William Cooke
# William Cooke

William Cooke or Bill Cooke may refer to:

## Sports

* Harry Cooke (born William Henry Cooke, 1919–1992), English footballer
* William Cooke (cricketer) (1868–1954), New Zealand cricketer
* William Cooke (footballer) (1915–?), English footballer
* Bill Cooke (defensive end) (born 1951), American football defensive end
* Bill Cooke (footballer) (1888–1950), Australian rules footballer

## Politicians

* William Cooke (died 1558), MP for New Woodstock and Portsmouth
* William Cooke (died 1589), MP for Stamford and Grantham
* Sir William Cooke (of Highnam) (1572–1619), English Member of Parliament
* William Cooke (died 1703) (1620–1703), MP for Gloucester
* William Cooke (1682–1709), MP for Gloucester
* William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (1823–1863), Confederate politician
* William Cooke, MP for Lewes
* William Wilcox Cooke (died 1816), Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court

## Others

* William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor
* William Ernest Cooke (1863–1947), Australian astronomer
* William Cooke (Methodist) (1806–1884), Methodist New Connexion
* William Cooke (Provost of King's College) (1711–1797), academic and Church of England priest
* William Cooke (priest, born 1821) (1821–1894), Church of England priest and hymn-writer
* William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855), English line engraver
* William Bridge Cooke (1908–1991), American mycologist
* William Gordon Cooke (1803–1847), New Orleans druggist and major in the Texian Army
* Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, English publishers (William Cooke died c. 1641)
* Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782–1851), of the Cooke baronets
* Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, 9th Baronet (1827–1894), of the Cooke baronets
* Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet (1872–1964), of the Cooke baronets
* William W. Cooke (1846–1876), US officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn
* William Wilson Cooke (1871–1949), American architect
* 3894 Williamcooke, asteroid named for William Ernest Cooke
