William Cook

Sportsmen

William Cook (footballer) (1907–1968), English footballer who played for Darlington and Gateshead
Willie Cook (footballer) (1906–1981), Scottish footballer
Billy Cook (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1974), English-born footballer who played for Sheffield United
Billy Cook (footballer, born 1895), Huddersfield Town, Aston Villaand Tottenham Hotspur
Billy Cook (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1992), Irish footballer who played for Celtic and Everton
Billy Cook (footballer, born 1940) (1940–2017), Scottish-born footballer who played for Australia

William Cook (billiards player) (1849–1893), World Champion of English billiards in the 19th century
W. T. Cook (William Thomas Cook, 1884–1970), American college sports coach
Bill Cook (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1949), Australian rules footballer for Carlton
Bill Cook (footballer, born 1937), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
Bill Cook (1895–1986), Canadian ice hockey player in the Hockey Hall of Fame
Billy Cook (jockey) (1910–1985), Australian jockey

Sir William Cook, 2nd Baronet (1630–1708), member of parliament
William Cook (British industrialist) (1834–1908), British industrialist and politician
William Cook (MP), member of parliament for Lewes
William Hemmings Cook (1768–1846), Canadian fur trader and politician, member of council of Assiniboia
William Henry Cook (1874–1937), Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
William Loch Cook (1869–1942), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Bill Cook (politician) (born 1945), Republican state senator for North Carolina

William Delafield Cook (1936–2015), Australian artist
William Edwards Cook (1881–1959), American-born expatriate artist, architectural patron, and long-time friend of writer Gertrude Stein
William Wallace Cook (1867–1933), American journalist and author
Will Cook (writer) (William Everett Cook, 1921–1964), American writer of westerns

William Cook (computer scientist) (1963–2021), American computer scientist
William Harrison Cook (1903–1998), Canadian chemist
William J. Cook (born 1957), American operations researcher and mathematician
William Richard Joseph Cook (1905–1987), Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain 1966–1970, mathematician and civil servant
William Cook, 19th- and early-20th-century creator of the Orpington poultry breeds

William Cook (entrepreneur) (1931–2011), American medical equipment manufacturer
William Cook (pioneer) (18th century), founder of Russellville, Kentucky
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
William W. Cook (1858–1930), American attorney and legal scholar
Billy Cook (actor) (1928–1981), American actor
Billy Cook (criminal) (1928–1952), American spree killer and mass murderer
William Cook (1908–1987), English choreographer, better known as Antony Tudor