Henry Grady Cochran, Jr. (August 3, 1923 – June 20, 1986) was Florida Director of the Division of Corrections from 1959 to 1962.

He is notable for being the original respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright.

Born in Lake City, Florida, H. G. Cochran served in the United States Army during World War II.

He enlisted on October 24, 1942 and served as a private in a field artillery unit.

[1] During his tenure as director the first Transition Officers were hired to assist inmates with placement upon release, a male unit was opened in the Florida Correctional Institution, the Apalachee Correctional Institution's West Unit was opened, and the Marion Correctional Institution and Caryville Work Camp were established.