Briggs (surname)

Briggs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Briggs, stage name Briggs (rapper), Australian rapper
• Alfie Briggs (1888–1952), Scottish footballer
• 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
• Carlos Briggs (born 1964), American basketball player
• Charles Augustus Briggs (1841–1913), American theologian
• Charles Frederick Briggs (1804–1877), American journalist
• Charles James Briggs (1865–1941), British Army general
• Charlie Briggs (footballer) (1911–1993), English footballer
• Clare Briggs (1875–1930), American comics artist
• Danny Briggs (born 1991), English cricketer
• David Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
• Derek Briggs (born 1950), Irish paleontologist
• Everett Francis Briggs (1908–2006), American Catholic priest and miners' activist
• Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898), American politician
• Frank O. Briggs (1851–1913), American politician
• Frank P. Briggs (1894–1992), American politician
• Gary Briggs (musician), British guitarist
• Gary Briggs (footballer) (born 1959), British footballer
• George N. Briggs, American politician
• Gilbert Briggs (1890–1978), English founder of Wharfedale loudspeakers
• Greg Briggs (born 1968), American football player
• Harlan Briggs (1879 – 1952), American actor
• Harold Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
• Henry Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ian Briggs (born 1958), British television writer
• Jack Briggs (disambiguation)
• James Briggs (disambiguation), any of several people
• 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
• Joe Bob Briggs, pseudonym of John Irving Bloom (born 1953), American film critic and actor
• John Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people by the name of John, Johnny, and other variations
• Josephine Briggs, American nephrologist
• Karen Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
• Katharine Cook Briggs (1875–1968), American co-inventor of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test
• Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), British author
• Kenneth Briggs (born 1933), English cricketer and RAF officer
• 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
• Lyman James Briggs (1874–1963), American physicist and civil servant
• 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
• Melancthon J. Briggs (1846–1923), American politician
• Michael Briggs (judge), British judge
• Nicholas Briggs (born 1961), British actor
• Nimi Briggs (born 1944), Nigerian academic
• Patricia Briggs (born 1965), American fantasy writer
• Patrick Briggs (born 1940), English cricketer, rugby player and school headmaster
• Paul Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
• Raymond Briggs (born 1934), British illustrator and author
• Robert William Briggs (1911–1983), American biologist
• 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 HMS Hood
• Tom Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people
• Walter Briggs (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

• Bobby Briggs, fictional character in American television series Twin Peaks
• Calico "Callie" Briggs, fictional character in SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
• 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
• Sandra Briggs, fictional character in British soap opera Emmerdale
• Miss Briggs, character in American television series iCarly
• Uncle Briggs, host of an American children's television series which aired on WSIL-TV