Cocks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (1887–1944) Arthur Percy Somers Cocks, 7th Baron Somers (1864–1953) Charles Cocks, 1st Baron Somers (1725–1806) Charles Cocks, British 19th century wine enthusiast, author of Cocks & Féret Charles Somers Somers-Cocks, 3rd Earl Somers (1819–1883) Clifford Cocks (born 1950), British cryptographer Jay Cocks, film writer John Patrick Somers Cocks, 8th Baron Somers (1907–1995) John Somers Somers-Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers (1788–1852) John Sommers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (1760–1841) Philip Reginald Cocks, 5th Baron Somers (1815–1899) Philip Sebastian Somers-Cocks, 9th Baron Somers (born 1948) Richard Cocks, English trader in Japan in the seventeenth century See also Cock Cox Coxe Coxen Coxon