John Briggs

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:

    “I got it: Man Without Head Kills Rich Jeweler. What an eight- column spread that’d be on the front page. Why that’s the greatest story since Lindbergh flew to Paris. Oh boy, if only it was true.”
    —P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston (1899–1954)

    “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)