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:
“Genius as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow; and if knowledge, which should give that power guidance, is wanting, the chances are not small that the rocket will simply run amuck among friends and foes.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“Next week Reagan will probably announce that American scientists have discovered that the entire U.S. agricultural surplus can be compacted into a giant tomato one thousand miles across, which will be suspended above the Kremlin from a cluster of U.S. satellites flying in geosynchronous orbit. At the first sign of trouble the satellites will drop the tomato on the Kremlin, drowning the fractious Muscovites in ketchup.”
—Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)