Briggs may refer to:

People

Briggs (surname) Briggs is a Northern English surname found mainly in West Yorkshire and derives from the Old Norse word ''bryggja'' meaning 'bridge', and could also be related to the British Brigantes which once settled Yorkshire in the ancient Brythonic kingdo ...

Briggs (rapper) Adam Briggs (born 28 August 1986), who performs as Briggs and self-describes as Senator Briggs (although not a member of the Australian Senate), is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor, and author. Briggs bec ...

, Australian rapper

Places

;In the United States *

Briggs, Nebraska Briggs is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both a ...

, an unincorporated community * Briggs, Ohio *

Briggs, Oklahoma Briggs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census. History The community is said to have been named for John Briggs, a local merchant.

Briggs, Texas Briggs is an unincorporated community in eastern Burnet County, Texas, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 183 and FM 2657 northeast of Burnet. Its elevation is 1,102 feet (336 m), and it is located at (30.8896255, -97.9250 ...

Briggs, Virginia Briggs is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia. Briggs is located on Lord Fairfax Highway (U.S. Route 340). Etymology According to the Geographic Names Information System, Briggs was formerly known as Old Chapel. Features The ...

Briggs Lake Briggs Lake is a lake in Sherburne County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Briggs Lake was named for Josiah Briggs, a pioneer who settled near the lake. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promo ...

, a lake in Minnesota ;Elsewhere *

Briggs Islet Briggs Islet is a small granite island, with an area of 3.4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Great Dog Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. It i ...

, Tasmania, Australia *

Briggs Township, Ontario Briggs Township is a geographic township comprising a portion of the municipality of Temagami in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is used for geographic purposes, such as land surveying and natural resource Natural resources are resource ...

, Canada ;In space *

Briggs (crater) Briggs is a lunar impact crater that is located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum, to the east of the large walled plain Struve. It lies to the northeast of the walled plain Eddington, and north-northwest of the crater Seleucus. Th ...

, a lunar crater *

4209 Briggs 4209 Briggs, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 28 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 October 1986, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Paloma ...

, an asteroid discovered in 1986

Other uses

Briggs & Stratton Briggs & Stratton Corporation is an American manufacturer of gasoline engines with headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Engine production averages 10 million units per year as of April 2015. The company reports that it has 13 large facilit ...

, a manufacturer of air-cooled gasoline engines * ''

Briggs v. Elliott ''Briggs v. Elliott'', 342 U.S. 350 (1952), on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, challenged school segregation in Summerton, South Carolina. It was the first of the five cases combined into ''Brown v ...

'', one of the school segregation cases consolidated with ''Brown v. Board of Education'' *

Briggs Automotive Company Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) is a British car manufacturer that created Mono, a road-legal sports car with only one seat. BAC is based in the city of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Mono cars are exported to 46 countries around the world. Backgrou ...

or BAC, a car manufacturing company *

Briggs Initiative California Proposition 6, informally known as the Briggs Initiative, was a ballot initiative put to a referendum on the California state ballot in the November 7, 1978 election. It was sponsored by John Briggs, a conservative state legislator ...

, either of two pieces of Californian legislation sponsored by John Briggs *

Briggs Manufacturing Company Briggs Manufacturing was an American, Detroit-based manufacturer of automobile bodies for Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation and other U.S. and European automobile manufacturers. In 1953 it was bought by Chrysler Corporation without its fo ...

, manufacturer of car bodies for Ford and Chrysler *

The Briggs The Briggs are a punk rock band based out of Los Angeles, California. The Band Formed in 1999 under the name "I Decline" by brothers Joey and Jason LaRocca and bassist Matthew Stolarz (a.k.a. Duck). In 2001, with the addition of drummer Chris Ar ...

, a punk rock band *

Myers–Briggs Type Indicator In Personality type, personality typology, the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an introspection, introspective self-report study, self-report questionnaire indicating differing Psychology, psychological preferences in how people perceiv ...

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