Alcock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Notable people with the surname Alcock

* Alfred William Alcock, British naturalist *

C. W. Alcock Charles William Alcock (2 December 1842 – 26 February 1907) was an English sportsman, administrator, author and editor. He was a major instigator in the development of both international football and cricket, as well as being the creator of ...

, British sports administrator and creator of the FA Cup *

Charles R. Alcock Charles Roger Alcock (born 15 June 1951) is a British New Zealander astronomer. He was the director of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 2004–2022. Career Born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, ...

, American astronomer *

Deborah Alcock Deborah Alcock (1835– 15 January 1913) was a late-Victorian author of historical fiction focused on religious, evangelical themes. Life She was born in Kilkenny, where her father, the Venerable John Alcock, who became Archdeacon of Waterfor ...

, British author of fiction * Edward Alcock, English footballer who played for Tranmere Rovers *

George Alcock George Eric Deacon Alcock, MBE (28 August 1912, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire – 15 December 2000) was an English astronomer. He was one of the most successful visual discoverers of novae and comets. George’s interest in astronomy wa ...

, British astronomer * George Alcock (footballer), English footballer * Glenn Alcock (musician), British drummer * Harry Alcock, English footballer who played for Walsall * James Alcock, Psychologist and noted skeptic * John Alcock, one of several people including **

John Alcock (aviator) Captain Sir John William Alcock (5 November 189218 December 1919) was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's ...

, pioneer aviator, of Alcock and Brown **

John Alcock (bishop) John Alcock ( – 1 October 1500) was an English churchman, bishop and Lord Chancellor. Biography Alcock was born at Beverley in Yorkshire, son of Sir William Alcock, Burgess (title), Burgess of Kingston upon Hull, and was educated at the ...

, English bishop of the fifteenth century ** John Alcock (behavioral ecologist), American behavioral ecologist and author **

John Alcock (organist) John Alcock (11 April 1715, London – 23 February 1806) was an English organist and composer. He wrote instrumental music, Glee (music), glees and much church music. Career He was a pupil of John Stanley (composer), John Stanley at St. Pau ...

, English organist and composer * Lara Alcock, British mathematics educator *

Leslie Alcock Leslie Alcock (24 April 1925 – 6 June 2006) was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow, and one of the leading archaeologists of Early Medieval Britain. His major excavations included Dinas Powys hill fort in Wales, Cadbury Ca ...

, British archaeologist * Mary Alcock (née Cumberland, c. 1742 – 1798), British writer *Sir

Michael Alcock Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert James Michael Alcock, (born 11 July 1936), usually referred to as Sir Michael Alcock, is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and an aerospace consultant. RAF career Educated at Victoria College, Jersey, Alcoc ...

, British air chief marshal * Milly Alcock (born 2000), Australian actress *

Nathan Alcock Nathan Alcock (September 1707 – 8 December 1779) was an English physician. Early life and education Nathan Alcock was born at Aston, near Runcorn, Cheshire, England, the second son of David Alcock and his wife Mary née Breck. David Alcoc ...

, British physician * Rachel Alcock (1862–1939), English physiologist * Reg Alcock, Canadian politician * Ronald Alcock (d. 1991), British stamp dealer and philatelic publisher * Rutherford Alcock, British diplomat * Siccature Alcock, birth name of Jah Cure, Jamaican reggae musician *

Terry Alcock Terrence Alcock (born 9 December 1946) is an English former footballer. A defender, he played 330 league games in a 15-year career in the English Football League. He played for Port Vale from 1963 to 1967, before spending nine years with Bl ...

, English footballer * Thomas Alcock (adventurer), (died 1563), English traveller and adventurer *

Thomas Alcock (priest) Thomas Alcock (1709 – 24 August 1798) was a clergyman in the Church of England, a pluralist and an author. Early life He was born at Aston, near Runcorn, Cheshire the third son of David Alcock and his wife Mary née Breck. David Alcock was a ...

, (1709–1798), clergyman in the Church of England, a pluralist and an author. * Thomas Alcock (surgeon) (1784–1833) English surgeon *

Thomas Alcock (MP) Thomas Alcock (1801 – 1866) was a British Member of Parliament for 24 years non-consecutively, a progressive Liberal on questions of expansion of the popular ballot he was also an established church benefactor. Alcock was born in Putney, son ...

(1801–1866) British politician *

Vivien Alcock Vivien Alcock (23 September 1924 – 11 October 2003) was an English writer of children's books. Life and career Alcock was born in Worthing, now in West Sussex, England, and her family moved to Devizes in Wiltshire when she was ten years o ...

, British children's writer * Walter Galpin Alcock, English organist and composer *

William Congreve Alcock William Congreve Alcock ( – 4 September 1813) was an Irish parliamentarian from Waterford. Alcock was educated at Trinity College Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College i ...

(''c'' 1771–1813), Irish parliamentarian from Waterford.

Notable people with the surname Alcock

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