People
- Alexander Coker, former Chief Inspector of UNMOVIC's Chemical Weapons Team in Iraq (2002-2003)
- Charles W. Coker (b. 1933; Hartsville, South Carolina, United States), of Sonoco Products Company
- George Thomas Coker (b. 1943; Texas, United States), US Navy aviator and Distinguished Eagle Scout who spent 6.5 years as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War
- Henry Coker, American jazz trombonist
- Major James Lide Coker (1837–1913; b. and d. Hartsville, South Carolina, United States), founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker College
- Marc Coker, founder of Smashwords
- Jerry Coker, American jazz saxophonist
- John Coker (1789–1851; b. South Carolina, d. Texas, United States), Hero of the Texas Revolution, founder of Coker, Texas.
- Larry Coker (b. 1948; Oklahoma, United States), former head football coach of the University of Miami
- William Chambers Coker (1872–after 1921; b. Hartsville, South Carolina, United States), botanist and founder of Coker Arboretum
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