Higginbotham is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham Higginbotham, American screenwriter * Adam Higginbotham, British journalist * Andy Higginbotham, English footballer * Antony Higginbotham (born 1989), British politician * Charles Higginbotham, British soldier and cricketer * Danny Higginbotham, Gibraltar footballer *

Don Higginbotham Don Higginbotham (May 22, 1931 – June 22, 2008) was an American historian and Dowd Professor of History and Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A leading scholar of George Washington, he was a pioneering ...

, historian *

Elizabeth Higginbotham Elizabeth Higginbotham is a sociologist of race, gender and class. She received her undergraduate degree from City College of New York and her doctorate from Brandeis University. She first came to notice as one of the founding members of the Ce ...

, American sociologist of race, gender, and class * Elwood Higginbotham, 1935 lynching victim * Ernest Higginbotham, English footballer * Eve Higginbotham, American ophthalmologist * Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, professor of African-American studies, African-American Religion and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History at Harvard University * Fred Higginbotham, ice hockey player * G. J. Higginbotham, American politician from Alabama * Grady Higginbotham, college coach of baseball, basketball, and football at Texas Tech * Harry Higginbotham, Australian footballer * Henry Higginbotham, artist * Irene Higginbotham, songwriter and concert pianist *

Irv Higginbotham Irving Clinton Higginbotham (April 26, 1882 – June 13, 1959) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1906 to 1909. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. Higginbotham was born on April 26, 1 ...

, baseball player *

J. C. Higginbotham J. (Jack) C. Higginbotham (May 11, 1906 – May 26, 1973) was an American jazz trombonist. His playing was robust and swinging. Biography He was born in Social Circle, Georgia, United States, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the 1930s a ...

, jazz trombonist * James Higginbotham, American professor of linguistics and philosophy *James Higginbotham, birth name of English chemist and Alchemist James Price * Joan Higginbotham, astronaut *

Joshua Higginbotham Joshua Kurt Higginbotham (born July 23, 1996) is an American politician and author. He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates as a Republican, representing the 13th district, from 2016 until November 2021. Early life and education Higgi ...

, American politician from West Virginia *

Kallum Higginbotham Kallum Michael Higginbotham (born 15 June 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a winger for Tranent in the Lowland League. Higginbotham started his football career as a youth player at Salford City and then in Oldham Athletic's reserv ...

, English footballer * A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., United States Appellate Court judge *

Mitchell Higginbotham Mitchell Higginbotham (March 2, 1921 – February 14, 2016) was a U.S. Army Air Force officer who was a member of the African American World War II fighter group known as the Tuskegee Airmen. Biography Early life Higginbotham was born on ...

, American pilot and Tuskegee airman * Morris Higginbotham, American football coach *

Patrick Higginbotham Patrick Errol Higginbotham (born December 16, 1938) is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Background and education Judge Higginbotham wa ...

, United States Appellate Court judge *

Paul B. Higginbotham Paul B. Higginbotham (born October 14, 1954) is a retired judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. He was the first African American to serve on the court. He previously served nine years as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Dane County, Wiscon ...

, Wisconsin state court judge *Robert Higginbotham, birth name of singer Tommy Tucker * Scott Higginbotham, Australian Rugby Union player * Shorpy Higginbotham, child coal miner, namesake of Shorpy.com * Susan Higginbotham, author * Tegan Higginbotham, Australian actress and comedian

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