# De Kock

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'''De Kock''' is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [occupational surname](/source/occupational_surname) meaning "the cook".<ref>{{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}}</ref> 

The surname may refer to:

*[Arthur de Kock](/source/Arthur_de_Kock) (1866–1957), South African rugby player
*[Charles Paul de Kock](/source/Charles_Paul_de_Kock) (1793–1871), French novelist
*[Eugene de Kock](/source/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](/source/Gerald_de_Kock), South African cricket commentator
*[Gerhard de Kock](/source/Gerhardus_Petrus_Christiaan_de_Kock) (1926–1989), Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, son of Mike de Kock
*[Gert De Kock](/source/Gert_De_Kock) (born 1980), South African rugby player
*[Hendrik Merkus de Kock](/source/Hendrik_Merkus_de_Kock) (1779–1845), Dutch general, minister, and governor of the Dutch East Indies
**[Fort de Kock](/source/Fort_de_Kock) on Sumatra was named after him
*[Henry de Kock](/source/Henry_de_Kock) (1819–1892), French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, son of Charles Pal
*[Jean Conrad de Kock](/source/Jean_Conrad_de_Kock) (1755–1794), Dutch banker executed in France, father of Hendrik Merkus and Charles Paul
*[Johan de Kock](/source/Johan_de_Kock) (born 1964), Dutch footballer
*[Kobus de Kock](/source/Kobus_de_Kock) (born 1988), South African rugby player
*[Lucas Cornelisz de Kock](/source/Lucas_Cornelisz_de_Kock) (1495–1552), Dutch Renaissance painter active in the Tudor court 
*[Meyer de Kock](/source/Meyer_de_Kock) (1849–1901), South African Republic burgher executed for treason
*[Michiel de Kock Steenkamp](/source/Michiel_de_Kock_Steenkamp) (born 1987), South African rugby player
*[Michiel Hendrik de Kock](/source/Michiel_Hendrik_de_Kock) (1898–1976), Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
*[Neil de Kock](/source/Neil_de_Kock) (born 1978), South African rugby player
*[Paul de Kock](/source/Charles_Paul_de_Kock) (1793–1871), French novelist
*[Peter de Kock](/source/Peter_de_Kock) (born 1967), Dutch cameraman, film producer and director.     
*[Quinton de Kock](/source/Quinton_de_Kock) (born 1992), South African cricketer
*[Riel de Kock](/source/Riel_de_Kock) (born 1983), South African cricketer
*[Véronique De Kock](/source/V%C3%A9ronique_De_Kock) (born 1977), Belgian beauty pageant contestant

==See also==
*[De Cock](/source/De_Cock)
*[De Kok](/source/De_Kok)
==References==
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Category:Dutch-language surnames
Category:Afrikaans-language surnames
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