Cockerell Explained

Cockerell is a surname, and may refer to:

People

• Allan Cockerell (1891–1975), New Zealand soldier and politician
• Catherine Cockerell Cobb (1903–1995), British jeweler, silversmith, daughter of Douglas
• Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1863), British architect, son of Samuel
• Christabel Cockerell (1860–1903), British artist
• Christopher Cockerell (1910–1999), British inventor of the hovercraft, son of Sydney
• Douglas Cockerell (1870–1945), British bookbinder, brother of Sydney
• Florence Kingsford Cockerell (1871–1949), English illustrator and calligrapher, wife of Sydney
• Frederick Pepys Cockerell (1833–1878), British architect
• John Cockerell (1845–1937), English football player
• Mark Cockerell, American figure skater
• Michael Cockerell (born 1940), British maker of political documentaries
• Samuel Pepys Cockerell (1754–1827), British architect
• Stanley Cockerell (1895–1940), World War I flying ace
• Sydney Cockerell (1867–1962), British museum curator and secretary to William Morris, brother of Theodore, husband of Florence
• Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948), zoologist, husband of Wilmatte, brother of Sydney
• Wilmatte Porter Cockerell (1869–1957), botanist, entomologist and teacher, wife of Theodore

Fictional characters

• Cockerell (character), a character in Cornelia Funke's novel Inkheart.

See also

• Cockerell Peninsula, a peninsula in Antarctica
• Cockerel, another name for a rooster
• Cockerill, a surname