Kok (surname)
Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007 (20,834 people).[1] Famous people with the surname Kok include:
List of people with the surname Kok
- Ada Kok (born 1947), Dutch swimmer
- Adam Kok III (1811-1875), leader of the Griqua people in South Africa
- Ann Kok (born 1973), Chinese Singaporean television actress and singer
- Bessel Kok (born 1941), Dutch businessman
- Debbie Kok (1963-2010), New Zealand football player
- Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
- Eelyn Kok (born 1978), Singaporean television actress
- George Kok (born 1922), American basketball player
- Gretta Kok (born 1944), Dutch swimmer
- Huug Kok (1918-2011), Dutch singer
- Jan Kok (1889-1958), Dutch footballer
- Jan Kok (1899-1982), Dutch pharmacist and rector magnificus
- Jocie Kok (born 1982), Chinese-Singaporean singer
- John Kok (born 1948), American Reformational philosopher
- de:Marinus Kok (1916-1999), Dutch archbishop of the Old Catholic Church
- Marja Kok (born 1944), Dutch actress and film director
- Mary Kok (born 1940), Dutch swimmer
- Melanie Kok (born 1983), Canadian rower
- Pieter Kok (born 1972), Dutch physicist
- Ralph Kok (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
- Robert Kok (born 1957), Dutch footballer
- Salomon Kok, Flemish Jewish diamond dealer and activist
- Teresa Kok (born 1964), Malaysian politician
- Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director
- Wim Kok (born 1938), Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands 1994-2002
See also
References
- ↑ Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
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