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Politicians

John R. Cooke John Rogers Cooke (June 17, 1788 – December 15, 1854) was an immigrant from Britain's Caribbean colonies who became a prominent Virginia lawyer, as well as planter, author and politician. He served a single term in the Virginia House of Delegat ...

(1788–1854), Virginia planter, lawyer and politician *

John Robert Cooke John Robert Cooke (September 1, 1866 – August 14, 1934) was a political figure in Ontario. He represented Hastings North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1934 as a Conservative member. He was born in Rawdon township i ...

(1866–1934), political figure in Ontario * John Herbert Cooke (1867–1943), Australian politician *

John B. Cooke John Bleecker Cooke (May 17, 1885 – June 26, 1971) served in the California State Assembly for the 40th district from 1941 to 1943, the 38th and 37th district from 1947 to 1955. During World War I and World War II he also served in the United S ...

(1885–1971), served in the California legislature *

John H. Cooke John Henry Cooke (June 29, 1911 – March 31, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on June 29, 1911, in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, the son of Congressman Edmund F. Cooke (1885–1967) and Jen ...

(1911–1998), New York politician and judge * John Warren Cooke (1915–2009), American politician *

John William Cooke John William Cooke (14 November 1919 – 19 September 1968) was an Argentine lawyer and politician. An early follower of President Juan Perón, Cooke went on to form part and lead the revolutionary leftist wing of the Peronist movement. Followi ...

(1919–1968), Argentine politician and revolutionary * John Cooke (Colorado politician) (fl. 2000s–2020s)

Sports

* John Cooke (Oxford University cricketer) (1808–1841), English cricketer * John Cooke (Derbyshire cricketer) (1851–1908), English cricketer * John Cooke (footballer, born 1878), English professional footballer * John Cooke (rower) (1937–2005), American rower at the 1956 Olympics * John Cooke (sport shooter) (1939–2008), British sport shooter *

John Cooke (footballer, born 1942) Edward John Cooke (born 18 March 1942) is an English former football goalkeeper who was a member of non-League Macclesfield Town's highly successful team of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He previously played in the Football League for Port Va ...

, English professional footballer * John Cooke (footballer, born 1962), English professional footballer

Other people

John Cooke (composer) John Cooke may refer to: Politicians * John R. Cooke (1788–1854), Virginia planter, lawyer and politician * John Robert Cooke (1866–1934), political figure in Ontario *John Herbert Cooke (1867–1943), Australian politician * John B. Cooke (1 ...

, English composer with works in the

Old Hall Manuscript The Old Hall Manuscript (British Library, Add MS 57950) is the largest, most complete, and most significant source of English sacred music of the late 14th and early 15th centuries, and as such represents the best source for late Medieval English ...

*John Cooke (fl. c. 1611), author of the play ''

Greene's Tu Quoque ''Greene's Tu Quoque,'' also known as ''The City Gallant,'' is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by John Cooke. The play was a major popular success upon its premier and became something of a legend in the theatre lore of the seventee ...

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John Cook (regicide) John Cook or Cooke (baptised 18 September 1608 – 16 October 1660) was the first Solicitor General of the English Commonwealth and led the prosecution of Charles I. Following The Restoration, Cook was convicted of regicide and hanged, drawn a ...

(1608–1660), English Solicitor General, prosecuted King Charles I *

John Cook (pirate) John Cook (died 1684) was an English buccaneer, privateer, and pirate. History In 1679, when he was still a merchant captain, Cook abandoned his ship on the island of Bonaire to escape the Spanish. He then joined the assembly of buccaneers ser ...

or John Cooke (died 1684), English pirate, associate of Edward Davis *

John Cooke (Six Preacher) Rev. John Cooke (1646/47 – 1726) was a post-Restoration Church of England clergyman. He was the son of Thomas Cooke of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford (matriculated 1663, B.A. 1666, M.A. 1669). He was re ...

(1646/7–1726), Anglican clergyman * John Cooke (judge) (1944–2022), Irish judge *

John Cooke (lawyer) Sir John Cooke (29 August 1666 – 31 March 1710) was an English lawyer who served as King's Advocate under William III. He was born the son of John Cooke of Whitechapel, London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School from 1673 and St. John' ...

(1666–1710), English lawyer *

John Cooke (academic) John Cooke D.D. (1734–1823) was an England, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford. Cooke was elected President (college), President (head) of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1783, a post he held until 1823. While Preside ...

(1734–1823), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University *

John Cooke (physician) John Cooke (1756–1838) was an English physician. Life Cooke was born in Lancashire, and was educated by Philip Doddridge to be a dissenting minister. He preached at Rochdale and at Preston. He then became a medical student at Guy's Hospital ...

(1756–1838), British physician, Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London *

John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) John Cooke (17 February 176221 October 1805) was an experienced and highly regarded officer of the Royal Navy during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the first years of the Napoleonic Wars. Cooke is best know ...

(1763–1805), British captain killed at the Battle of Trafalgar *

John Cooke (entrepreneur) John Cooke (1824–1882) was one of the principals of Cooke Locomotive Works, one of the constituent companies that made up American Locomotive Company in the merger of 1901. Cooke was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, but sought his fortune ...

(1824–1882), American locomotive maker * John Esten Cooke (1830–1886), American novelist, Confederate Army officer *

John Peyton Cooke John Peyton Cooke (born March 7, 1967) is an American novelist. He is most notable as a short story writer known for thrillers, often with gay male protagonists and including themes of male homosexuality and psychological suspense. Reviews H ...

, American novelist *

John Rogers Cooke John Rogers Cooke (June 9, 1833 – April 10, 1891) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was the son of Union general Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate cavalry leader Jeb Stuart. Early and fami ...

(1833–1891), Confederate general during the American Civil War *

John Starr Cooke John Starr Cooke (March 1920 – August 21, 1976) was an American mystic and spiritual teacher who influenced the development of the counterculture movement that emerged in San Francisco during 1966–1967. His teachings were based on the doc ...

(1920–1976), American mystic and spiritual teacher *

John Cooke (RAF officer) Air Vice-Marshal John Nigel Carlyle Cooke, (16 January 1922 – 25 April 2011) was a British doctor and senior Royal Air force officer. He served as Dean of Air Force Medicine from 1979 to 1983, and Senior Consultant RAF from 1983 to 1985. He w ...

(1922–2011), British doctor and senior Royal Air Force officer *

John Byrne Cooke John Byrne Cooke (October 5, 1940 – September 3, 2017) was an American author, musician, and photographer. He was the son of Alistair Cooke, and the great-grandnephew of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the 1960s he played with the bluegrass ba ...

(1940–2017), American author, musician and photographer

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