In addition to the Chief’s line, there have been several notable Cochranes in military, aviation, science, medicine, politics, industry, and business. Those individuals made a marked impact in their respective fields or professions. This is a small selection of those accomplished individuals:
Military:
COL Philip Cochran
American Military Aviator WWII
http://www.specialoperations.net/ColCochran.htm http://home.earthlink.net/~aircommando1/CochranBio.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Cochran
Air Chief Marshal The Honorable Sir Ralph Alexander Cochrane
British Military Aviator WWI & WWII
http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cochrane.htm http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ralph_Cochrane
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=heedrapper&id=I2690
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Cochrane
Margaret (née Cochran) Corbin
American Revolutionary War Hero
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/137211/Margaret-Corbin http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/margaret-cochran-corbin/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Corbin
Jacqueline Cochran
American Military Aviator
First woman to break the sound barrier
http://www.biography.com/people/jacqueline-cochran-9252061 http://waspmuseum.org/jackie-cochran-biography/ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/123591/Jacqueline-Cochran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran
Vice Admiral Edward Lull ‘Ned’ Cochrane
American Naval Commander WWII
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/elcochrane.htm http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Edward_L._Cochrane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_L._Cochrane
Alfred William ‘Gordon’ Cochrane
New Zealand Military Pilot WWII
http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Gordon_Cochrane_%28pilot%29 http://en.ww2awards.com/person/46360 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cochrane_%28pilot%29
Rear Admiral Nathaniel Day Cochran
British Naval Commander
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Day_Cochrane
Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane
British Naval Commander American Revolution, War of 1812
http://thethingsthatcatchmyeye.wordpress.com/tag/thomas-john-cochrane/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cochrane
Politics:
Sir Thomas John Cochrane, GCB
British Naval Commander, Canadian Politician
http://thethingsthatcatchmyeye.wordpress.com/tag/thomas-john-cochrane/ http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g42.html http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cochrane_thomas_john_10E.html http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_John_Cochrane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_John_Cochrane
Dennis H. Cochran
Canadian Politician and Academic
http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=8707e6cd-a6e7-4257-bf98-a17459fd5c1f&Language=E&Section=ALL http://w3.stu.ca/stu/news/news_view.aspx?id=145247 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Cochrane
Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane
US Congressman New York
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000568 http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/aaron-van-schaick-cochrane/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Van_Schaick_Cochrane
John Cochrane
U.S. Union General and politician
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000570 http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E00E0D71E3DE433A2575AC0A9649C94699ED7CF http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cochrane_%28general%29
Ethel Cochrane
Canadian Senator
http://www.redirectify.com/people/ethel-cochrane.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Cochrane
Francis Cochrane, PC
Canadian Politician
http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/Francis_Cochrane http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Francis%20Cochrane/en-en/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cochrane
William ‘Thad’ Cochran
US Congressman Mississippi
http://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran
Thomas Cunningham Cochran
US Congressman Pennsylvania
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000566 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cunningham_Cochran
Alexander Baillie-Cochrane
British Politician
Donald Vincent Cochrane
Australian Politician
Medicine and Science:
John Cochran
First Surgeon General of the United States
http://history.amedd.army.mil/surgeongenerals/J_Cochran.html http://www.threerivershms.com/cochranfriend.htm http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/c/jocochran.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cochran_%28military_physician%29
Archibald “Archie” Leman Cochrane
British Physician and Scientist
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235918/ http://www.cochrane.org/about-us/history/archie-cochrane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Cochrane
William A Cochrane
Canadian Pediatrician
http://cdnmedhall.org/dr-william-cochrane http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/Aoe/education/william-cochrane/index.html
Gregory M. Cochran
Physicist and Professor of Anthropology
http://edge.org/memberbio/gregory_cochran
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Gregory-Cochran/12933438 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Cochran
Business, Industry, and Invention:
Josephine Cochrane
Inventor of the Dishwashing Machine
http://forgottennewsmakers.com/2010/04/20/josephine-cochrane-1839-1913-invented-the-dishwasher/ http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bldishwasher.htm http://www.browsebiography.com/bio-josephine_cochrane.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Cochrane
John Howland Cochrane
American Businessman and Economics Professor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Cochrane
Humanities, Arts, and Literature:
Sir Arthur William Steuart Cochrane KCVO
English College of Arms, Clarenceux King of Arms.
Elizabeth Jane Cochrane aka Nellie Bly
Journalist, Industrialist, Philanthropist
http://www.biography.com/people/nellie-bly-9216680 http://www.nellieblyonline.com/ http://womenshistory.about.com/od/blynellie/p/Nellie-Bly.htm http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4961 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly
Thomas (Tom) Cochrane, OC
Canadian Musician and Composer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8o6SfgCk0
http://www.tomcochrane.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/Tom+Cochrane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cochrane
Tammy Cochran
American Country Musician and Composer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsF_26Qpit4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tB1GQbZIBs http://www.tammycochranfans.com/about/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620512/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Cochran
Edward Raymond ‘Eddie’ Cochran
American Musician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti38LFY7x1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRjlZ8x2uQM http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168161/bio
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eddie-cochran-mn0000793988/biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran
Garland Perry ‘Hank’ Cochran
American Musician
http://hankcochran.com/
http://www.cmt.com/artists/hank-cochran/ http://countrymusichalloffame.org/artists/artist-detail/hank-cochran http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hank-cochran-mn0000950777/biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Cochran
