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- Brian CooksonBrian CooksonMichael Brian Cookson OBE is a road racing cyclist from Lancashire. He has been president of British Cycling since 1997, after becoming a member of an emergency committee to rescue it from insolvency in 1996. He has been credited for turning the sport around since taking on his unpaid role as...
, a British cyclist, and president of British Cycling - Catherine CooksonCatherine CooksonDame Catherine Cookson DBE was a British author. She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers...
, an English 20th century romance novelist - Harry CooksonHarry CooksonJames Henry Cookson was an English professional footballer. He played as a forward.-Playing career:...
, an 19th and 20th century English footballer - Isaac CooksonIsaac CooksonIsaac Cookson was the founder of Cookson Group, a United Kingdom-based materials technology businesses.-Career:Baptised and brought up in Penrith, Isaac Cookson moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in 1704 to further his career...
, an 18th century industrialist, founder of the Cookson GroupCookson GroupCookson Group plc is a leading materials technology company headquartered in London which provides materials, processes and services to customers worldwide. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.... - Peter CooksonPeter CooksonPeter Cookson was a stage and film actor of the 1940s and 1950s. Cookson, once married to stage and film actress Beatrice Straight, acted in films G.I. Honeymoon and Fear...
, an American 1940s movie actor - Phil CooksonPhil CooksonPhil Cookson is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, and Leeds, playing at , i.e...
, rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s for England, Featherstone Rovers, and Leeds - Sam Cookson (English footballer)Sam Cookson (English footballer)Sam Cookson was an English footballer who played in the right full back position.-Early life:Sam Cookson was born in Manchester in 1896. He began his footballing career playing for Stalybridge Celtic. During weekdays Cookson was a miner and worked down a pit. At the weekends he played football...
, a 1920s English footballer - Walter CooksonWalter CooksonWalter S. Cookson was an English professional footballer. He played for Nelson, Bristol City, Blackpool, Wellingborough, Brentford and Portsmouth.-Blackpool:...
, a 20th century English footballer
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- Cookson, OklahomaCookson, OklahomaCookson is a rural community in the Cookson Hills of Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The post office opened April 11, 1895. The ZIP Code is 74427. It is said to have been named for the first postmaster, John H...
- Cookson HillsCookson HillsThe Cookson Hills are in the eastern part of Oklahoma. They are an extension of the Boston Mountains of Arkansas to the east and the southwestern margin of the Ozark Plateau. They lie generally between Stilwell, Oklahoma, Sallisaw, Oklahoma and Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The area became part of the...
, Oklahoma, part of The Ozarks - Cookson GroupCookson GroupCookson Group plc is a leading materials technology company headquartered in London which provides materials, processes and services to customers worldwide. The Company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index....
, a British industrial materials and processes company