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:
“...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before the wind.”
—Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve (1877–1965)
“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)