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Cochran
For the history of the surname, see Cochrane. • Gregory Cochran (born 1953), American professor at
Cochran the University of Utah
• Hank Cochran (1935-2010), American country music
Family name singer and songwriter
Pronunciation /ˈkɒkrən/ Spelled Pronunciation kok-ruhn • Jacob Cochran (1782-1836) Early 19th century
"spiritual wifery" cult leader in Saco, Maine
Meaning From Cochrane in Scotland, meaning "red
• Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), American aviatrix
brook" (residential); Anglicisation of
corcair, meaning "crimson" • John Cochran (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Cochran ( ? - ? ), 18th-century United States
Region of Western Scotland, Ulster military physician
origin
• John Cochran (1813-98), US Union Army general,
Language(s) Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic lawyer, and politician
of origin • Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), American attorney-at-
Related Cochrane, Cocrane, Cocran, Cochren, law
names Cockram, Cockran, Cockren, Cochern, • Joseph Cochran, American missionary in Iran
Colqueran, Coughran • Julian Cochran (born 1974), Australian composer
Clan MacDonald • Neil Cochran (born 1965), Scottish swimmer
affiliations • Philip Cochran (1910–1979), U.S. Army Air Forces
colonel and inspiration for characters in the comic
Footnotes: Frequency Comparisons[1]
strips, Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon
• Russ Cochran (born 1958), American golfer
Cochran is a surname of Scottish origin. At the time of
• Stephen Cochran (born 1979), American country
the British Census of 1881 [1], its relative frequency was
music singer and songwriter
highest in Renfrewshire (34.3 times the British average),
• Thomas C. Cochran (1877-1935), US Congressman
followed by Wigtownshire, Ayrshire, Dunbartonshire, La-
from Pennsylvania
narkshire, Buteshire, Stirlingshire, Argyll, Kirkcud-
• Thad Cochran (born 1937), US Senator from
brightshire and Forfarshire. The Cochrans are tradition-
Mississippi
ally mainly a Western Lowlands family. The name
• William Gemmell Cochran (1909-1980), statistician,
Cochran may refer to:
the person Cochran’s C test and Cochran’s Q test
• Alexander Gilmore Cochran (1846-1928), US
were named for
Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Alexander Smith Cochran (1874-1929), carpets
businessman and philanthropist Notes
• Anita Cochran, singer [1] British Surnames
• Anne Cochran, singer
• Barbara Cochran (born 1951), Olympic gold medal
skier
• Bert Cochran (1913-1984), Socialist Worker’s Party
(USA)
• Charles B. Cochran (1873-1951 ), stage actor and
English theatrical manager
• Dorcas Cochran (ca. 1903–1991), American lyricist
and screenwriter
• Eddie Cochran (1938-1960), musician, born as Edward
Ray Cochrane, killed in an automobile crash
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