James Cook (1728–1779) was a British explorer, navigator, and map maker.
James Cook may also refer to:
Musicians Jamie Cook (born 1985), English guitarist and member of indie rock band Arctic Monkeys James Cook, a member of the band Delphic
Sportspeople Association football James Cook (footballer, born 1885) (1885–1971), Scottish footballer Jim Cook (footballer, born 1904) (1904–?), English footballer (Grimsby Town) Jim Cook (footballer, born 1948), Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock FC, Dumbarton FC, Falkirk FC) Jamie Cook (footballer) (born 1979), English association football player
American football James Cook (American football, born 1888) (1888–1979), American football player; National Football League offensive guard James Cook (running back) (born 1999), American football player; National Football League running back
Other sportspeople James Cook (Australian footballer) (born 1974), former Australian Football League player James Cook (boxer) (1959–2025), Jamaican-born British boxer and community worker Jamie Cook (rower) (born 1992), English rower Jamie Cook (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league footballer James Cook (sailor) (born 1952), Australian Olympic sailor Jim Cook (baseball) (1879–1949), Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs Jim Cook (racing driver) (1921–1983), stock car racer in the NASCAR Grand National Series
Other people James Cook (American banker), American banker active in Russia James Cook (artist) (1904–1960), New Zealand-born Australian artist, curator and critic James Cook (broadcaster), Scottish journalist for the BBC James B. Cook (fl. 1851–1899), English-trained architect in Memphis, Tennessee James Dunbar Cook (1921–2007), British rear admiral James Hume Cook (1866–1942), Australian politician James M. Cook (1807–1868), New York State Comptroller, 1854–1855 James Pringle Cook (born 1947), American painter James Wilfred Cook (1900–1975), English chemist, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter (1954–1966) James William Cook (1820–1875), Canadian businessman and political figure R. James Cook (born 1937), American phytopathologist Jim Cook Jr. (born 1987), American writer James H. Cook, discoverer of a Miocene bone bed in Sioux County, Nebraska James Cook, murderer gibbeted in 1832
Other uses James Cook (Skins), a character from Skins James Cook Boys Technology High School, Kogarah, Australia James Cook High School, South Auckland, New Zealand James Cook University, Queensland, Australia James Cook University Hospital, a teaching hospital in Marton, Middlesbrough, England James Cook railway station, a station being built primarily to serve the hospital RRS James Cook, a 2005 British research ship Captain James Cook (miniseries), a 1989 Australian mini series
See also James Cooke (disambiguation)