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 word briggs:
“Before I get through with you, you will have a clear case for divorce and so will my wife. Now, the first thing to do is arrange for a settlement. You take the children, your husband takes the house, Junior burns down the house, you take the insurance and I take you!”
—S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman, Will Johnstone, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Monkey Business, terms for a divorce settlement proposed while trying to woo Lucille Briggs (Thelma Todd)