Cole (name)

Notable people with surname Cole

• Sir Alexander Colin Cole (1922–2001), Garter Principal King of Arms
• Allan Cole (born 1943), American author and television writer
• Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988), American artist
• Andrew "Andy" Cole (born 1971), British football player
• Ashley Cole (born 1980), British football player
• Barry Cole (born 1936), English poet
• William (Bill) Cole (born 1937), American jazz musician and educator
• Robert "Bob" Cole (1861–1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director
• Robert "Bob" Cecil Cole (born 1933), Canadian television announcer
• Brendan Cole, New Zealand ballroom dancer
• Brian Cole (1942–1972), American musician
• Buddy Cole (musician) (1916–1964), pianist
• Carlton Cole (born 1983), English footballer
• Carolyn Cole (born 1961), American photographer
• Carroll Cole (1938–1985), American serial killer
• Chanel Cole (born 1977), New Zealand musician
• Cheryl Cole, an English singer part of girl band Girls Aloud
• Chris Cole, American politician
• Chris Cole (born 1977), American football player
• Chris Cole (born 1982), American skateboarder
• Christina Cole (born 1982), English actress
• Christopher Cole former Governor-general and President of Sierra Leone
• Colin Cole (football player) (born 1980), Canadian football player
• Corney Cole, computer game designer
• Cornelius Cole (1822–1924), American politician
• Cozy Cole (1909–1981), American jazz drummer
• Dandridge M. Cole (1921-1965), aerospace engineer
• David D. Cole, American lawyer and academic
• Darrell S. Cole (1920-1945), American marine
• Dick Cole (born 1968), Cornish activist and archaeologist
• Donald Cole, American anthropologist
• Duncan Cole (born 1958), New Zealand football player
• E. W. Cole, an Australian business man, entrepreneur and publisher. Also known as 'E. W. Cole of the Book Arcade'
• Ed Cole (died 1977), American car manufacturer
• Edward B. Cole (1879–1918), American Marine Corps officer
• Edwin Louis Cole (1922–2002), American Christian leader
• Eric Kirkham Cole, (1901–1966), English radio engineer and industrialist.
• Erik Cole (born 1978), American ice hockey player
• Eunice "Goody" Cole (c. 1590–1680), American witch
• Frank Cole (1954–2000), Canadian documentary filmmaker
• Frank Nelson Cole (1861–1926), American mathematician
• Fred Cole, American musician
• George Douglas Howard Cole (1889–1959), English political theorist, economist and historian
• Gary Cole (born 1956), American actor
• Gary Cole (footballer), Australian football player
• George Cole (born 1925), British actor
• Graham Cole (born 1952), British actor
• Harry A. Cole (born 1909), American chemist

• Harry Cole, British born conman and double agent in World War II who had the dubious distinction of fighting in four armies' uniforms during the war.
• Sir Henry Cole (1808–1882), British civil servant and innovator
• Holly Cole (born 1963), Canadian singer
• Horace de Vere Cole (1881–1936), a British eccentric and jokester
• Hugh M. Cole (1911-2005), U.S. Army officer in World War II. American professor of history.
• Jack Cole (artist) (1918–1958), comic creator
• Jack Cole (choreographer) (1911–1974), American choreographer
• James W. "Catfish" Cole (1924–1967), American Ku Klux Klan leader
• Jeffrey Wayne Cole (1956–1991), American pornographic actor
• Joanna Cole, American author and educator
• Joe Cole (footballer), (born 1981), English football player
• Joe Cole (roadie) (1961–1991), American roadie and author
• John Cole may refer to:
• John Cole (born 1927), British political journalist
• John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709–1767), Irish politician and peer
• Johnnetta B. Cole (born 1936), American academic
• John "Juan" Ricardo I. Cole (b.1952), American professor of modern history and political commentator
• Jude Cole, Canadian singer and songwriter
• Julie Dawn Cole (b.1957), British actress
• Kate Cole, Australian actress
• Kenneth Cole, one of several people including
• Kenneth Cole (b.1954), American fashion designer
• Kenneth Reese Cole, Jr. (1938-2001), American politician and aide to Richard Nixon
• M. Kenneth D. Cole, who studied the effects of radiation on the human body as part of the Manhattan Project
• Kenneth Reese Cole, Jr.
• Keyshia Cole (b.1981), American singer and songwriter
• King Cole may trefer to:
• King Cole (1886-1916), a Major League Baseball pitcher
• Nat King Cole (1917-1965), American jazz singer and pianist
• Old King Cole, a legendary Celtic Britain king
• Kyla Cole (b.1978), Slovak glamour model
• L. B. Cole, American comic book artist
• Lanisha Cole (b.1982), American model
• Lester Cole (1904-1985), American screenwriter
• Lily Cole (born 1978), English model
• Lionel Cole, pianist and songwriter
• Lloyd Cole (born 1961), English singer and songwriter
• Lori Ann Cole, computer game designer
• Lynnette Cole (born 1978), American model
• M. J. Cole (born 1973), British musician
• Margaret Cole (1893-1980), English novelist and politician
• Martina Cole, English novelist
• Michael Cole (born 1968), American sports commentator
• E. Nelson Cole, American politician
• Nat King Cole (1917-1965), American jazz singer and pianist
• Natalie Cole (born 1950), singer
• Nate Cole (born 1981), American singer (formerly of Plus One)
• Ollie Cole, Irish musician
• Old King Cole, legendary and perhaps historical king of Wales
• Paula Cole (born 1968), American singer and songwriter
• Rebecca Cole (1846–1922), African American woman doctor
• Rich Cole, Canadian journalist
• Richard Cole (born 1946), British music tour manager and author
• Robert G. Cole (1915-1944), American soldier
• Stanley Cole (born 1945), American water polo player
• Stephen Cole (born 1956), British journalist
• Stephen Cole (writer) (b.1971), British author
• Steve Cole (born 1970), American saxophonist
• Stu Cole (born 1966), Major League Baseball player
• Thomas Nicholas Cole (1844-1924), Australian umpire
• Taylor Cole (born 1984), American actress
• Ted Cole, Canadian voice actor
• Thomas Cole (1801-1848), American artist
• Timothy Cole (1852-1931), American wood engraver
• Tom Cole (born 1949), American politician
• Trent Cole (born 1982), American football player
• Vicat Cole (1833-1893), British artist
• William Clay Cole (1897–1965), Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri.
• William Carey Cole (1868–1935), Admiral of the United States Navy.
• William Purington Cole, Jr. (1889–1957), American jurist and politician
• William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) British palaeontologist and peer
• Zeralda Elizabeth Cole (1825-1911), mother of American outlaws

Use as an aristocratic family name

• John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709-1767)
• William Willoughby Cole, 2nd Baron Mountflorence (1736-1803)
• William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1736-1803)
• John Willoughby Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen (1768-1840), elected a Representative Peer in 1804
• William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886)
• Lowry Egerton Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen (1845-1924)
• John Henry Michael Cole, 5th Earl of Enniskillen (1876-1963)
• David Lowry Cole, 6th Earl of Enniskillen (1918-1989)
• Andrew John Galbraith Cole, 7th Earl of Enniskillen (b. 1942)
• Arthur Gerald Cole (b. 15 Nov 1920)
• Berkeley Arthur Cole (b. 17 Dec 1949)

Fictional characters

• Augustus Cole, in Gears of War
• Blackie Cole, in The Invisible Woman
• Buddy Cole (fiction), Canadian television character
• Gordon Cole, in Twin Peaks
• Jem Cole, in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Locke Cole, in Final Fantasy VI
• Lucy Saxon/Cole, The Master's wife in Doctor Who
• Marcus Cole, in Babylon 5
• Michaels Cole, in Nigeria's Prospective President
• Norris Cole, in Coronation Street
• Richard Cole, in EastEnders
• Rob J. Cole, in Shaman, Noah Gordon's book
• Simone Cole, in Clive Barker's Jericho
• Taylor Cole, in Laguna Beach
• Virgil "Tiger" Cole, in Flight of the Intruder

Notable people with given name Cole

• Cole Sprouse, an American actor
• Cole Porter, an American songwriter
• Cole Turner, a fictional character from the U.S. television series Charmed
• Cole Hauser, an American actor
• Cole Weston, an American photographer

See also

• Cole
• Cole Prize
• Coles
• Coe (surname)