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Cochrane Cochrane may refer to: Places Australia *Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line Canada * Cochrane, Alberta * Cochrane Lake, Alberta * Cochrane District, Ontario ** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...

.'' Cochran is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

(and most likely of Cumbric) origin. The earliest known appearance is in Dumbartonshire (14th cent). The definition is unclear, however the name may be derived from the extinct Cumbric language, which is closely related to the Welsh language. At the time of the

British census Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931,https://www.nisra.gov. ...

of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Renfrewshire (34.3 times the British average), followed by Wigtownshire,

Ayrshire Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...

, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire,

Buteshire The County of Bute ( gd, Siorrachd Bhòid), also known as Buteshire, is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. The county comprises a number of islands in the Firth of Clyde, between the counties of Argyll and Ayrshire, the p ...

, Stirlingshire, Argyll, Kirkcudbrightshire and

Forfarshire Angus ( sco, Angus; gd, Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agri ...

. The Cochrans are traditionally mainly a Western Lowlands family. The name Cochran may refer to: *

Alexander Gilmore Cochran Alexander Gilmore Cochran (March 20, 1846 – May 1, 1928) was an American attorney and one-term Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Cochran was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now part ...

(1846–1928), US Congressman from Pennsylvania * Alexander Smith Cochran (1874–1929), carpets businessman and philanthropist *

Anita Cochran Anita Renee Cockerham (born February 6, 1967), known professionally as Anita Cochran, is an Americans, American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She has released two albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and one for Straybra ...

, singer *

Anne Cochran Anne Cochran is a singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio. She is best known as the lead touring vocalist for pianist and songwriter Jim Brickman, with whom she shared the top 5 Adult Contemporary radio format hit single "After All These Years" ...

, singer * Barbara Cochran (born 1951), Olympic gold medal skier * Bert Cochran (1913–1984), Socialist Worker's Party (USA) *

Charles B. Cochran Sir Charles Blake Cochran (25 September 1872 31 January 1951), generally known as C. B. Cochran, was an English theatrical manager and impresario. He produced some of the most successful musical revues, musicals and plays of the 1920s and 193 ...

(1873–1951 ), stage actor and English theatrical manager *

Dale M. Cochran Dale M. Cochran (November 20, 1928 – August 27, 2018) was an American politician from the state of Iowa. Career Cochran was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1928. He attended Iowa State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree, and i ...

(1928-2018), American farmer and politician * Denny Cochran (1915–1992), American football player * Dorcas Cochran (ca. 1903–1991), American lyricist and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

* Doris Mable Cochran (1898–1968), American zoologist * Eddie Cochran (1938–1960), American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist * Gregory Cochran (born 1953), American professor at the University of Utah * Hank Cochran (1935–2010), American country music singer and songwriter *

Jacob Cochran Jacob Cochran (also ''Cochrane'', 1782–1836) was a non-denominational preacher born in Enfield, New Hampshire, United States who founded the ''Cochranites'' in Saco, Maine. Cochranite worship is said to have resembled Shakerism, but which also pr ...

(1782–1836) Early 19th century "

spiritual wifery Spiritual wifery is a term first used in America by the Immortalists in and near the Blackstone Valley of Rhode Island and Massachusetts in the 1740s. The term describes the idea that certain people are divinely destined to meet and share their l ...

" cult leader in Saco, Maine * Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), American aviator * John Cochran (disambiguation), multiple people * Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), American attorney *

Joseph Gallup Cochran Joseph Gallup Cochran (1817–1871), was an American Presbyterian missionary to Qajar Iran, as well as a minister, theologian, teacher, and translator of ancient Syriac texts. Early life and education Joseph Gallup Cochran was born 5 Februar ...

(1817–1871), American missionary and translator in Iran * Joseph Plumb Cochran (1855–1905), American missionary and doctor in Iran *

Julian Cochran 200px, Julian Cochran in 1998 Julian Cochran (born 1974) is an English-born Australian composer. Cochran's earlier works show stylistic influences from Impressionist music and his later works are more noticeably influenced by Classical music an ...

(born 1974), Australian composer *Litton Cochran (1917–1987), American businessman, inventor of the McDonald's Apple Pie * Leslie Cochran (1951–2012), American homeless man and activist * Neil Cochran (born 1965), Scottish swimmer * Philip Cochran (1910–1979),

U.S. Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ...

colonel and inspiration for characters in the comic strips, ''

Terry and the Pirates ''Terry and the Pirates'' is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973. Captain Joseph Patterson, editor for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, ...

'' and ''

Steve Canyon ''Steve Canyon'' is an American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff. Launched shortly after Caniff retired from his previous strip, '' Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Canyon'' ran from January 13, 1947, until June 4, 1988. It ...

'' * Ron Cochran (1912-1994), American television news journalist * Robert Cochran, American television producer, co-creator of the series '' 24'' *

Russ Cochran Russell Earl Cochran (born October 31, 1958) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions, having previously been a member on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is one of the few natural left-handed players to wi ...

(born 1958), American golfer * Samuel Cochran (1871–1952), American medical missionary *

Stephen Cochran Stephen Cochran (born September 17, 1979) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2009 Stephen was named as a spokesman for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Research and Development. The VA and Cochran collab ...

(born 1979), American country music singer and songwriter * Thomas C. Cochran (1877–1935), US Congressman from Pennsylvania * Thad Cochran (1937–2019), American politician * Wayne Cochran (1939–2017), American singer * William Gemmell Cochran (1909–1980), statistician, the person Cochran's theorem,

Cochran's C test In statistics, Cochran's C test, named after William Gemmell Cochran, William G. Cochran, is a one-tailed test, one-sided upper limit variance outlier test. The C test is used to decide if a single Estimation theory, estimate of a variance (or a st ...

, Cochran's Q test and Cochran’s sample size formula were named for

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