Higgins (family name)
Higgins is a family name from English-speaking countries.
Name bearer
A.
- Aidan Higgins (1927-2015), Irish writer
- Alex Higgins (1949-2010), Northern Irish snooker player
- Andrew Jackson Higgins (1886–1952), American engineer
- Anthony Higgins (actor) (born 1947), British actor
- Anthony C. Higgins (1840–1912), American politician
B.
- Bertie Higgins (born Elbert Joseph Higgins ; * 1944), American musician
- Billy Higgins (1936-2001), American jazz drummer
- Brian Higgins (* 1959), American politician
- Bryan Higgins (1741-1818 / 1820), Irish natural philosopher
C.
- Cari Higgins (* 1976), American racing cyclist
- Chris Higgins (ice hockey player) (* 1986), Italian-American ice hockey player
- Chris Higgins (musician) (* 1967), American jazz musician
- Christopher Higgins (born 1983), American ice hockey player
- Christopher Longuet-Higgins (1923-2004), British chemist and physicist
- Chuck Higgins (actually Charles William Higgins ; 1924–1999), American saxophonist
- Clare Higgins (born 1955), British actress
- Clay Higgins (* 1961), American politician
- Colin Higgins (screenwriter) (1941–1988), Australian writer, screenwriter and director
- Colin Higgins (actor) († 2012), British actor
- Colin J. Higgins (* 1981), American film editor
- Cory Higgins (* 1989), American basketball player
D.
- Daniel Higgins (* 1998), Scottish football player
- David Higgins (* 1972), British rally driver
- David Higgins (rower) (born 1947), American rower
- David Anthony Higgins (born 1961), American actor
- Dick Higgins (actually Richard Carter Higgins ; 1938–1998), English-Canadian composer, playwright and publisher
- Don Higgins (1934-2004), New Zealand badminton player
E.
- Eddie Higgins (1932–2009), American jazz pianist
- Edward Higgins (1930-2006), American sculptor
- Edward J. Higgins (1864–1947), British General in the Salvation Army
- Edwin Higgins , American politician
- Edwin W. Higgins (1874–1954), American politician
- Eliot Higgins (* 1979), British journalist
F.
- FE Higgins , Irish children's author
- Frank G. Higgins (1863–1905), American politician
- Frank W. Higgins (1856–1907), American politician
G
- George V. Higgins (1939–1999), American writer, lawyer, and university professor
H
- HB Higgins (1851–1929), Australian politician and lawyer
- Hannah Higgins (* 1964), American art historian
- Henry Higgins (1944–1978), Colombian-English bullfighter
J
- Jack Higgins (born 1929), British author
- James H. Higgins (1876–1927), American politician
- Jessica Higgins (* 1976), German-British actress
- Jim Higgins (* 1945), Irish politician
- Joe Higgins (born 1949), Irish politician
- John Higgins (cricketer) (1885-1970) British cricketer
- John Higgins (Admiral) (1899–1973), American admiral
- John Higgins (comic artist) (born 1949), British comic artist
- John Higgins (* 1975), Scottish snooker player
- John Higgins (theater producer) († 2011), American theater producer
- John C. Higgins (1908–1995), American screenwriter
- John Gilbert Higgins (1891–1963), Canadian politician
- John McLaughlin Higgins (1961-2006), American journalist
- John Michael Higgins (born 1963), American actor
- John Patrick Higgins (1893–1955), American politician
- Johnnie Lee Higgins (born 1983), American football player
- José Consuegra Higgins († 2013), Colombian writer and social scientist
- Joseph Higgins (1838–1915), Roman Catholic bishop
K
- Kenneth Higgins (1919-2008), British cameraman
- Kenny Higgins (* 1982), American football player
M.
- Maeve Higgins (* 1981), Irish journalist, author, comedian and film actress
- Marguerite Higgins (1920–1966), American journalist
- Marie Musaeus Higgins (1855–1926), German-American theosophist and educator
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020), American author
- Matt Higgins (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Higgins (actor) (1920–2008), American actor
- Michael D. Higgins (* 1941), Irish poet and politician (Irish Labor Party), President from 2011
- Michael Longuet-Higgins (1925–2016), British mathematician and geophysicist
- Missy Higgins (* 1983), Australian singer-songwriter
N
- Norm Higgins (born 1936), American marathon runner
P
- Pattillo Higgins (1863–1955), American oil explorer and entrepreneur
- Peter Higgins (1928–1993), British athlete
- Polly Higgins (1968–2019), British lawyer and expert on ecocides
R.
- Reynold Higgins (1916–1993), British archaeologist
- Richard Brendan Higgins (* 1944), Irish clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the US military ordinariate
- Richard W. Higgins (1922–1957), American pilot
- Robert Higgins (1925–1998), American weightlifter
- Robina Higgins (1915–1990), Canadian athlete
- Rosalyn Higgins (born 1937), British judge
- Ross Higgins (1930-2016), Australian actor
- Ruaidhri Higgins (* 1984), Northern Irish football player
S.
- Scott Higgins (* 1984), English pool player
T
- Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins (* 1928), British Conservative politician and silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games
- Thomas Higgins (18th / 19th century), Spanish Carmelite, Romanist, Hispanist and lexicographer of Irish origin
- Thomas J. Higgins (1831-1917), American soldier
- Tim Higgins ( Timothy Raymond Higgins ; * 1958), Canadian ice hockey player and scout
W.
- William Higgins (chemist) (1763-1825) Irish chemist
- William Higgins (tennis player) , American tennis player
- William Higgins (Director) (1942–2019), American film director
- William L. Higgins (1867–1951), American politician
- William Victor Higgins (1884–1949), American painter
Fictional people
- Bryan Edgar Higgins , main character in Edgar Wallace films
- Henry Higgins , main character in the musical My Fair Lady
- Jonathan Higgins , main character in Magnum (TV series)