# Higgs

Higgs may refer to:

## Physics

* Higgs boson, an elementary particle
* Higgs factory, a proposed particle accelerator
* Higgs field, a quantum field
* Higgs field (classical)
* Higgs mechanism, an explanation for electroweak symmetry breaking
* Higgs phase
* Higgs sector

## Mathematics

* Higgs bundle, a vector bundle
* Higgs prime, a class of prime numbers

## People

* Alan Higgs (died 1979), English businessman and philanthropist
* Alf Higgs (born 1904), Welsh rugby league footballer
* Alfred Higgs (athlete) (born 1991), Bahamian sprinter
* Amanda Higgs, Australian television producer, writer and executive
* Anna Higgs, English film producer
* Avis Higgs (1918–2016), New Zealand textile designer and painter
* Blaine Higgs (born 1954), Canadian politician; Premier of New Brunswick
* Blake Alphonso Higgs (1915–1986), Bahamian singer and musician
* Cecil Higgs (1898–1986), South African artist
* Colleen Higgs (born 1962), South African writer and publisher
* David Higgs, American organist
* Denis Higgs (1929–2011), English mathematician
* Derek Higgs (1944–2008), English business leader and merchant banker, son of Alan Higgs
* Douglas Higgs (born 1951), British haematologist
* Dustin Higgs (1972–2021), American convicted murderer
* Eric Higgs (disambiguation), various people
* George Higgs (1930–2013), American Piedmont blues musician
* Godfrey Higgs (1907–1986), Bahamian sailor
* Griffin Higgs (1589–1659), English churchman
* Harry Higgs (born 1991), American golfer
* Helen Burns Higgs (1897–1983), Bahamian writer, journalist and botanical illustrator
* Henry Higgs (1864–1940), English civil servant, economist and historian of economic thought
* Henry Marcellus Higgs (also known as H.M. Higgs) (1855–1929), English composer and music arranger
* Hubert Higgs (1911–1992), Anglican Bishop of Hull
* Jake Higgs (born 1975), Canadian curler
* James Higgs (1829–1902), English organist and teacher, uncle of Henry Marcellus Higgs
* Jess Higgs (born 1989), Australian singer also known as George Maple
* Jim Higgs (born 1950), Australian former cricketer
* Joe Higgs (1940–1999), Jamaican singer and musician
* John Higgs (born 1970s), English writer, novelist, journalist
* Jonathan Higgs (born 1985), English singer-songwriter and musician
* Ken Higgs (1937–2016), English cricketer
* Ken Higgs (Canadian football) (1930–2002), Canadian football player
* Kenneth Higgs (1886–1959), English cricketer
* Kenny Higgs (born 1955), American retired basketball player, brother of Mark Higgs
* Lesley Higgs (born 1965), English footballer
* Mark Higgs (born 1966), American football player who played in the National Football League, brother of Kenny Higgs
* Mark Higgs (cricketer) (born 1976), Australian cricketer
* Mary Higgs (1854–1937), British writer and social reformer
* Matthew Higgs (born 1964), English artist, curator, writer and publisher
* Michael Higgs (born 1962), English actor
* Michael Higgs (politician) (1912–1995), British Member of Parliament
* Mike Higgs, British comic book artist, writer, designer, and editor
* Montague Higgs (1939–2006), Bahamian sailor
* Nate Higgs (born 1970), American/Spanish basketball player and coach
* Nick Higgs, English businessman and football club chairman
* Peter Higgs (1929–2024), British physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, namesake of the Higgs boson particle
* Ray Higgs (born 1950), Australian rugby league footballer
* Raymond Higgs (born 1991), Bahamian long jumper
* Rebekah Higgs (born 1982), Canadian singer
* Robert Higgs (born 1944), American economist
* Robert W. Higgs (born 1957), South African admiral
* Russell Shaw Higgs (born 1960), British artist and political activist
* Shane Higgs (born 1977), English footballer
* Suzanne Higgs, English psychologist
* Teddy Higgs (died 1950), British tennis player
* Tracy Higgs (born 1970), British psychic and television personality
* Walter Higgs (1886–1961), British Member of Parliament
* William Higgs (disambiguation), various people

## Fiction

* Higgs, narrator in the 1872 novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler
* John Higgs, a silent character in The Archers on BBC Radio 4
* Higgs Monaghan, an antagonist in Hideo Kojima's 2019 video game Death Stranding