Amos Starr Cooke (December 1, 1810 – March 20, 1871) was an American educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

[2] They were married November 27, 1836, and in less than a month in the 8th company from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Hawaii.

[4] In 1849 Cooke worked for Samuel Northrup Castle who had been a shipmate on the Mary Frazier as secular supply agent for the mission.

As the American Board reduced funding for the Hawaii stations, he co-founded Castle & Cooke as a private company in June 1851.

However, Cooke's health declined and he turned over his duties to Joseph Ballard Atherton who had started as a clerk in 1859.