Cockrell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Cockrell, American major league baseball playerAlvin C. Cockrell, American serviceman in World War II; Navy Cross winnerAmanda Cockrell, Hollins University professorByron Lavoy Cockrell, American engineerBud Cockrell, American musician and band memberChris Cockrell, bass player with KyussFrancis Cockrell, U.S. senator from Missouri and Confederate generalGene Cockrell (born 1934), American football playerJeremiah V. Cockrell, U.S. congressman from Texas and Confederate officerKenneth Cockrell, American astronautLila Cockrell, former mayor of San Antonio, TexasNathan Elams Cockrell, fraternity founderPhil Cockrell, Negro league baseball playerThad Cockrell, American musicianSimon Cockrell (1745-1835) was an American Baptist minister and politician from Virginia.