{{wiktionary}} '''Higgs''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==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 *Devon Higgs (born 2000), American basketball player *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
==Fictional characters== *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''
==See also== {{canned search|higgs|higg's|higgses|higgs's|higgss}} * {{srt}} <!-- * HIGG --> <!-- * HIGS --> * HIG (disambiguation)
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