Briggs (surname)

Briggs is a Northern English surname found mainly in West Yorkshire and derives from the Old Norse word bryggja meaning "bridge", and could also be related to the British Brigantes which once settled Yorkshire in the ancient Brythonic kingdom of Brigantia. Notable people with the surname include:

Adam Briggs (born 1986), stage name Briggs (rapper), Australian rapper
Albertus Theodore Briggs (1862–1937), American clergyman
Alfie Briggs (1888–1952), Scottish footballer
Allan Briggs (businessman), founder of Briggs Communications
Allan Briggs (1873–1951), American Olympic sport shooter
Andrew Briggs (George Andrew Davidson Briggs, born 1950) British scientist
Andy Briggs (born 1972), British author and screenwriter
Andy Briggs (businessman) (born 1966), British insurance executive
Ann-Kio Briggs (born 1952), English-born Nigerian environmental and human rights activist
Anne Briggs (born 1944), English folk singer
Annie M. Briggs (born 1987), Canadian actress
Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), American politician
Arthur E. Briggs (1881–1969), California teacher, law school dean and politician
Asa Briggs (1921–2016), English historian
Barbara G. Briggs (born 1934), Australian botanist
Barry Briggs (born 1934), New Zealand World Motorcycle speedway champion
Benjamin Briggs (1835–1872), captain of the Mary Celeste
Bill Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Billy Briggs (born 1977), American musician
Bob Briggs (American football) (1945–1997), in American Football League and NFL
Bob Briggs (Australian footballer) (1883–1955), Australian rules footballer
Bob Briggs (chemist) (1905–1975), New Zealand organic chemist
Carlos Briggs (born 1964), American basketball player
Charlie or Charles Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Chuck Briggs (1960–2000), American punk rock guitarist
Clare Briggs (1875–1930), American comics artist
Danny Briggs (born 1991), English cricketer
Dave Briggs (journalist) (born 1976), American television news anchor
David Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Derek Briggs (born 1950), Irish paleontologist
Everett Francis Briggs (1908–2006), American Catholic priest and miners' activist
Francis Stewart Briggs (1897–1966), Australian aviator
Frank Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Gary Briggs (musician), British guitarist
Gary Briggs (footballer) (born 1959), British footballer
George N. Briggs (1796–1861), American politician
Gilbert Briggs (1890–1978), English founder of Wharfedale loudspeakers
Greg Briggs (born 1968), American football player
Harlan Briggs (1879–1952), American actor
Harry Briggs (1923–2005), English footballer
Harold Douglas Briggs (1877–1944), senior Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer
Harold Rawdon Briggs (1894–1952), director of operations for the British Army in Malaya 1950–1951
Harold Briggs (politician) (1870–1945), British Conservative Member of Parliament
Henry Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Ian Briggs (born 1958), British television writer
Jack Briggs (broadcaster), American radio broadcaster
Jack Briggs (cricketer) (1916–1984), English cricketer
Jack Briggs (actor) (1920–1998), husband of American actress Ginger Rogers
James Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Jamie Briggs (born 1977), Australian politician
Jason W. Briggs (1821–1899), American Latter Day Saint leader
Jean Briggs (1929–2016), American-born Canadian anthropologist, ethnographer and linguist
Jeff Briggs (born 1957), American composer and former computer games executive
Jimmy Briggs (1937–2011), Scottish footballer
Jimmy Briggs (politician) (born 1868), Australian-born South African trade unionist and senator
Joe Bob Briggs, pseudonym of John Irving Bloom (born 1953), American film critic and actor
John Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people, also Jon, Johnny, and other variations
Josephine Briggs, American nephrologist
Jowon Briggs (born 2001), American football player
Karen Briggs (musician) (born 1963), American violinist
Karen Briggs (judoka) (born 1963), British judoka
Katharine Cook Briggs (1875–1968), American co-inventor of the Myers-Briggs personality test
Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), British author
Kenneth Briggs (born 1933), English cricketer and RAF officer
Kerensa Briggs (born 1991), British composer
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, American record producer
Kim Briggs (handballer) (born 1977), Australian handball player and coach
Lance Briggs (born 1980), American football player
Lauren Briggs (born 1979), English squash player
LeBaron Russell Briggs (1855–1934), American educator
Leland Lawrence Briggs (1893–1975), American accounting scholar
Louisa Briggs (1818 or 1836- 1925), Aboriginal Australian rights activist, dormitory matron, midwife and nurse
Lyman James Briggs (1874–1963), American physicist and civil servant
Margaret Briggs, New Zealand legal scholar
Margaret Jane Briggs (1892–1961), New Zealand show-ring rider
Mary Blatchley Briggs (1846– 1910), American writer and women's organizer
Matt Briggs (born 1970), American writer
Matthew Briggs (born 1991), English footballer
Max Briggs (born 1948), English footballer
Melancthon J. Briggs (1846–1923), American politician
Michael Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Mike Briggs (politician) (born 1959), American politician
Mike Briggs (tennis) (born 1968), American tennis player
Nicholas Briggs (born 1961), British actor
Nimi Briggs (1944–2023), Nigerian academic
Patricia Briggs (born 1965), American fantasy writer
Patrick Briggs (born 1940), English cricketer, rugby player and school headmaster
Paul Briggs (American football) (1920–2011), American football tackle
Paul Briggs (animator) (born 1974), American artist, animator, and voice actor
Paul Briggs (boxer) (born 1975), Australian
Perry R. Briggs (1825–1918), American politician in Wisconsin
Peter Briggs (born 1968), British film and television screenwriter, and author
Raymond Briggs (1934–2022), English illustrator and author
Raymond Briggs (British Army officer) (1895–1985), British Army major general
Raymond Westcott Briggs (1878–1959), US Army officer brigadier general
Robert Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Shannon Briggs (born 1971), American boxer
Stephen Briggs (born 1951), British Discworld adapter
Stephen Foster Briggs (1885–1976), American engineer, co-founder of the Briggs & Stratton Company
Ted Briggs (1923–2008), British seaman, survivor of the HMS Hood sinking
Thomas Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
Tom Briggs (footballer) (1919–1999), English footballer
Tom Briggs (gridiron football) (born 1970), American football player
Tom Briggs (rugby league) (1919–1991), Australian rugby league player
Tommy Briggs (1923–1984), English footballer
Tony Briggs (born 1967), Aboriginal Australian actor, playwright, screenwriter, and producer
Vic Briggs (1945–2021), British blues and rock musician, lead guitarist of Eric Burdon and The Animals
Walter Briggs Sr. (1877–1952), owner of the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Manufacturing Company
Walter Briggs Jr. (1912–1970), son of Walter Briggs Sr. and owner of the Detroit Tigers
William Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters[edit]

Bobby Briggs, fictional character in American television series Twin Peaks
Calico "Callie" Briggs, fictional character in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Charlie Briggs (One Life to Live)
Hortense Briggs, fictional character in An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Major Garland Briggs, fictional character in Twin Peaks
Jacqui Briggs, character in the arcade/videogame series Mortal Kombat
Jackson "Jax" Briggs, character in the arcade/videogame series Mortal Kombat
Jonny Briggs, main character of eponymous BBC children's drama 1985–1987
Kim Briggs (Scrubs), mother of J.D.'s baby in American TV comedy-drama Scrubs
Randolph Briggs, fictional character in the American television series Alice, played by Hans Conried.
Sandra Briggs, fictional character in British soap opera Emmerdale
Miss Briggs, character in American television series iCarly
Uncle Briggs (1949–1988), host of an American children's television series which aired on WSIL-TV

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