Kool (surname)
Kool is a Dutch patronymic surname. Kool ({{IPA|nl|koːl}}) is an archaic short form of the given name Nicolaas.[http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Kool Kool] at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands Since "kool" means both "cabbage" and "coal" in modern Dutch, for some families the name could conceivably have originated as a metonymic occupational surname, referring to a cabbage farmer or seller, or coal worker.[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=kool&gba_naam=Kool&nfd_naam=Kool&operator=eq&taal= Kool] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Among variant forms are Coolen, Cools, Koole, Koolen and Kools. People with the surname include:
- Charlotte Kool (born 1999), Dutch professional racing cyclist
- Corien Kool (born 1959), Dutch CDA politician (married name: Corien Wortmann)
- David Kool (born 1987), American college basketball player and coach
- Eric Kool (born 1960), American biochemist
- Molly Kool (1916–2009), North America's first registered female sea captain
- Noah Kool (born 1962), Papua New Guinean politician
- Ruud Kool (born 1969), Dutch football midfielder
- Willem Gillisz Kool (1608–1666), Dutch landscape painter
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- Ricky Koole (born 1972), Dutch singer and film actress
- {{interlanguage link|Ruud Koole|nl||no|}} (born 1953), Dutch political scientist and Labour Party chair 2001–05
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- Cor Kools (1907–1985), Dutch football midfielder and manager
- Mark Fidel Kools (born 1971), US Army soldier on death row for fragging