Peter Cook

Peter Edward Cook was an English comedian, actor, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic movement that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s.

17 November 1937

Born on the same birth day (17 November): Abdelmadjid Tebboune • Anthony King (political scientist) • Bernd Schneider (footballer) • Daniel Scott (writer) • Jodie Henry • Justin Cooper (actor) • Kinga Baranowska • Lorne Michaels • Michael Hertwig • Minkah Fitzpatrick • Nani (footballer) • Pat Toomey • Rachel McAdams • Richard Fortus • Ryk Neethling • Sean Miller • Tania Zaetta • Taylor Gold • Terry Branstad • Terry Rand • Walter Terence Stace • Étienne Macdonald

Born in the same month (November 1937): Albert Hall (actor) • Alicia Ostriker • Eric Barnes (footballer) • Harris Yulin • Ingrid Pitt • John Kerin • Marlo Thomas • Michael Wilson (Canadian politician) • Ridley Scott • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care • Zenon Jankowski