Famous People with Name Cochran

Jacqueline Cochran            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jacqueline Cochran: was a pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generation. Her contributions to the formation of the wartime Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) and WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) were also significant.Known by her friends as "Jackie," and maintaining the Cochran name, she flew her first major race in 1934. In 1937, she was the only woman to compete in the Bendix race. She worked with Amelia Earhart to open the race for women. That year, she also set a new woman's national speed record. By 1938, she was considered the best female pilot in the United States. She had won the Bendix and set a new transcontinental speed record as well as altitude records (by this time she was no longer just breaking woman's records but was setting overall records). She was the first woman to break the sound barrier (with Chuck Yeager right on her wing), the first woman to fly a jet across the ocean, and the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic. She won five Harmon Trophies as the outstanding woman pilot in the world. Sometimes called the "Speed Queen," at the time of her death, no pilot, man or woman, held more speed, distance or altitude records in aviation history, than Jackie Cochran.

Antonia Desez Cochran            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Antonia Desez Cochran: a retired American football player who played seven seasons in the National Football League.Cochran attended Macon County High School in Montezuma, Georgia. He also attended Middle Georgia College before transferring to Georgia.

Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Raymond Edward "Eddie" Cochran: was an American rock and roll musician and an important influence on popular music during the late 1950s, early 1960s, and beyond.

Doris Mable Cochran            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Doris Mable Cochran: was an American herpetologist and custodian of the American Natural Collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. for many years. Born in North Girard, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Washington after her father transferred there for a govern

Neil Cochran            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Neil Cochran: is a retired medley and freestyle swimmer from Scotland, who won two bronze medals for Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He did so in the 200 m individual medley, and in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, alongside Paul Easter, Paul Howe, and Andrew Astbury.