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O' Higgins is an Irish surname and a sept of the O' Neill family. It may refer to: *
Bernard O' Higgins Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern ...
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Bishop of Elphin The Bishop of Elphin (; ) is an Episcopal polity, episcopal title which takes its name after the village of Elphin, County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but ...
(1542–64) * William T. O' Higgins (18291874), Irish-American, Catholic chaplain during the American Civil War *the following Irish politicians (all related): **
Kevin O' Higgins Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictiona ...
(18921927), Irish politician ** Thomas F. O' Higgins (d. 1953), Irish politician **
Tom O'Higgins Thomas Francis O'Higgins (23 July 1916 – 25 February 2003) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland and a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1974 to 1985, a Judge of the European Court of Just ...
(19162003), Irish politician, barrister, and judge **
Michael O' Higgins Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
(19172005), Irish politician *the following Chilean politicians (all related): **
Bernardo O' Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Althou ...
(17781842), Chilean independence leader **
Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno Ambrosio Bernardo O'Higgins y O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (c. 1720 – 19 March 1801) born Ambrose Bernard O'Higgins (''Ambrós Bearnárd Ó hUiginn'', in Irish), was an Irish-Spanish colonial administrator and a member of the O'Higgins f ...
(1720?1801), colonial governor of Spanish America; father of Bernardo


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Ó hUiginn Ó hUiginn is the surname of a Gaels, Gaelic-Irish people, Irish family of soldiers, poets, and historians located in Connacht. Originally part of the southern Uí Néill based in the Irish midlands, they moved west into Connacht. They were espec ...
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O'Higgins (disambiguation) O’Higgins may refer to: People *O'Higgins (surname), lists notable people with the surname *O'Higgins family Places *O'Higgins Region, Chile * O'Higgins, Chile, commune in the Capitán Prat Province, Aysén Region, Chile * Villa O'Higgins, the ...
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Higgins (surname) Higgins is a surname found in England and in Ireland, with several origins. In England, the name originates from: * the name Hugh (given name), Hugh * the name Hig (both the son of Hugh and a diminutive of Hugh) * Hicke, a diminutive of Richar ...
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