Hancock (surname)
Hancock is an English surname. It is derived from a given name, a short form of the name Johan combined with the hypocoristic suffix -cok which came into fashion in the 13th century, from cok "cock", applied to "a young lad who strutted proudly like a cock".[1] As a given name, Hanecok is recorded in the 13th century in the Hundred Rolls of Yorkshire. The Dictionary of American Family Names mentions an alternative Dutch etymology, from hanecoc "periwinkle".[2]
An Irish variation is Handcock, as borne by William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine.
People from Australia
- H. R. Hancock "Captain" Hancock (1836–1919) mine superintendent of Moonta, South Australia
- Keith Hancock (historian) (1898–1988), historian
- Lang Hancock (1909–1992), iron ore magnate
- Michael Hancock (rugby league) (born 1969), rugby league footballer
- Robert Hancock (1922–1973), Australian rules footballer
People from the United Kingdom
- Albany Hancock (1806–1873), English naturalist, biologist, and supporter of Charles Darwin
- Anthony Hancock (publisher) (1947–2012), British publisher of right-wing material
- Frank Hancock (1859–1943), Wales international rugby captain
- Froude Hancock (1865–1933), English international rugby union player
- Graham Hancock (born 1950), British non-fiction author and journalist
- Jake Hancock (1928–2004), British geologist specialising in the Cretaceous period
- Matthew Hancock (born 1978), British Conservative Party politician
- Nick Hancock (born 1962), British actor and television presenter
- Sir Patrick Hancock (1914–1980), British diplomat, ambassador to Israel, Norway, and Italy
- Ralph Hancock (landscape gardener) (1893–1950), Welsh garden designer
- Robert Hancock (engraver) (1730–1817), British engraver and draughtsman
- Robert E. W. Hancock (born 1949), Microbiologist
- Sam Hancock (born 1980), British race car driver
- Sheila Hancock (born 1933), British actress and comedian
- Stephen Hancock (1925–2015), British actor
- Thomas Hancock (inventor) (1786–1865), British inventor
- Tony Hancock (1924–1968), British comedian on Hancock's Half Hour radio and television series
- William Hancock (ophthalmologist) (1873–1910), English ophthalmologist and sportsman
- William John Hancock (1864–1931), telephone and X-ray pioneer in Western Australia
People from the United States
- Allan Hancock (1875–1965), heir to Rancho La Brea, developer of Hancock Park, Los Angeles
- Clarence E. Hancock (1885–1948), politician of New York, namesake of the Syracuse Hancock International Airport
- Cornelia Hancock (1839–1926), nurse during the American Civil War
- George Allan Hancock (1875–1965) Californian oil magnate
- Greg Hancock (born 1970), motorcycle speedway rider
- H. Irving Hancock (Harrie Irving Hancock) (c. 1866–1922), writer, mainly for children
- Hank Hancock (born 1936), American politician
- Harris Hancock (1867–1944), American mathematician
- Herbie Hancock (born 1940), jazz musician
- Henry Hancock (1822–1883), land owner in Southern California, owner of Rancho La Brea
- James Hughes Hancock (born 1931), Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- John Hancock (1737–1793), American Revolutionary; signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence
- Josh Hancock (1978–2007), pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Keith Hancock (musician) (born 1980), music educator, Grammy award winner
- Levi W. Hancock (1803–1882), pioneer of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
- Luke Hancock (born 1990), basketball player
- Mary Louise Hancock (1920–2017), New Hampshire politician and activist
- Mel Hancock (1929–2011), U.S. Congressman from Missouri, best known for Missouri's Hancock Amendment
- Tom Hancock (1948–2016), U.S. politician from Iowa
- Tommy Hancock (1929–2020), musician
- Trenton Doyle Hancock (born 1974), American artist
- Vincent Hancock (born 1989), Olympic shooter
- Winfield Scott Hancock (1824–1886), Union general during the American Civil War
Fiction
- Alexandra Hancock, or Aunt Alexandra, character in To Kill a Mockingbird
- Boa Hancock, character in the One Piece manga and anime series
- John Hancock, main character in Hancock (film)
- John Hancock, character in Fallout 4
See also
- Anthony Hancock (disambiguation)
- Emily Hancock (disambiguation)
- George Hancock (disambiguation)
- John Hancock (disambiguation)
- Michael Hancock (disambiguation)
- Thomas Hancock (disambiguation)
- William Hancock (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles containing Hancock
- All pages with titles containing Handcock
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