Henry Cockburn may refer to:
- Henry Cockburn (bishop) (died 1476), Scottish prelate, Bishop of Ross
- Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn (1779–1854), Scottish judge and author
- Henry Cockburn (consul) (1859-?), British Consul, grandson of the above
- Henry Cockburn (footballer) (1921–2004), English international football player
Famous quotes containing the words henry and/or cockburn:
“Whatever practical people may say, this world is, after all, absolutely governed by ideas, and very often by the wildest and most hypothetical ideas. It is a matter of the very greatest importance that our theories of things that seem a long way apart from our daily lives, should be as far as possible true, and as far as possible removed from error.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically, or even that they behave wickedly. It is that they conspire successfully to impose upon the public a picture of themselves as so very sagacious, honest and well-intentioned.”
—Claud Cockburn (1904–1981)