Coke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Coke (footballer) (b. 1987), a Spanish footballer Christopher Coke (b. 1969), alleged drug lord in Jamaica David Coke (1915–1941), a British pilot during World War II Dorothy Coke (1897-1979), a British artist Edward Coke (1552–1634), English entrepreneur and jurist Edward Coke (1758–1837), a British politician and landowner Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester (1936–2015), a British earl Giles Coke, an English footballer Jānis Čoke (1878–1910), a Latvian revolutionary and bank robber John Coke (1563–1644), an English politician John Talbot Coke (1841-1912), British Army Major-general and author of a Coke family history Peter Coke (1913–2008), a British actor, playwright and artist Phil Coke, an American major league baseball pitcher on the Tigers as of 2010-2011 Richard Coke, an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman Richard Coke Jr., a Virginia congressman Richard Toby Coke (born 1954), an English politician Roger Coke a 17th-century English writer, and son of Henry Coke Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912–1972) an English composer and pianist Thomas Coke (bishop) (1747–1814), the first Methodist Bishop Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) (1754–1842), agricultural reformer Van Deren Coke (1921-2004), American photographer, scholar and museum professional