Coe is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881,^[1] its frequency was highest in Northamptonshire (8.9 times the British average), followed by Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex, Leicestershire, Huntingdonshire, Surrey, London and Kent. Notable people with the surname include:

• Ada M. Coe (1890–1983), American hispanist teacher
• Alexander Paul Coe (born 1969), better known by his stage name Sasha, Welsh DJ
• Alexis Coe, American presidential historian
• Alistair Coe (born 1984), Australian politician
• Amanda Coe (born 1965), English screenwriter and novelist
• Barry Coe (1934–2019), American actor
• Charles Robert "Charlie" Coe (1923–2001), American golfer
• Christine Sadler Coe (1902–1983), American journalist
• Cornelius Coe (born 1975), American football player
• David Coe (businessman) (1954–2013), Australian businessman
• David Allan Coe (born 1939), American singer and songwriter
• Dawn Coe-Jones (1960–2016), Canadian golfer
• Denis Coe (1929–2015), British Labour Party politician
• Douglas Coe (1928–2017), director of The Fellowship Christian organization
• Edwin Coe (1840–1909), American newspaper editor and politician
• Ernest F. Coe (1866–1951), American landscape designer
• Frank Coe (1851–1931), Old West cowboy, and for a time, gunman in the company of Billy the Kid, as a member of the Lincoln County Regulators
• Frank Coe (1907–1980), American Treasury official, and suspected Soviet spy who fled to China
• George Coe (1856–1941), Old West cowboy and for a time gunman alongside Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County War
• George Coe (1929–2015), American actor
• George Coe (Michigan politician) (1811–1869), American politician, Lt. Governor of Michigan
• Gideon Coe (born 1967), British radio presenter
• Hank Coe (1946–2021), American politician
• Harry Coe (1885–1977), American athlete
• Henry Waldo Coe (1857–1927), American frontier physician and politician
• Imogen Coe (born 1962), British biochemist
• Jack Coe (1918–1956), American tent evangelist
• Jimmy Coe (1921–2004), American jazz saxophonist
• James Wiggin Coe (1909–1943), American submariner
• Jo-Anne L. Coe (1933–2002), American federal official
• John D. Coe (1755–1824), New York politician
• John W. Coe (1839–1890), New York politician
• Jonas Coe (1805–1864), also known as Juan Coe, Uruguayan/Argentinian naval officer
• Jonathan Coe (born 1961), British novelist
• Kevin Coe (born 1947), convicted rapist from Spokane, Washington
• Lorne Coe (born 1949), Canadian polician
• Mary (Mai) Huttleston Rogers Coe (1875–1924), American heiress, wife of William Robertson Coe
• Matchett Herring Coe (1907–1999), American sculptor
• Michael D. Coe (1929–2019), American anthropologist
• Natalie Mai Vitetti (née Coe) (1910–1987), daughter of William Rogers Coe
• Nathan Coe (born 1984), Australian soccer player
• Nathan Coe (businessman), Australian businessman
• Nick Coe (born 1998), American football player
• Paul Coe (born c. 1949), Indigenous Australian rights activist
• Phil Coe (1839–1871), soldier, Old West gambler, and businessman
• Peter Coe (1919–2008), British athlete and coach; father of Sebastian Coe
• Peter Coe (director) (1929–1987), English theatre director
• Richard Coe (1914–1995), American theatre critic
• Robert Coe (colonist) (1596–1689), Puritan
• Robert D. Coe, American diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Denmark
• Robert Douglas Coe, British ambassador
• Robert Glen Coe (1956–2000), American murderer
• Richard L. Coe (1914–1995), American theater and cinema critic
• Ron Coe (1933–1988), English professional cyclist
• Samuel Coe (1873–1955), English cricketer
• Sebastian Coe (born 1956), British athlete and politician
• Sophie Coe (1933–1994), American anthropologist, food historian, and author
• Sue Coe (born 1951), English artist and illustrator
• Terry Coe, Niuean politician and former cabinet minister
• Terese Coe, American writer
• Tony Coe (1934–2023), English jazz musician
• Tucker Coe, a pseudonym of American writer Donald E. Westlake
• Tyler Coe, Rooster Teeth personality and host of the Sportsball podcast
• Wallace Coe, New Zealand boxer
• Wesley Coe (1879–1926), American athlete
• William Coe (governor), American-Somoan politician and former Governor of Guam
• William Robertson Coe (1869–1955), American businessman
• William Robertson Coe II (1926–2009), American archaeologist and Mayanist academic
• William Rogers Coe (1901–1971), American businessman

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