Big Four

Big Four or Big 4 may refer to:

Places

Big Four, West Virginia
Big Four Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky (so named because it once carried the Big Four Railroad across the Ohio River)
Big Four Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington

Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad), US railroad entrepreneurs of the 19th century
Big Four (debutantes), prominent Chicago debutantes in the early 20th century
Big Four (Najaf), the four leading Grand Ayatollahs in Iraq
Big Four (Scotland Yard), in charge of the CID at Scotland Yard from about 1919 onwards
Big Four of Maryland Thoroughbred racing, four trainers who dominated the sport in the 1960s and 1970s
The Big Four (Calgary), Alberta businessmen and philanthropists of the early 20th century

Big Four (banking), several groupings of banks in different countries
Big Four (airlines), a group of US airlines that operated in the 20th century
Big Four (British railway companies), the companies formed after the Grouping Act in 1922
Big Four accounting firms, the largest international accountancy and professional services firms
Big Four in US broadcast television, the traditional Big Three television networks of ABC, CBS and NBC plus Fox Broadcasting Company
Big Four Railroad, a nickname of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL) in the Midwestern United States
Japanese Big Four, the four largest Japanese motorcycle manufacturers: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha
Big Four tech companies, US technology companies, commonly described as being in a period of significant growth

Big Four (Western Europe): France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
Big Four Conference, various conferences between the victorious nations after World War I and World War II
The Big Four (World War I), the four major Allied powers and their leaders at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919: France, Italy, Britain and the United States
The Four Policemen or Big Four, a proposed post-World War II council expected to guarantee world peace (China, Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States)

The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria concert recording with thrash metal bands Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax

Big Four (Eurovision), the four main sponsoring countries of the Eurovision Song Contest before 2011
Big Four (Grammy Awards) or the General Field, four standard Grammy Awards spanning all genres

Big Four (band), a Chinese male pop group
Big Four (Britpop), used to describe four of most popular bands on the Britpop scene of the 1990s; Blur, Oasis, Pulp, Suede
Big Four (Thrash metal), used to describe four of the most popular and recognizable bands on the thrash metal scene in the 1980s and early 1990s; Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer

Big 4 (sculpture), outside the Channel 4 headquarters in London
The Big Four (novel), by Agatha Christie
The Four Greats of Norwegian authors, Norw. "de fire store" (lit. "the big four")
The Big Four films of the Disney Renaissance: The Little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King

Big Four (English football), also commonly referred to as the "Top Four" - consisting of Arsenal F.C., Chelsea F.C., Liverpool F.C., and Manchester United's domination in the Premier League during the 2000s
Big Four (polo), an American polo team of the early 20th century
Big Four (tennis), top male tennis players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray
Big Four, the four leading major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL
Big Four, officially the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, the forerunner to the Canadian Football League East Division

Big 4 (lottery), an online game in the Pennsylvania Lottery
Big Four (Indian snakes), four snake species responsible for the most snake-bites in India
Big Four (Motorcycle gang), four motorcycle clubs designated by police as outlaw gangs and liable for RICO prosecution
Big Four (White Star Line), a quartet of British ocean liners of the early 20th century
Big Four international beauty pageants for women: Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Universe, and Miss World
Norton Big 4, a British motorcycle produced between 1907 and 1954