De Kock

De Kock is a Dutch occupational surname meaning "the cook".{{cite web|url=http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=de+Kock&nfd_naam=Kock,+de&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=|title=Nederlandse Familienamenbank|website=www.meertens.knaw.nl|accessdate=6 October 2018}}

The surname may refer to:

• Arthur de Kock (1866–1957), South African rugby player
• Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871), French novelist
• Eugene de Kock (born 1949), South African police colonel and assassin
• {{illm|Frits de Kock|nl|}} (1818–1881), Dutch government minister, son of Hendrik Merkus
• Gerald de Kock, South African cricket commentator
• Gerhard de Kock (1926–1989), Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, son of Mike de Kock
• Gert De Kock (born 1980), South African rugby player
• Hendrik Merkus de Kock (1779–1845), Dutch general, minister, and governor of the Dutch East Indies
• Fort de Kock on Sumatra was named after him
• Henry de Kock (1819–1892), French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, son of Charles Pal
• Jean Conrad de Kock (1755–1794), Dutch banker executed in France, father of Hendrik Merkus and Charles Paul
• Johan de Kock (born 1964), Dutch footballer
• Kobus de Kock (born 1988), South African rugby player
• Lucas Cornelisz de Kock (1495–1552), Dutch Renaissance painter active in the Tudor court
• Meyer de Kock (1849–1901), South African Republic burgher executed for treason
• Michiel de Kock Steenkamp (born 1987), South African rugby player
• Michiel Hendrik de Kock (1898–1976), Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
• Neil de Kock (born 1978), South African rugby player
• Paul de Kock (1793–1871), French novelist
• Peter de Kock (born 1967), Dutch cameraman, film producer and director.
• Quinton de Kock (born 1992), South African cricketer
• Riel de Kock (born 1983), South African cricketer
• Véronique De Kock (born 1977), Belgian beauty pageant contestant