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'''Cooke''' is the [[surname]] of several notable people:
*[[Alan Cooke]], English table tennis player, 2006 world champion 40+ at the World Veterans Table Tennis Championships in Bremen, Germany
*[[Alexander Cooke]] (died 1614), English actor
*[[Alfred Tyrone Cooke]], hero of the Indo-Pakistani wars
*[[Alistair Cooke]] KBE (1908-2004), journalist and broadcaster
*[[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]] (1978-), Australian cyclist
*[[Barrie Cooke]] (1931-), Irish painter
*[[Bates Cooke]], US Representative 1831-1833, and NY State Comptroller 1839-1841
*[[Benjamin Cooke]] (1734-1793), English musician
*[[C. R. Cooke]] (1901-1996), English early Himalayan mountaineer
*[[Charles L. Cooke]] (1891-1958), jazz bandleader better known as Doc Cook
*[[Mordecai Cubitt Cooke]] (1825-1914), British botanist
*[[Dave Cooke]], Canadian politician
*[[Deryck Cooke]] (1919-1975), British musicologist
*[[Edward William Cooke]] (1811-1880), English maritime artist
*[[Eric Edgar Cooke]], murderer
*[[Francis Cooke]], Mayflower passenger
*[[Francis Judd Cooke]], American composer
*[[Hope Cooke]], Queen of Sikkim
*[[Janet Cooke]] (1954-), American journalist, won a Pulitzer price for a fabricated story
*[[Jennifer Cooke]], actress
*[[John Cooke (prosecutor)|John Cooke]], prosecutor in the 1649 trial of Charles I
*[[John Cooke (entrepreneur)|John Cooke]] (1824–1882), American industrialist, founder of Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works
**See also [[John Cooke]]
*[[John Esten Cooke]] (1830-1886), Confederate Army officer and novelist
*[[Keith Cooke]], actor
*[[L. J. Cooke]], first men's basketball coach at the University of Minnesota
*[[Martin Cooke (Opera Singer)|Martin Cooke]], Opera singer
*[[Martin Cooke (Mayor)|Martin Cooke]], 25th mayor of Hoboken, NJ
*[[Matt Cooke]], hockey player
*[[Philip St. George Cooke]], 19th century US Cavalry officer
*[[Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon|Robin Cooke]], Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand judge, also appointed to the Privy Council and House of Lords
*[[Sam Cooke]] (1931-1964), American singer/songwriter
*[[Terence Cardinal Cooke]] (1921-1984), Archbishop of New York
*[[William Fothergill Cooke]] (1806-1879), co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph
Places named '''Cooke''' include:
*[[Cooke County, Texas]]
*[[Cooke Township, Pennsylvania]], pop. 117
'''Cooke''' may also refer to:
*[[Cooke Optics]], a current lens manufacturer (previously Taylor, Taylor and Hobson)
*[[Cooke triplet]], a photographic lens design by the above
*[[Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works]], steam railroad locomotive manufacturer, founded in 1852
==See also==
* [http://www.familytreedna.com/public/cook/ Cooke Surname DNA Project]
* [[Cook (surname)]]
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