Cockcroft

Last updated May 02, 2022

Cockcroft or Cockroft is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Cockcroft:

Barry Cockcroft (1933–2001), British television documentary director
Barry Cockcroft (dentist), Chief Dental Officer (CDO) for England
Bill Cockcroft, former Chief Scout Commissioner of England
Colin Cockcroft (1918–1987), South African military commander
Donald William Cockcroft [ de ] (1946–), Canadian asthmologist; see Cockcroft-Gault formula
George Cockcroft (born 1932), American novelist who published under the name Luke Rhinehart
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (1897–1967), British nuclear physicist
- The Cockcroft Institute, British research centre for accelerator physics named after Sir John D. Cockcroft
- Cockcroft, lunar crater named after Sir John D. Cockcroft
John Hoyle Cockcroft (born 1934), British Conservative politician
Shamshad Cockcroft, British physiologist
Vic Cockcroft (born 1941), English footballer
Wilfred Cockcroft (1923–1999), English mathematician

Cockroft:

Don Cockroft (born 1945), American football player
Hannah Cockroft (born 1992), British athlete, gold medallist at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics
Joe Cockroft (1911–1994), English footballer
Lana Coc-Kroft (born 1967), New Zealand television and radio personality
Peter Cockroft (born 1957), British weather forecaster
Josh Cockroft (born 1989), Oklahoma Representative

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