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{{Short description|English guitarist and songwriter}}
{{Other people}}
{{Not notable|date=April 2023|Music}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| name              = Jamie Cook
| image             = [[File:DzEnJ10XgAEI4Zo.jpg|frameless]]
| caption           = Jamie Cook performing live in 2014
| birth_name        = Jamie Robert Cook<ref>UK births, marriages, and deaths index 1985-2005</ref>
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[West Kirby]], [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]], England
| genre             = [[Indie rock]]
| occupation        = 
| years_active      = 2002–present
| current_member_of = [[Arctic Monkeys]]
| spouse            = {{marriage|[[Katie Downes]]|2014}}
}}
'''Jamie Robert Cook''' (born 8 July 1985) is an English guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist and founding member of the indie rock band Arctic Monkeys.

== Life ==
Originally a next-door neighbour of [[Alex Turner (musician)|Alex Turner]], Cook, Turner, and the others formed the Arctic Monkeys in 2002. Cook was considered to be the "indie music fanatic" of the group, enjoying [[The Smiths]], [[The Strokes]], [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], and [[Queens of the Stone Age]].<ref>[http://www.mardy-bum.com/imageviewer/scans/nme/nme-29102005-4.jpg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002054035/http://www.mardy-bum.com/imageviewer/scans/nme/nme-29102005-4.jpg|date=2 October 2008}}</ref> Cook started dating model Katie Downes in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/08/01/arctic-monkeys-get-their-own-version-of-yoko-ono-115875-20678994/
|title=Arctic Monkey's get their own Yoko Ono|access-date=2009-07-12|date=2008-08-01|newspaper=Daily Mirror}}</ref> They became engaged in 2012 and wed in 2014. They have two children, Forrest (b. 2015), and Bonnie (b. 2019). Cook attended [[Ecclesfield School|Ecclesfield Secondary School]].

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