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Big Four or The Big Four may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Companies 4 Sport 5 Music 6 Other

[edit] People

• The Big Four (Calgary), four turn of the century businessmen &philanthropists in Calgary, Canada (Burns, Lane, Cross and McLean)
• The Big Four (World War I), at Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (Clemenceau (France); Orlando (Italy); Lloyd George (UK) & Wilson (US)
• Chicago's Big Four (debutantes), four prominent Chicago debutantes during World War I (King, Cummings, Letts and Carry).
• The Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad), owners of the Central Pacific Railroad (Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins and Crocker).

[edit] Places

• Big Four, West Virginia, United States
• Big Four Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
• Big Four Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington, United States
• The "Big Four", countries of the European Union (Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom).

[edit] Companies

• Big Four (companies)
  • Record labels: Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group
  • American television networks: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), NBC, CBS, Fox Broadcasting Company
  • British terrestrial television networks: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five (TV channel)
  • Japanese motorcycle manufacturers: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha Corporation
  • British supermarkets: Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons
  • Shizouka scale model companies: Aoshima, Fujimi, Hasegawa and Tamiya
• Big Four auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young, and KPMG
• The "Big Four" law firms or "Global Quartet", i.e. the Magic Circle (law) minus Slaughter and May which has in general not pursued international expansion
• The Big Four railway companies in Argentina, prior to railway nationalisation in 1948, were the broad-gauge British-owned Buenos Aires Western Railway, the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, the Central Argentine Railway and the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
• Big Four British railway companies, the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923-1947
• Zaibatsu#The Big Four: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo Group and Yasuda zaibatsu are the most historically significant zaibatsu groups
• The "Big Four" UK mobile phone networks: Vodafone, Telefónica Europe (O2), Orange United Kingdom, T-Mobile
• Big Four Railroad, another name for the now defunct Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway

[edit] Sport

• Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada#The Big Four in North America: National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association & National Hockey League
• Big Four (Rugby league), Leeds Rhinos, St Helens RLFC, Wigan Warriors and Bradford Bulls have dominated the European Superleague since its formation
• Big Four of the English Premier League: Manchester United F.C., Chelsea F.C., Arsenal F.C. and Liverpool F.C.; These four clubs have dominated the Premier League since the mid-1990s
• Big Four of Australian Football League, * Big Four of Tennis: Nadal, Federer, Murray and Djokovic. These four players have dominated the men's tour for the last year.
• Big Four of mid-80s Formula One turbo era: Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet
• Big Four (Australian Football League): Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon and Richmond, who share geographical rivalries, and are dominant clubs with large supporter bases and have had periods of success

[edit] Music

• The "Big Four" American thrash metal bands: Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer
• The "Big Four" countries of the Eurovision Song Contest (Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom) who since 2000 are automatically qualified for the final regardless of their results from the previous year.
• Big Four European rock festivals: Roskilde, Sziget, Glastonbury and Rock Werchter
• Big Four British rock festivals: Glastonbury, Reading, the V and T in the Park

[edit] Other

• Big 4, daily lottery game held by the Pennsylvania Lottery since 1980, and has been drawn twice-daily since 2003
• The Big Four (novel), by Agatha Christie
• Big Four (Indian snakes), the deadliest of India's venomous snakes.
• "Big Four Biker Gangs", according to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the four largest Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMG)
• Big Four (White Star Line), a quartet of 20,000 tons ocean liners, owned by White Star Line.
• London Airports, London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport, London Stansted Airport and London Luton Airport.
• Big Four beauty pageants; Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss Earth, Miss International
• Big Four fashion capitals of the world, London, Milan, Paris and New York City

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