John Cook

John Cook may refer to:

Politicians

• John Coke (fl.1390) or John Cook, in 1390, MP for Truro (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Cook (fl.1388), MP for Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Cook (fl.1393), in 1393, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
• John Cook (fl.1407), MP for Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Cook (fl.1542), MP for Orford (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Cooke (fl.1597), MP for Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Cooke (died 1626), MP for King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Cooke (prosecutor) (1608–1660), English Solicitor General executed for regicide
• John Cooke (died 1726), MP for Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency) and Arundel
• John Cook (governor) (1730–1789), American farmer and governor of Delaware
• John Cook (Ontario politician) (1791–1877), political figure in Upper Canada
• John Parsons Cook (1817–1872), U.S. representative from Iowa
• John Calhoun Cook (1846–1920), U.S. representative and district judge from Iowa
• John Cook (Texas politician) (born 1946), mayor of El Paso, Texas
• John Arnold Cook (1950–2008), on List of members of the National Congress of Honduras, 2006–10
• John Cook (Virginia politician), political figure in Northern Virginia

Military

• John Cook (US Army officer) (1825–1910), American Civil War general
• John Cook (VC) (1843–1879), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Cook (Medal of Honor, 1847) (1847–1915), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Sports

• John Cook (coach) (born 1956), head coach of the women's volleyball team at the University of Nebraska
• John Cook (golfer) (born 1957), American professional golfer
• John Cook (Minnesota golfer), American golfer in the 1960s & 1970s, see: Minnesota State Open
• John Cook (speedway rider) (born 1958), professional motorcycle speedway rider, world finalist

Others

• John Cook (clergyman) (1805–1892), Canadian clergyman and educator
• John Douglas Cook (1808–1868), Scottish journalist, founding editor of the Saturday Review
• John Call Cook (geophysicist) (1918–2012), American geophysicist who played a crucial role in establishing the field of ground-penetrating radar.
• John Cook (musician) (1918–1984), Anglo-American organist, composer and church musician
• John Cook (filmmaker) (1935–2001), Canadian-born Austrian filmmaker
• John Cook (Australian author), Climate Communication Fellow for the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland
• John Cook (reporter), editor-in-chief of The Intercept
• John Cook, co-author of the book Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand
• John Manuel Cook, British archaeologist

See also

• John Cooke (disambiguation)
• John Coke (disambiguation) (pronounced Cook)
• Jonathan Cook (born 1965), British journalist based in Israel