William Cook

William Cook, Will Cook, Willie Cook, Bill Cook or Billy Cook may refer to:

Sportsmen

• Billy Cook (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1974), English-born footballer who played for Sheffield United
• Willie Cook (footballer) (1906–1981), Scottish footballer
• Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1992), Irish footballer who played for Celtic and Everton
• Billy Cook (footballer, born 1940), Scottish-born footballer who played for Australia
• Bill Cook (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1949), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
• Bill Cook (footballer, born 1937), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• William Cook (billiards player), World Champion of English billiards in the 19th century
• Bill Cook (1896–1986), Canadian ice hockey player in the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Billy Cook (jockey) (1910–1985), Australian jockey
• W. T. Cook (William Thomas Cook, 1884–1970), American college sports coach

Politicians

• William Hemmings Cook (1768–1846), Canadian fur trader and politician, member of council of Assiniboia
• William Cook (MP), Member of Parliament for Lewes

Musicians

• Willie Cook (1923–2000), American jazz trumpeter
• Antony Tudor (William Cook, 1908–1987), English choreographer
• Will Marion Cook (1869–1944), American composer and violinist

Writers and artists

• William Edwards Cook (1881–1959), American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of writer Gertrude Stein
• Will Cook (writer) (William Everett Cook, 1921–1964), American writer of westerns
• William Delafield Cook (1936–2015), Australian artist

Scientists

• William Cook (computer scientist) (born 1963), American computer scientist
• William Cook (scientist), Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain 1966–1970
• William Harrison Cook (1903–1998), Canadian chemist
• William J. Cook (born 1957), American operations researcher and mathematician
• William Cook, 19th / early 20th century creator of the Orpington poultry breeds

Others

• William Cook (entrepreneur) (1931–2011), American medical equipment manufacturer
• William Douglas Cook (1884–1967), founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand
• William R. Cook, American history professor, collaborator with Ron Herzman
• Billy Cook (actor) (1928–1981), American actor
• Billy Cook (criminal) (1928–1952), American mass murderer
• William Cook (pioneer) (18th century), founder of Russellville, Kentucky
• William W. Cook (1858–1930), attorney and legal scholar

See also

• William Cooke (disambiguation)