
- Martin Cooke (mayor)Martin Cooke (Mayor)Martin Cooke was the 24th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, serving from 1912-1915. In August 1912, a crowbar dropped by a workman working at the Old Court House, narrowly missed striking the mayor.-References:...
, 25th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey - Matt CookeMatt CookeMatthew David Cooke is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. His playing style has earned him a reputation of being a "pest" and he is known for his ability to aggravate opponents...
, hockey player - Mel CookeMel CookeMelville Lance Cooke is a former rugby league player who represented his country twenty three times between 1959 and 1964.-Playing career:...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Mordecai Cubitt CookeMordecai Cubitt CookeMordecai Cubitt Cooke was an English botanist and mycologist.Cooke came from a mercantile family in Horning, Norfolk, and worked as an apprentice to a fabric merchant before becoming a clerk in a law firm, but his chief interest was in botany. He founded the Society of Amateur Botanists in 1862...
(1825-1914), British botanist - Nicole CookeNicole CookeNicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...
(born 1983), British cyclist - Philip St. George CookePhilip St. George CookePhilip St. George Cooke was a career United States Army cavalry officer who served as a Union General in the American Civil War. He is noted for his authorship of an Army cavalry manual, and is sometimes called the "Father of the U.S...
, 19th century US cavalry officer - Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of ThorndonRobin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon-External links:*, The Times, 22 September 2006*, The Daily Telegraph, 26 September 2006* House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 9 October 2006*, 4 September 2006...
, New Zealand judge - Sam CookeSam CookeSamuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...
(1931-1964), American singer/songwriter - Sidney CookeSidney CookeSidney Cooke , is an English convicted child molester serving two life sentences.-Biography:...
(born 1927), homosexual paedophile and child killer - Steve CookeSteve CookeSteven Cooke is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992–1994 and 1996-1998. He was named as the LHP in the Topps All-Star Rookie Team in 1993.-Life:...
(born 1970), baseball player - Terence Cooke (1921-1983), Archbishop of New York
- Weldon B. CookeWeldon B. CookeWeldon B. Cooke of Oakland, California was a pioneer aviator.-Biography:He was born in 1884 in Oakland, California to Ada L. and William H. Cooke. He died in 1914 in an aircrash in Pueblo, Colorado on September 6, 1914....
(1884-1914), American pioneer aviator killed in crash - Wells CookeWells CookeWells Woodbridge Cooke , was an American ornithologist who was called the “father of cooperative study of bird migration in America”....
(1858-1916), American ornithologist - William Fothergill CookeWilliam Fothergill CookeSir William Fothergill Cooke was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837...
(1806-1879), co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph
Places in the United States named Cooke include:
- Cooke County, TexasCooke County, TexasAs of the census of 2000, there were 36,363 people, 13,643 households, and 10,000 families residing in the county. The population density was 42 people per square mile . There were 15,061 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
- Cooke Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Cooke may also refer to:
- Cooke OpticsCooke OpticsCooke Optics Ltd. is a camera lens manufacturing company based in Leicester, known earlier as Taylor, Taylor and Hobson and then Taylor Hobson. T. S. Taylor, an optician, his brother W. Taylor, an engineer, and a Mr Hobson, a businessman, formed the company in 1886.The name Cooke originally came...
, a current lens manufacturer (previously Taylor, Taylor and Hobson) - Cooke tripletCooke tripletThe Cooke triplet is a photographic lens designed and patented in 1893 by Dennis Taylor who was employed as chief engineer by T. Cooke & Sons of York...
, a photographic lens design by the above - Cooke Locomotive and Machine WorksCooke Locomotive and Machine WorksThe Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, located in Paterson, New Jersey, manufactured steam railroad locomotives from 1852 until it was merged with seven other manufacturers to form American Locomotive Company in 1901...
, steam railroad locomotive manufacturer, founded in 1852
See also
- Cooke Surname DNA Project
- Cook (surname)