Ernest Cook Poole (January 23, 1880 – January 10, 1950) was an American journalist, novelist, and playwright.

Founder of Nation of Islam.

Charles Cleveland Poole (March 22, 1892 – May 21, 1931) was an American old-time musician and leader of the North Carolina Ramblers, a string band that recorded many popular hillbilly songs between 1925 and 1930.

Sir David Anthony Poole (8 June 1938 – 18 June 2006) was an English barrister and High Court judge.

an English Non-conformist theologian and biblical commentator.

Nineteenth-century British genre painter.

Christopher Poole (born 1987 or 1988), also known online as moot, is an American Internet entrepreneur and developer.

Jordan Anthony Poole (born June 19, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association.

William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang.

Russell Wayne Poole (November 29, 1956 – August 19, 2015) was a Los Angeles Police Department detective who investigated the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace), a rapper also known as Biggie Smalls.