John Rogers Cooke (June 9, 1833 – April 10, 1891) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War.

He was the son of Union general Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate cavalry leader Jeb Stuart.

He studied privately in Missouri, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Alexandria, Virginia, and engineering at Harvard College but never received a degree.

After working on railroad construction in Missouri and Ohio, through his father's efforts, Cooke was commissioned into the United States Army in 1855 as a second lieutenant of the 8th U.S. Infantry Regiment.

[3] Commissioned a first lieutenant in the Confederate Army, Cooke fought in the First Battle of Bull Run as an aide to Brigadier General Theophilus Hunter Holmes.

[3] Cooke's brigade played a significant role in the Battle of Sutherland's Station, its resistance to Union attacks enabling other Confederate units to retreat.