John Briggs may refer to:
- Johnny Briggs (cricketer) (1862–1902), English cricketer
- Johnny Briggs (actor) (born 1935), English actor who played Mike Baldwin in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Johnny Briggs (baseball) (born 1944), American former baseball outfielder
- John Briggs (baseball) (born 1934), American baseball pitcher
- Jonny Briggs, eponymous character in a BBC children's television programme, first broadcast in 1985
- Jon Briggs (born 1965), English voice actor and journalist
- John Briggs (politician) (born 1930), American politician
- John Briggs (author), American author and university lecturer
- John Briggs (bishop) (1789–1861), bishop and Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England
- John Briggs, activist from Gainesville, Florida, and member of the Gainesville Eight group in the 1960s
- John Briggs (racing driver), Australian racing driver and race team owner
- John Joseph Briggs (1819–1876), writer
- John Briggs (East India Company officer) (1785–1875), British officer in the army of the East India Company, and author
- John Thomas Briggs (1781–1865), accountant-general of the Royal Navy
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or briggs:
“Dead of a dark thing, John Holmes, you’ve been lost
in the college chapel, mourned as father and teacher,
mourned with piety and grace under the University Cross.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The opposite of love is not hate, as many believe, but rather indifference. Nothing communicates disinterest more clearly than distancing. A child cannot feel valued by parents who are forever absorbed in their own affairs.”
—Dorothy Corkville Briggs (20th century)