Crook (surname)

Crook is an

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. Notable people with the surname include: * A. R. Crook (1864–1930), American geologist * Al Crook (''Alfred John Crook''; 1897–1958), American football player * Alan Crook (1897–1965), Australian electrical engineer * Andrew Crook (born 1980), Australian cricketer *

Anna Crook Anna M. Crook (born December 6, 1934) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the New Mexico House of Representatives representing District 64 from January 1995 through 2015. She did not seek reelection in 2014. Education C ...

(born 1934), American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1995–2015) * Billy Crook (disambiguation) *

Carl Crook Carl Crook (born 10 November 1963, in Bolton) is an English former professional lightweight and light welterweight boxer. As an amateur, he was runner-up in the 1985 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) lightweight championship against ...

(born 1963), English amateur lightweight and professional light/light welterweight boxer * Catherine Crook de Camp (1907–2000), American science fiction author * Charles Crook (1862–1926), English teacher, trade union official and politician, Member of Parliament (1922–1923, 1924–1926) *

Clive Crook Clive Crook (born 1955 in Yorkshire, England) is a former columnist for the ''Financial Times'' and the ''National Journal''; a former senior editor at ''The Atlantic Monthly'', and now writes a column and editorials for Bloomberg News. For twenty ...

(born 1953), English columnist, editor and author * Eddie Crook Jr. (1929–2005), American boxer *

David Crook David Crook (14 August 1910 – 1 November 2000) was a prominent British communist who spent most of his life teaching in China. A committed Marxist from 1931, he joined the International Brigades to fight against the Spanish nationalists in th ...

(1910–2000), British Marxist *

David Moore Crook David Moore Crook, DFC (24 November 1914 – 18 December 1944) was a British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War. RAF career After attending the University of Cambridge, he was mobilised as part of the Royal Auxiliary Air Forc ...

(1914–1944), British fighter pilot *

Elizabeth Crook Elizabeth Crook (born April 9, 1959) is an American novelist specializing in historical fiction. Her nonfiction work has been published in anthologies and periodicals such as Texas Monthly and Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Biography Born ...

(born 1959), American novelist *

Frances Crook Frances Crook OBE (born 1952) is the former Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, the oldest penal reform charity in the United Kingdom. Early life and career Frances Crook grew up in London, her father was Jewish and had a su ...

(born 1952), British Labour Party politician *

General Crook George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook ''Nantan ...

or General Columbus Crook (born 1945), an American blues musician *

Geoffrey Crook Geoffrey David Crook (born 30 October 1978) is a former English cricketer. Crook was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Crook made his debut for Staffordshire in the 2000 Minor ...

(born 1978), English cricketer *

George Crook George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook ''Nantan ...

(1828–1890), American general * George Crook (rugby union) (born 1988), English rugby union player * Gordon Crook (1921–2011), New Zealand visual artist *

Hal Crook Hal Crook (born 28 July 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a jazz trombonist. He has a degree from the Berklee College of Music and is considered to be a leading teacher and author in the field of jazz improvisation. Hal was a professor at Berk ...

(born 1950), jazz trombonist *

Helen Crook Helen Crook (born 20 November 1971) is a British former professional tennis player. Biography Before turning professional, Crook attended college in the United States, as a journalism student at the University of South Carolina. She formed a d ...

(born 1971), British tennis player *

Henry Crook Henry Crook (1802 – 17 August 1886) was an English first-class cricketer, active 1827–1837, who played for Nottingham Cricket Club Nottingham Cricket Club was an English cricket club which played in Nottingham during the 18th and 19th cent ...

(1802–1886), English first-class cricketer *

Herbert Crook Herbert Crook (born July 26, 1965) is a retired American basketball player. He was a standout at the University of Louisville. He was a starter on the Cardinals' 1986 national championship team and was Metro Conference player of the year as a ...

(born 1965), American basketball player *

Howard Crook Howard Crook (born June 15, 1947) is an American lyric tenor who has lived and worked in the Netherlands and France since the early 1980s. He was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, and educated at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio and then Unive ...

(born 1947), American tenor *

Ian Crook Ian Stuart Crook (born 18 January 1963) is an English football manager and former professional player. As a player, he was a midfielder who began his career with Tottenham Hotspur. before making 418 appearances for Norwich City where he notabl ...

(born 1963), former English professional football player *

J. Mordaunt Crook Joseph Mordaunt Crook, (born 27 February 1937), generally known as J. Mordaunt Crook, is an English architectural historian and specialist on the Georgian and Victorian periods. He is an authority on the life and work of the Victorian architec ...

(born 1937), British architectural historian *

Jack Crook Jack Crook (born 15 September 1993) is an English professional basketball player, currently with Manchester Giants. Personal Crook is a pre-major in the College of Arts and Sciences. He was a member of the squad that traveled to China in late ...

(born 1993), English basketball player *

Jeff Crook Jeff Crook is a novelist, author, and former technical writer for the United States Postal Service. Works Jeff Crook's first Dragonlance novel, ''The Rose and the Skull'', was published in March 1999. His other novels for the Dragonlance setting i ...

, American novelist *

John Crook (disambiguation) John Crook may refer to: * John Crook (ethologist) (1930–2011), British ethologist and Buddhist * John Crook (conductor) (1847–1922), English conductor and composer * John Crook (politician) (1895–1970), Australian politician * John Crook ( ...

, multiple people *

Joseph Crook Joseph Crook (1809 - 8 December 1884) was a Liberal British Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton. Joseph Crook was born in 1809 and was the eldest son of Joshua Crook. He married Mary Biggs in 1856, with whom he had at least one son. He succeede ...

(1809–1884), Liberal British Member of Parliament (1852–1861) *

Kenneth Crook Kenneth Roy Crook CMG (30 July 1920 – 24 July 2012) was a British diplomat. He was Governor of the Cayman Islands from 1971 to 1974, and Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1976 to 1979. He was named Companion of the Order of St Michael and St G ...

(1920–2012), British politician and diplomat, Governor of the Cayman Islands (1971–1974), Ambassador to Afghanistan (1976–1979) *

Lorianne Crook Lorianne Crook (born February 19, 1957) is an American radio and television host, producer, and writer, best known for her work on The Nashville Network programs ''This Week In Country Music'' and ''Crook & Chase'' with Charlie Chase. Early li ...

(born 1957), American radio and television personality * Lupen Crook (''Matthew Pritchard''), English musician and songwriter *

Mackenzie Crook Paul James "Mackenzie" Crook (born 29 September 1971) is an English actor, comedian, director and writer. He played Gareth Keenan in ''The Office'', Ragetti in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, Orell in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', ...

(born 1971), British actor *

Malcolm Crook Malcolm Crook is Professor of French history at Keele University and is editor of the journal ''French History''. He is also a trustee of the Historical Association and The Society for the Study of French History The Society for the Study of ...

, professor of French history * Margaret Brackenbury Crook (1886–1972), British Unitarian minister and U.S. professor of religious studies * Martyn Crook (1956–2008), British soccer coach * Maryrose Crook, musician and artist from New Zealand *

Max Crook Maxfield Doyle Crook (November 2, 1936 – July 1, 2020) "Remembering Max Crook", ''DelShannon.com''

(1936–2020), American musician *
Narciso Crook Narciso Crook (born July 12, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2022 with the Chicago Cubs. Early life Crook began playing baseball at 11 ye ...
(born 1995), Dominican baseball player * P. J. Crook (born 1945), British painter *
Paul Crook Paul Crook (born February 12, 1966) is an American guitarist known for his work recording and performing with Meat Loaf. He has also recorded and toured with Anthrax, Sebastian Bach and Marya Roxx. Biography Growing up in Green Brook Townshi ...
(born 1966), American guitarist * Paul Crook (rugby league, born 1974) * Paul Crook (rugby league, born 1986) * Peter Crook (businessman) (born 1963), chief executive of Provident Financial (until 2017) *
Peter Crook Peter Crook (born January 9, 1993 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands) is a British Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islander freestyle skiing, freestyle skier who has competed since 2009 in the halfpipe discipline. Crook has qualified to compete f ...
(born 1993), British Virgin Islander Olympic freestyle skier * Reginald Crook, 1st Baron Crook (1901–1989), British peer * Robert Crook (disambiguation) * Steven Crook (born 1983), Australian cricketer *
Terry Crook Terry Crook), also known by the nickname of "TC", is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level f ...
(born 1947), English rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s *
Thomas Crook Thomas Crook (May 22, 1798 Westminster, Windham County, Vermont – October 3, 1879) was an American politician from New York. Life He was the son of James Crook (1777–1838) and Hannah (Martin) Crook (1767–1834). They removed to Beekmantown, ...
(1798–1879), New York politician * Thurman C. Crook (1891–1981), U.S. politician * Tommy Crook (born 1944), American musician * Tony Crook (disambiguation) *
Walter Crook Walter Crook (28 April 1913 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager. Career Playing career Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 2 ...
(1912–1988), English footballer and manager * William Crook (disambiguation)

See also
* Crooks (surname) {{surname, Crook English-language surnames