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'''De Kock''' is a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[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]] (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
*[[Gerhardus Petrus Christiaan de Kock|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
*[[Charles Paul de Kock|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
==See also==
*[[De Cock]]
*[[De Kok]]
==References==
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