Kok (surname)

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Kok is either a Dutch occupational surname, "kok" meaning "cook", or an alternate spelling for the common Chinese surname Guo. Kok is a quite common surname in the Netherlands, ranking 27th in 2007 (20,834 people).[1] Famous people with the surname Kok include:

List of people with the surname Kok[]

  • Ada Kok (born 1947), Dutch swimmer
  • Adam Kok III (1811-1875), leader of the Griqua people in South Africa
  • Alexander Kok (1926–2015), English cellist
  • Ann Kok (born 1973), Chinese Singaporean television actress and singer
  •  [nl] (1882–1969), Dutch poet, co-founder of De Stijl
  • Bessel Kok (born 1941), Dutch businessman
  • Boris Kok (born 1991), French-born Cambodian footballer
  • Christiaan Kok (born 1971), Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Debbie Kok (1963-2010), New Zealand football player
  • Derek Kok (born 1964), Hong Kong actor
  • Eelyn Kok (born 1978), Singaporean television actress
  • Felix Kok (1924–2010), English violinist, brother of Alexander Kok
  • George Kok (1922–2013), American basketball player
  • Gert-Jan Kok (born 1986), Dutch motorcycle racer
  • Gretta Kok (born 1944), Dutch swimmer
  • Huug Kok (1918-2011), Dutch singer
  • James Kok (1902–1976), Romanian bandleader, musician, and arranger
  • Jan Kok (1889-1958), Dutch footballer
  • Jan Kok (1899-1982), Dutch pharmacist and rector magnificus
  • Jito Kok (born 1994), Dutch basketball player
  • Jocie Kok (born 1982), Chinese-Singaporean singer
  • Kees Kok (born 1949), Dutch politician
  •  [de; nl] (1923–1945), Dutch draughtsman and designer
  • Marinus Kok (1916-1999), Dutch archbishop of the Old Catholic Church
  • Marja Kok (born 1944), Dutch actress and film director
  • Mary Kok (born 1940), Dutch swimmer
  • Melanie Kok (born 1983), Canadian rower
  • Mimi Kok (1934–2014), Dutch film and television actress
  • Paul Kok (born 1994), Dutch footballer
  • Peter Nyot Kok (died 2015), South Sudanese lawyer and minister of education
  • Pieter Kok (born 1972), Dutch physicist
  • Ralph Kok (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
  • Robert Kok (born 1957), Dutch footballer
  • Salomon Kok, Flemish Jewish diamond dealer and activist
  • Teresa Kok (born 1964), Malaysian politician
  • Vincent Kok (born 1965), Hong Kong actor, scriptwriter and film director
  • Werner Kok (born 1993), South African rugby player
  • Wim Kok (1938–2018), Dutch politician, prime minister of the Netherlands 1994-2002

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Leender Brouwer, The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands
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