Cooke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Cooke, British actorAlexander Cooke (died 1614), English actorAlfred Tyrone Cooke, of the Indo-Pakistani warsAlistair Cooke KBE (1908–2004), journalist and broadcasterAmos Starr Cooke (1810–1871), found of Royal School and Castle & Cooke in HawaiiAnna Rice Cooke (1853–1934), patron of the arts and founder of the Honolulu Academy of ArtsAnthony Cooke (1505–1576), British scholarBaden Cooke (born 1978), Australian cyclistBarrie Cooke (born 1931), Irish painterBates Cooke, US Representative 1831-1833, and NY State Comptroller 1839–1841Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793), British musicianBeryl Cooke (1906–2001), British actressC. R. Cooke (Conrad Reginald Cooke, 1901–1996), English early Himalayan mountaineerCharles Cooke (disambiguation), several peopleChauncey H. Cooke (1846–1919), American soldier in the U.S. Civil WarChristian Cooke (born 1986), English actorClarence Hyde Cooke (1876–1944), businessman in HawaiiDave Cooke, Canadian politicianDeryck Cooke (1919–1975), British musicologistDoc Cook (Charles L. Cooke, 1891–1958), jazz bandleaderEdmund F. Cooke (1885–1967), US congressman from New YorkEdward William Cooke (1811–1880), English maritime artistEric Edgar Cooke, murdererFrancis Cooke Passenger on the MayflowerFrancis Judd Cooke (1910–1995), American composerGeoff Cooke (disambiguation), several peopleGeorge Cooke (disambiguation), several peopleH. Basil S. Cooke (born 1915), Canadian paleontologistHope Cooke, Queen of SikkimSir James Douglas Cooke (1879–1949), MP for Hammersmith SouthJames J. Cooke, American historian, author, academic and soldierJames W. Cooke, American naval officerJanet Cooke (born 1954), American journalist, won a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated storyJay Cooke (1821–1905), American financier, notable for financing Union effort in Civil War and Northern Pacific RailwayJennifer Cooke, actressJohn Cooke (disambiguation), several peopleJoseph Platt Cooke (1730–1816), in American Revolutionary WarKeith Cooke, actorL. J. Cooke (Louis Joseph Cooke, 1868–1943), first men's basketball coach at the University of MinnesotaLawrence H. Cooke (1914–2000), Chief Judge of New York Court of Appeals 1979–1984Martin Cooke (disambiguation), several peopleMatt Cooke, hockey playerMel Cooke (1934–2013), New Zealand rugby league footballerMordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914), British botanistNicole Cooke (born 1983), British cyclistPeter Cooke (Scouting)Philip St. George Cooke (1809–1895), 19th century US cavalry officerPinny Cooke (1923–2004), New York politician, assemblywoman from RochesterRobin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand judgeSam Cooke (1931–1964), American singer/songwriterSamuel Nathaniel Cooke (S. N. Cooke) (born 1883), English architectSidney Cooke (born 1927), paedophile and child killerSteve Cooke (born 1970), baseball playerTerence Cooke (1921–1983), Cardinal, and Archbishop of New YorkThomas Cooke (disambiguation), several peopleWalter E. Cooke (1910–1982), New York politicianWalter H. Cooke (1838–1909), American recipient of the Medal of HonorWeldon B. Cooke (1884–1914), American pioneer aviator killed in crashWells Cooke (1858–1916), American ornithologistWilliam Cooke (disambiguation), several people