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:
“Fair, rich, and young: how rare is her perfection,
Were it not mingled with one foul infection!
I mean, so proud a heart, so curst a tongue,
As makes her seem nor fair, nor rich, nor young.”
—Sir John Harington (1561–1612)
“Madam, you’re making history. In fact, you’re making me and I wish you’d keep my hands to yourself.”
—S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman, Will Johnstone, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Monkey Business, a flirtatious remark while trying to make love to Lucille Briggs (Thelma Todd)