Cookson may refer to:
- Surname
- Brian Cookson, a British cyclist, and president of British Cycling
- Catherine Cookson, an English 20th century romance novelist
- Harry Cookson, an 19th and 20th century English footballer
- Isaac Cookson, an 18th century industrialist, founder of the Cookson Group
- Peter Cookson, an American 1940s movie actor
- Phil Cookson, rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s for England, Featherstone Rovers, and Leeds
- Sam Cookson (English footballer), a 1920s English footballer
- Walter Cookson, a 20th century English footballer
- Others
- Cookson, Oklahoma
- Cookson Hills, Oklahoma, part of The Ozarks
- Cookson Group, a British industrial materials and processes company