Cooksey is an English surname. It is commonly found in the
West Midlands
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...
, originally given to people from Cooksey in
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Catherine Cooksey, American chemist
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Cleophus Cooksey Jr. (born 1982), American serial killer
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Danny Cooksey (born 1975), American actor
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David Cooksey (born 1940), British businessman
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Donald Cooksey
Donald Cooksey (May 15, 1892 – August 19, 1977), was an American physicist who was associate director of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of the University of California at Berkeley.
Cooksey was the son of George Cooksey from Birmingham, Engla ...
(1892–1977), American physicist
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Ernie Cooksey
Ernest George Cooksey (11 June 1980 – 3 July 2008) was an English footballer, who was a utility player. He started as a trainee with Colchester United, before joining non-League clubs Heybridge Swifts, Bishop's Stortford, Chesham United and ...
(1980–2008), English footballer
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Frank C. Cooksey (born 1933), American politician and environmental activist
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John Cooksey (1941–2022), American physician and politician
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Mark Cooksey (born 1966), English video game musician.
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Patricia Cooksey
Patricia Joen "Patti" or "P.J." Cooksey (born February 25, 1958 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States) is a retired jockey from American Thoroughbred racing. She won her first race with ''Turf Advisor'' at Waterford Park (now Mountaineer Park) in 19 ...
(born 1958), American jockey
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Poppy Cooksey
Poppy, Lady Cooksey OBE DL, previously Janet Wardell-Yerburgh, née Janet Clouston Bewley Cathie (born 15 February 1940) is a British fencer whose later career was in picture restoration.
She married firstly the Olympic oarsman Hugh Wardell- ...
(born 1940), as Janet Wardell-Yerburgh a British Olympic fencer
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Scott Cooksey (born 1972), English footballer
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Taylor Cooksey (born 1992), US Air Force Officer and American Football Player
References
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English-language surnames
English toponymic surnames