Cockburn (surname) - Notable Cockburns

Notable Cockburns

Notable members of the Cockburn family include:

• Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, Lord Ormiston (1656–1735), Scottish judge and Lord Justice Clerk
• Adam Cockburn, an Australian actor and Disk Jockey (DJ)
• Sir Alexander de Cokburne, Baron of Langton, Carriden, Bolton and Skirling (c1310–c1370), prominent landowner in the Scottish Lowlands
• Sir Alexander Cockburn (1802–1880), the 12th Baronet Cockburn of Langton and Lord Chief Justice
• Alexander Cockburn (1941–2012), an Irish-American journalist
• Alison Cockburn (1712–1794), a Scottish poet
• Alistair Cockburn, a software methodologist
• Andrew Cockburn, an Australian ornithologist
• Andrew Cockburn (1947–), an Irish-American journalist
• Archibald Cockburn (1738–1820), a Scottish politician
• Bill Cockburn (1937–1995), an English footballer
• Bruce Cockburn (1945–), a Canadian singer-songwriter
• Catherine Trotter Cockburn (1679–c1749), a British writer
• Claud Cockburn (1904–1981), a British journalist
• Claudia Cockburn (1933–1998), a British activist for the disabled
• David Cockburn, Scottish coffee planter and District Collector in early 19th century Tamil Nadu, India
• David Cockburn (1941–), a British philosopher
• Sir Francis Cockburn (1780–1868), a British officer and colonial administrator in British Honduras, the Bahamas, and Canada
• Sir George Cockburn (1772–1853), the 10th Baronet Cockburn of Langton and British naval admiral
• George Bertram Cockburn, a British chemist and pioneer aviator
• Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn (1867–1913), a Canadian Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Henry Cockburn (?–1476), 15th century Scottish bishop
• Henry Thomas Cockburn (1779–1854), Scottish Whig, writer, lawyer, judge, Solicitor General for Scotland
• Henry Cockburn (1859–), a British consul
• Henry Cockburn, an English footballer
• Hermione Cockburn, a British presenter
• Jack Cockburn, Australian Rules footballer
• James Cockburn (1819–1883), a Canadian politician and a Father of the Canadian Confederation of 1867
• James Pattison Cockburn, (1779–1847) British artillery officer and important painter of watercolours in Upper and Lower Canada
• John Cockburn of Ormiston, 16th-century Scottish landowner
• John Cockburn of Ormiston (c1685–1758), Scottish politician, landowner and agricultural reformer
• John Cockburn (1850–1929), Australian politician
• Karen Cockburn (1980–), a Canadian gymnast
• Martin Cockburn (1731-1818) Jamaican then American planter (Fairfax County, Virginia).
• Ninian Cockburn (?–1579), 16th-century intriguer.
• Olivia Cockburn (1984–), birth name of the American actress Olivia Wilde
• Patrick Cockburn (1950–), an Irish journalist
• Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington (c1565–1627), Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
• Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, an American educator and physicist
• Robert Cockburn, Scottish bishop and diplomat during the Renaissance
• Sarah Cockburn (1939–2000), barrister and writer who used the pseudonym Sarah Caudwell
• Samuel Cockburn (1574–1621), Scottish soldier who served in the Swedish army
• Samuel Cockburn (1823–1915), outspoken Scottish advocate for homeopathy