Cochin (disambiguation)

Cochin is a port city in India.

Cochin may also refer to:

Geography

• Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India
• Cochinchina, former name used by the French for the southernmost part of Vietnam, when it was ruled by France as part of French Indochina
• Cochin, Saskatchewan, Canada, a Resort Village in Saskatchewan, Canada

People

• The Cochin family, a Parisian family that rose to prominence at the end of the Ancien Régime and became famous over the centuries in politics, literature and history.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Augustin Cochin (politician) (1823–1872), French politician and writer
• Augustin Cochin (historian) (1876–1916), French historian and grandson of the prior
• Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder (1688–1754), French engraver
• Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715–1790), French engraver, designer, writer, and painter; son of the prior
• Claude Cochin (1883–1918), French historian and politician
• Claude-Denys Cochin (1698–1786), French botanist, alderman of Paris
• Denys Cochin, French politician and writer
• Henri Cochin (1687–1747), French jurist
• Henry Cochin (1854–1926), French politician
• Jacques-Denis Cochin (1757–1837), French lawyer and politician
• Jean-Denis Cochin (1726–1783), French Catholic priest
• Jean-Denis Cochin (philanthropist) (1789–1841), French lawyer and philanthropist
• Nicolas Cochin (1610–1686), French draughtsman
• Noël Cochin (1622–1695), French painter, draftsman and engraver

Other uses

• Cochin (chicken), a breed of chicken known for its thick plumage
• Hôpital Cochin, a famous hospital in Paris, France
• Cochin (typeface), a typeface designed in 1912
• Cochin ware, a type of Chinese pottery