Riggs is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anna Rankin Riggs (1835-1908), American social reformer *

Arthur Riggs (geneticist) Arthur Dale Riggs (August 8, 1939 – March 23, 2022) was an American geneticist who worked with Genentech to express the first artificial gene in bacteria. His work was critical to the modern biotechnology industry because it was the first use ...

(1939-2022), American geneticist *

Arthur Stanley Riggs Arthur Stanley Riggs (1879 – November 8, 1952) was an American writer, editor and historian, noted for his biographies of Titian and Velázquez. Biography Riggs was born in New York City in 1879. In 1896, he took his first job as a clerk for Sta ...

(1879–1952), American author and historian *

Bobby Riggs Robert Larimore Riggs (February 25, 1918 – October 25, 1995) was an American tennis champion who was the World No. 1 amateur in 1939 and World No. 1 professional in 1946 and 1947. He played his first professional tennis match on December ...

(1918–1995), American tennis player * Chandler Riggs (born 1999), American actor * Christina Riggs, British-American historian *

Christina Marie Riggs Christina Marie Riggs (September 2, 1971 – May 2, 2000) was convicted of the November 1997 murders of her two children, Justin Dalton Thomas (age 5) and Shelby Alexis Riggs (age 2). Riggs was a licensed practical nurse, and she planned to kill t ...

(1971–2000), American murderer *

Cody Riggs Cody Tyler Riggs (born December 30, 1991) is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Florida and Notre Dame. High school career Riggs attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was p ...

(born 1991), American football player * Dax Riggs (born 1973), American musician * Derek Riggs (born 1958), British artist *

Dudley Riggs Dudley Riggs (January 18, 1932 – September 22, 2020) was an improvisational comedian who created the Instant Theater Company in New York, which later moved to Minneapolis to become the Brave New Workshop comedy troupe. Family and early care ...

(1932–2020), American comedian *

Dudley Riggs (American football) Thomas Dudley Riggs (January 28, 1875 – May 22, 1913) was an All-American football player. He played for Princeton University and was selected as an All-American in 1895. Early years Riggs was the son of Lawrason Riggs, a well-known banke ...

(1875–1913), American football player *

Elmer S. Riggs Elmer Samuel Riggs (January 23, 1869 – March 25, 1963) was an American paleontologist known for his work with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Biography He was born in Trafalgar, Indiana, and moved with his family ...

(1869–1963), American paleontologist * Frank Riggs (born 1950), American politician *

George Washington Riggs George Washington Riggs (July 4, 1813 – August 24, 1881) was an American businessman and banker. He was known as "The President's Banker." He was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Peabody Education Fund. Early life Riggs was ...

(1813–1881), American banker and businessman *

Gerald Riggs Gerald Antonio Riggs (born November 6, 1960) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons from 1982 to 1988 and the Washington Redskins from 1989 to 1991. Before his NFL career, he at ...

(born 1960), American football player *

Grattan Riggs Thomas Grattan Riggs (January 1835 – 15 June 1899) was a US-born actor who had a significant career in Australia portraying Irish characters, though he never visited the place. History Riggs was born in Buffalo, New York to parents from Coun ...

(1835–1899), US-Australian "Irish" actor *

James Garland Riggs James Garland Riggs (born July 28, 1941) is an American saxophonist in classical and jazz idioms, big band director, collegiate music educator, and international music clinician. He is also a University of North Texas Regents Professor Emeritus . ...

(born 1941), American saxophonist * Jerry Riggs (born 1956), American musician * Joe Riggs (born 1982), American mixed martial artist *

John M. Riggs John M. Riggs (born December 2, 1946) is a retired United States Army general. He was retired in 2005. He had attained the rank of lieutenant general, but was retired with the loss of one star, at the rank of major general. According to the army, ...

, American army general *

Lawrason Riggs Lawrason Riggs (October 17, 1861 – November 22, 1940) was an American businessman, civic leader, and collector of old master prints, active in Baltimore. Biography Lawrason Riggs was born on October 17, 1861, in New York to Lawrason Riggs and h ...

(1861–1940), American businessman and art collector *

Lutah Maria Riggs Lutah Maria Riggs (October 31, 1896 – March 8, 1984) was an American architect who worked for several decades in Santa Barbara, California. Born in Toledo, Ohio, she moved with her mother to Santa Barbara after high school, where she returned ...

(1896–1984), American architect *

Marcia Y. Riggs Marcia Y. Riggs is an American author, the J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, and the Director of ThM Program at Columbia Theological Seminary, a womanist theologian, and a recognized authority on the black woman's club movement o ...

, American scholar, professor and theologian * Marlon Riggs (1957–1994), American poet, educator, filmmaker, and activist * Mike Riggs (born 1971), American guitarist * Nina Riggs (1977–2017), American writer and poet * Richard William Riggs (1938-2022), American judge * Scott Riggs (born 1971), American race car driver *

Sheila M. Riggs Sheila M. Riggs serves as chair of the Department of Primary Dental Care at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry as well as the community engagement director for the University's Clinical and Translational Science Institute. In these ...

, American dentistry academic *

Thomas Riggs, Jr. Thomas W. Riggs Jr. (October 17, 1873 – January 16, 1945) was an American engineer who worked extensively in Alaska Territory, first as a leader of the team which surveyed the Alaska-Canada border and later as a Commissioner oversee construct ...

(1873–1945), American politician and engineer * William "Billy" Riggs, American professor, author, engineer, urban planner and musician

Fictional characters

* Martin Riggs, a police officer in '' Lethal Weapon'' *Mr. Riggs, character in ''

Under Capricorn ''Under Capricorn'' is a 1949 British historical thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a couple in Australia who started out as lady and stable boy in Ireland, and who are now bound together by a horrible secret. The film is based on ...

'' *Mrs. Riggs, character in ''

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Scotty Riggs Scott Antol (born March 1, 1971) is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1993 to 1999 under the ring names Scotty Riggs and Riggs. Antol is also known for his ap ...

(born 1971), ring name of American wrestler Scott Antol *Riggs, a rock band; see Jerry Riggs *

Riggs' disease Riggs' disease, also known as pyorrhea of a toothsocket or gingivitis expulsiva, is a historical term for periodontitis (gum disease), The condition was described as a purulent inflammation of the dental periosteum. It was named after American den ...

Riggs, Missouri Riggs is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by a ...

* Riggs Glacier * Riggs Bank, former bank in the Washington DC area * Riggs-Tompkins Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.

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