1. United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905)
   - Jay Cooke
    
2. United States journalist (born in England in 1908; died in New York City 2004)
   - Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke

Derived forms: Cookes

Type of: financier, journalist, journo [Brit, informal], scribbler [informal], scribe [informal]

Encyclopedia: Cooke, Martin