William Cooke or Bill Cooke may refer to: Sports Harry Cooke (born William Henry Cooke, 1919–1992), English footballer William Cooke (cricketer) (1868–1954), New Zealand cricketer William Cooke (footballer) (1915–?), English footballer Bill Cooke (defensive end) (born 1951), American football defensive end Bill Cooke (footballer) (1888–1950), Australian rules footballer Politicians William Cooke (died 1558), MP for New Woodstock and Portsmouth William Cooke (died 1589), MP for Stamford and Grantham Sir William Cooke (of Highnam) (1572–1619), English Member of Parliament William Cooke (died 1703) (1620–1703), MP for Gloucester William Cooke (1682–1709), MP for Gloucester William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (1823–1863), Confederate politician William Cooke, MP for Lewes William Wilcox Cooke (died 1816), Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court Others William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor William Ernest Cooke (1863–1947), Australian astronomer William Cooke (Methodist) (1806–1884), Methodist New Connexion William Cooke (Provost of King's College) (1711–1797), academic and Church of England priest William Cooke (priest, born 1821) (1821–1894), Church of England priest and hymn-writer William Bernard Cooke (1778–1855), English line engraver William Bridge Cooke (1908–1991), American mycologist William Gordon Cooke (1803–1847), New Orleans druggist and major in the Texian Army Andrew Crooke and William Cooke, English publishers (William Cooke died c. 1641) Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782–1851), of the Cooke baronets Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, 9th Baronet (1827–1894), of the Cooke baronets Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet (1872–1964), of the Cooke baronets William W. Cooke (1846–1876), US officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn William Wilson Cooke (1871–1949), American architect 3894 Williamcooke, asteroid named for William Ernest Cooke See also William Cook (disambiguation)