Cole (surname)
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Cole is a surname. It is the English and American spelling of the German "Kohl". It is also the English and American spelling of the Dutch "Kool"
- Sir Alexander Colin Cole (1922–2001), Garter Principal King of Arms
- Allan Cole (born 1943), American author and television writer
- Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988), American artist
- Andy Cole (born 1971), British football player
- Ashley Cole (born 1980), British football player
- Barry Cole (born 1936), English poet
- William (Bill) Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and educator
- Robert "Bob" Cole (1861–1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director
- Robert "Bob" Cecil Cole (born 1933), Canadian television announcer
- Brendan Cole, New Zealand ballroom dancer
- Brian Cole (1942–1972), American musician
- Buddy Cole (musician) (1916–1964), pianist
- Carlton Cole (born 1983), English footballer
- Carolyn Cole (born 1961), American photographer
- Carroll Cole (1938–1985), American serial killer
- Chanel Cole (born 1977), New Zealand musician
- Chris Cole, American politician
- Chris Cole (born 1977), American football player
- Chris Cole (born 1982), American skateboarder
- Christina Cole (born 1982), English actress
- Christopher Cole former Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone
- Colin Cole (football player) (born 1980), Canadian football player
- Corney Cole, computer game designer
- Cornelius Cole (1822–1924), American politician
- Cozy Cole (1909–1981), American jazz drummer
- Dandridge M. Cole (1921-1965), aerospace engineer
- David D. Cole, American lawyer and academic
- Darrell S. Cole (1920-1945), American marine
- Dick Cole (born 1968), Cornish activist and archaeologist
- Donald Cole, American anthropologist
- Duncan Cole (born 1958), New Zealand football player
- E. W. Cole, an Australian business man, entrepreneur and publisher. Also known as 'E. W. Cole of the Book Arcade'
- Ed Cole (died 1977), American car manufacturer
- Edward B. Cole (1879–1918), American Marine Corps officer
- Edwin Louis Cole (1922–2002), American Christian leader
- Eric Kirkham Cole, (1901–1966), English radio engineer and industrialist.
- Erik Cole (born 1978), American ice hockey player
- Eunice "Goody" Cole (c. 1590–1680), American witch
- Frank Cole (1954–2000), Canadian documentary filmmaker
- Frank Nelson Cole (1861–1926), American mathematician
- Fred Cole, American musician
- George Douglas Howard Cole (1889–1959), English political theorist, economist and historian
- Gary Cole (born 1956), American actor
- Gary Cole (footballer), Australian football player
- George Cole (born 1925), British actor
- Graham Cole (born 1952), British actor
- Harry A. Cole (born 1909), American chemist
- Harry Cole, British born conman and double agent in World War II who had the dubious distinction of fighting in four armies' uniforms during the war.
- Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882), British civil servant and innovator
- Holly Cole (born 1963), Canadian singer
- Horace de Vere Cole (1881–1936), a British eccentric and jokester
- Jack Cole (artist) (1918–1958), comic creator
- Jack Cole (choreographer) (1911–1974), American choreographer
- James W. "Catfish" Cole (1924–1967), American Ku Klux Klan leader
- Jeffrey Wayne Cole (1956–1991), American pornographic actor
- Joanna Cole, American author and educator
- Joseph John "Joe" Cole, (born 1981), English football player
- Cole, Joe (1961–1991), American roadie and author
- John Cole may refer to:
- John Cole (born 1927), British political journalist
- John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709–1767), Irish politician and peer
- Johnnetta B. Cole (born 1936), American academic
- John "Juan" Ricardo I. Cole (b.1952), American professor of modern history and political commentator
- Jude Cole, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Julie Dawn Cole (b.1957), British actress
- Kate Cole, Australian actress
- Kenneth Cole, one of several people including
- Kenneth Cole (b.1954), American fashion designer
- Kenneth Reese Cole, Jr. (1938-2001), American politician and aide to Richard Nixon
- M. Kenneth D. Cole, who studied the effects of radiation on the human body as part of the Manhattan Project
- Kenneth Reese Cole, Jr.
- Keyshia Cole (b.1981), American singer and songwriter
- King Cole may trefer to:
- King Cole (1886-1916), a Major League Baseball pitcher
- Nat King Cole (1917-1965), American jazz singer and pianist
- Old King Cole, a legendary Celtic Britain king
- Kyla Cole (b.1978), Slovak glamour model
- L. B. Cole, American comic book artist
- Lanisha Cole (b.1982), American model
- Lester Cole (1904-1985), American screenwriter
- Lily Cole (born 1978), English model
- Lionel Cole, pianist and songwriter
- Lloyd Cole (born 1961), English singer and songwriter
- Lori Ann Cole, computer game designer
- Lynnette Cole (born 1978), American model
- M. J. Cole (born 1973), British musician
- Margaret Cole (1893-1980), English novelist and politician
- Martina Cole, English novelist
- Michael Cole (born 1968), American sports commentator
- E. Nelson Cole, American politician
- Nat King Cole (1917-1965), American jazz singer and pianist
- Natalie Cole (born 1950), singer
- Nate Cole (born 1981), American singer (formerly of Plus One)
- Ollie Cole, Irish musician
- Old King Cole, legendary and perhaps historical king of Wales
- Paula Cole (born 1968), American singer and songwriter
- Rebecca Cole (1846–1922), African American woman doctor
- Rich Cole, Canadian journalist
- Richard Cole (born 1946), British music tour manager and author
- Robert G. Cole (1915-1944), American soldier
- Stanley Cole (born 1945), American water polo player
- Stephen Cole (born 1956), British journalist
- Stephen Cole (writer) (b.1971), British author
- Steve Cole (born 1970), American saxophonist
- Thomas Nicholas Cole (1844-1924), Australian umpire
- Taylor Cole (born 1984), American actress
- Ted Cole, Canadian voice actor
- Thomas Cole (1801-1848), American artist
- Timothy Cole (1852-1931), American wood engraver
- Tom Cole (born 1949), American politician
- Trent Cole (born 1982), American football player
- Vicat Cole (1833-1893), British artist
- William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), American jurist and politician
- William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) British palaeontologist and peer
- Zeralda Elizabeth Cole (1825-1911), mother of American outlaws
As an aristocratic family name:
- John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709-1767)
- William Willoughby Cole, 2nd Baron Mountflorence (1736-1803)
- William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736-1803)
- John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen (1768-1840), elected a Representative Peer in 1804
- William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886)
- Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (1845-1924)
- John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen (1876-1963)
- David Lowry Cole, 6th Earl of Enniskillen (1918-1989)
- Andrew John Galbraith Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen (b. 1942)
- Arthur Gerald Cole (b. 15 Nov 1920)
- Berkeley Arthur Cole (b. 17 Dec 1949)
[edit] Fictional characters
- Augustus Cole, in Gears of War
- Blackie Cole, in The Invisible Woman
- Charles Butturick "Buddy" Cole, Canadian television character
- Gordon Cole, in Twin Peaks
- Jem Cole, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Locke Cole, in Final Fantasy VI
- Lucy Saxon/Cole, The Master's wife in Doctor Who
- Marcus Cole, in Babylon 5
- Michaels Cole, in Nigeria's Prospective President
- Norris Cole, in Coronation Street
- Richard Cole, in EastEnders
- Rob J. Cole, in Shaman, Noah Gordon's book
- Simone Cole, in Clive Barker's Jericho
- Taylor Cole, in Laguna Beach