Higginson or Higgenson may refer to:

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Andrew Higginson Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977) is an English professional snooker player from Widnes, Cheshire. He is best known for being the surprise finalist of the 2007 Welsh Open (snooker), 2007 Welsh Open. Career Early years After some succ ...

(born 1977), English professional snooker player *

Bobby Higginson Robert Leigh Higginson (born August 18, 1970) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played his entire career for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Higginson ...

(born 1970), American professional baseball player *

Francis Higginson Francis Higginson (1588–1630) was an early Puritan minister in Colonial New England, and the first minister of Salem, Massachusetts. He was an ancestor of Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Biography England The son of a minister, Francis Higgin ...

(1588–1630), colonial American Puritan and publisher * Francis J. Higginson (1843–1931), American admiral *

Gary Higginson Gary Higginson (born 1952) is a British composer. Higginson trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Edmund Rubbra, Patric Standford, Buxton Orr and Alfred Nieman then at Birmingham University under John Joubert. He is a member ...

(born 1952), British Composer *

George Higginson General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, (21 June 1826 – 1 February 1927) was a British Army officer and veteran of the Crimean War who served more than 30 years in the Grenadier Guards. Early life Higginson was born in 1826 in Marlo ...

(1826–1927), British general and Crimean War hero * Harry Pasley Higginson (1838-1900), a British and New Zealand civil engineer *

Henry Lee Higginson Henry Lee Higginson (November 18, 1834 – November 14, 1919) was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a patron of Harvard University. Early life Higginson was born in New Yo ...

(1834–1919), American businessman and philanthropist; founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra *

Huw Higginson Huw Higginson (born 21 February 1964) is a British-born actor, based in Australia, who is best known for playing PC George Garfield in ''The Bill'' from 1989 to 1999. Higginson has also appeared in '' Heartbeat'', ''EastEnders'', ''Casualty'' ...

(born 1964), British actor * James Higginson (cricketer) (1885–1940), English cricketer * Jill Higginson, American biomechanical engineer * Stephen Higginson (Continental Congress) (1743–1828), American merchant and shipmaster from Boston; delegate to the Continental Congress *

Stephanie Higginson Stephanie Higginson is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election, 2024 general election. She represents the electoral district of Ladysmith-Oceanside as a me ...

, Canadian politician * Stephen A. Higginson (born 1961), American federal judge * Teresa Helena Higginson (1844–1905), English Roman Catholic mystic * Thomas Higginson (Canadian politician) (born 1810), Canadian political figure *

Thomas Higginson (soldier) Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Higginson (January 9, 1794 – January 22, 1884) was an Irish-born soldier, civic official and politician in Ontario, Canada. Overview The son of Boyd Higginson and Jane Crawford, he was born in County Antrim and ca ...

(1794–1884), Canadian soldier, civic official and politician *

Thomas Wentworth Higginson Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823May 9, 1911), who went by the name Wentworth, was an American Unitarianism, Unitarian minister, author, Abolitionism, abolitionist, politician, and soldier. He was active in abolitionism in the United ...

(1823–1911), American author, abolitionist, and soldier *Timothy Higginson, real name of

Tim Wylton Tim Wylton (born Timothy Higginson; 27 February 1940) is a British actor best known for his television roles as Stanley Dawkins in '' My Hero'', and Lol Ferris in '' As Time Goes By''. Career As a stage actor he appeared in Zeffirelli's noted 19 ...

(born 1940), Welsh actor *

Torri Higginson Sarah Victoria Higginson (born December 6, 1969) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the '' TekWar'' movies and series, and for portraying Elizabeth Weir in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' (2004–2008), Jordan ...

(born 1969), Canadian actress * William J. Higginson (1938–2008), American poet, translator and author

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Higginson, Arkansas Higginson is a second-class city in White County, Arkansas, United States. Randall Homsley is the current mayor and was a volunteer police officer until the volunteer police force was disbanded. The population was 621 at the 2010 census. Geog ...

, USA *

Higginson Island Higginson Island is a small island in the Arafura Sea lying off the north-eastern coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is one of the East Bremer Islets, lying to the north and east of the much larger Bremer Island. ...

, Northern Territory, Australia

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* Lee, Higginson & Co., American Boston-based investment bank * Higginson Highway, a road in eThekwini, South Africa

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