John Cooke may refer to: Politicians John R. Cooke (1788–1854), Virginia planter, lawyer and politician John Robert Cooke (1866–1934), political figure in Ontario John Herbert Cooke (1867–1943), Australian politician John B. Cooke (1885–1971), served in the California legislature John H. Cooke (1911–1998), New York politician and judge John Warren Cooke (1915–2009), American politician John William Cooke (1919–1968), Argentine politician and revolutionary John Cooke (Colorado politician) (fl. 2000s–2020s) Sports John Cooke (Oxford University cricketer) (1808–1841), English cricketer John Cooke (Derbyshire cricketer) (1851–1908), English cricketer John Cooke (footballer, born 1878), English professional footballer John Cooke (rower) (1937–2005), American rower at the 1956 Olympics John Cooke (sport shooter) (1939–2008), British sport shooter John Cooke (footballer, born 1942), English professional footballer John Cooke (footballer, born 1962), English professional footballer Other people John Cooke (composer), English composer with works in the Old Hall Manuscript John Cooke (fl. c. 1611), author of the play Greene's Tu Quoque John Cook (regicide) (1608–1660), English Solicitor General, prosecuted King Charles I John Cook (pirate) or John Cooke (died 1684), English pirate, associate of Edward Davis John Cooke (Six Preacher) (1646/7–1726), Anglican clergyman John Cooke (judge) (1944–2022), Irish judge John Cooke (lawyer) (1666–1710), English lawyer John Cooke (academic) (1734–1823), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University John Cooke (physician) (1756–1838), British physician, Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries of London John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) (1763–1805), British captain killed at the Battle of Trafalgar John Cooke (entrepreneur) (1824–1882), American locomotive maker John Esten Cooke (1830–1886), American novelist, Confederate Army officer John Peyton Cooke, American novelist John Rogers Cooke (1833–1891), Confederate general during the American Civil War John Starr Cooke (1920–1976), American mystic and spiritual teacher John Cooke (RAF officer) (1922–2011), British doctor and senior Royal Air Force officer John Byrne Cooke (1940–2017), American author, musician and photographer See also John Cook (disambiguation) John Coke (disambiguation) (pronounced Cook)