William, Will, Willie, Bill or Billy Cook may refer to:

Sportsmen

William Cook (billiards player) William Cook was a professional player of English billiards in the 19th century. He won the World Championship on several occasions. Cook beat John Roberts Jr., son of the dominant player of the time, John Roberts Sr., in a in 1869, and then ...

, World Champion of English billiards in the 19th century * W. T. Cook (William Thomas Cook, 1884–1970), American college sports coach *

William Cook (Lancashire cricketer) William Cook, born William Whalley, known as Billy Cook (16 January 1882 – 18 December 1947), was an English footballer and cricketer. Football career After impressing in junior football, Billy was signed as a professional by Preston North E ...

(1881–1947), English cricketer *

William Cook (Surrey cricketer) William Cook (6 December 1891 – 22 September 1969) was an English cricketer. He played 39 first-class matches for Surrey between 1921 and 1933. See also * List of Surrey County Cricket Club players This is a list in alphabetical orde ...

(1891–1969), English cricketer * William Cook (Leeds/Bradford MCCU cricketer) (born 1995), English cricketer *

William Cook (footballer) William Cook (23 May 1907 – 7 August 1968) was an English association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward in the English Football League, Football League for Darlington F.C., Darlington and Gateshead F. ...

(1907-1968), English footballer who played for Darlington and Gateshead *

Willie Cook (footballer) William Lindsay Cook (11 March 1903 – 1981) was a Scottish professional footballer. An outside left, he began his senior career with Forfar Athletic before joining Dundee in 1925. Cook spent much of his career with Football League club Bo ...

(1906–1981), Scottish footballer * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1974), English-born footballer who played for Sheffield United * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1992), Irish footballer who played for Celtic and Everton * Billy Cook (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2017), Scottish-born footballer who played for Australia * Bill Cook (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1949), Australian rules footballer for Carlton * Bill Cook (footballer, born 1937), Australian rules footballer for Geelong *

Bill Cook William Osser Xavier Cook (October 8, 1895 – May 5, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey Le ...

(1895–1986), Canadian ice hockey player in the Hockey Hall of Fame *

Billy Cook (jockey) William Henry Cook (12 January 191029 January 1985) was an Australian jockey. Career Billy earned the nickname "Last-Race Cookie" following his riding of the winner in the last race 13 Saturdays in succession in Sydney. He was also known as "Th ...

(1910–1985), Australian jockey

Politicians and judges

Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet (c. 1630 – January 1708), of Broome Hall in Norfolk, was a member of the East Anglian gentry and a Tory Member of Parliament. Origins He was only son and heir of Sir William Cook, 1st Baronet (died 1681), of Broo ...

(1630–1708), member of parliament *

William Cook (British industrialist) Sir William Thomas Gustavus Cook (1834 – 26 January 1908) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886. He was the second son of Anselm C ...

(1834–1908), British industrialist and politician * William Cook (MP), member of parliament for

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of ...

William Hemmings Cook William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

(1768–1846), Canadian fur trader and politician, member of

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* William Henry Cook (1874–1937), Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi * William Loch Cook (1869–1942), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court *

Bill Cook (politician) William Cook (born August 12, 1945) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as member of the North Carolina General Assembly from 2011 to 2019. Cook graduated from the University of Maryland in 1970 with a Bachel ...

(born 1945), Republican state senator for North Carolina

Musicians

Willie Cook Willie Cook (November 11, 1923 – September 22, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. Cook was born in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on November 11, 1923.Hogan, E"Willie Cook" AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2017. He grew up in Chicago and learned to pl ...

(1923–2000), American jazz trumpeter *

Antony Tudor Antony Tudor (born William Cook; 4 April 1908 – 19 April 1987) was an English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer. He founded the London Ballet, and later the Philadelphia Ballet Guild in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., in the mid-1950 ...

(William Cook, 1908–1987), English choreographer *

Will Marion Cook William Mercer Cook (January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944), better known as Will Marion Cook, was an American composer, violinist, and choral director.Riis, Thomas (2007–2011)Cook, Will Marion ''Grove Music Online.'' Oxford Music Online. Retrieved ...

(1869–1944), American composer and violinist

Writers and artists

William Delafield Cook William Delafield Cook AM (1936–2015) was an Australian artist who was known for his photorealistic landscapes. He won a number of awards, including the Order of Australia. Early life Delafield Cook was born in Melbourne, Australia on 28 Feb ...

(1936–2015), Australian artist *

William Edwards Cook William Edwards Cook (August 31, 1881 – November 10, 1959) was an American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of American writer Gertrude Stein. Following his 1903 departure from the U.S., Cook resided in Par ...

(1881–1959), American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of writer Gertrude Stein *

William Wallace Cook William Wallace Cook (1867-1933) also known by the pen-name John Milton Edwards, was an American journalist and author of popular fiction. His works include westerns, adventure stories, dime novels The dime novel is a form of late 19th-cent ...

(1867–1933), American journalist and author *

Will Cook (writer) William Everett Cook (1921 – July 1964), was a western writer who used the pen names Will Cook, James Keene, Wade Everett and Frank Peace. Called "a master western storyteller,"William Cook (computer scientist) William Randall Cook (November 21, 1963 – October 27, 2021) was an American computer scientist, who was an associate professor in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Early life and education Cook was ...

(1963–2021), American computer scientist *

William Harrison Cook William Harrison Cook, (September 2, 1903 – May 19, 1998) was an English Canadian food technologist and biochemist. He was executive director of the National Research Council. Born in Alnwick, England, Cook immigrated to Canada in 1912. Af ...

(1903–1998), Canadian chemist *

William J. Cook William John Cook (born October 18, 1957 in New Jersey) is an American operations researcher and mathematician, and Professor of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. He was elected a member of the National Academy of En ...

(born 1957), American operations researcher and mathematician * William Richard Joseph Cook (1905–1987), Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain 1966–1970, mathematician and civil servant * William Cook, nineteenth and early-twentieth century creator of the Orpington poultry breeds

Others

William Cook (entrepreneur) William Alfred Cook (January 27, 1931 – April 15, 2011), an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, co-founded the medical equipment manufacturer Cook Group with his wife Gayle Cook in 1963. He resided in Bloomingto ...

(1931–2011), American medical equipment manufacturer * William Cook (pioneer) (18th century), founder of Russellville, Kentucky *

William Douglas Cook William Douglas Cook ( New Plymouth, New Zealand, 28 October 1884 – Gisborne, New Zealand, 27 April 1967) was the founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand, and one of the founders of Pukeiti, a rhododendr ...

(1884–1967), founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand * William R. Cook, American history professor, collaborator with Ron Herzman *

William W. Cook William Wilson Cook (1858 – 1930) was an American attorney and legal scholar. He wrote extensively on matters of corporate law, including the seminal text, ''Cook on Corporations''. Cook was also an early, major benefactor of the University o ...

(1858–1930), American attorney and legal scholar *

Billy Cook (actor) William Cook (October 13, 1928 – June 19, 1981) was an American actor best known for his work as a child. Cook was born in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His early acting experience came in plays directed by his mother. In films, he played the young v ...

(1928–1981), American actor *

Billy Cook (criminal) William Edward Cook Jr. (December 23, 1928 – December 12, 1952) was an American spree killer and mass murderer who murdered six people, including a family of five, on a 22-day rampage between Missouri and California in 1950–51. Early life ...

(1928–1952), American spree killer and mass murderer * William Cook (1908–1987), English choreographer, better known as