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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 (athlete) (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 politician
- 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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