Rigg
Rigg comes from the Scottish word "ridge" or "furrow". It may refer to:
People
Rigg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Archie Rigg (1872–1951), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1890s, 1900s, and 1910s for Halifax (RU), Yorkshire (RL), and Halifax
- Archibald G. Rigg (1878-1959), Canadian-born American architect
- Bryan Mark Rigg (born 1971), historian of the Second World War and author of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
- Clem Rigg (1899–1966), English professional footballer
- Diana Rigg (born 1938), English actress
- Edwin Augustus Rigg (1822–1882), 49er, officer in the American Civil War and the Apache Wars
- James Harrison Rigg (1821–1909), English minister
- John Rigg (1858–1943), New Zealand politician of the Labour Party
- Keith Rigg (1906–1995), Australian cricketer
- Rebecca Rigg (born 1967), Australian actress
- Richard Rigg (British politician) (1877–1942), British Liberal politician who defected to the Conservatives
- Richard Rigg (Canadian politician) (1872–1964), Canadian minister and politician
- Sean Rigg (born 1988), English footballer
Places
- High Rigg, a small hill located in the English Lake District a few miles from the town of Keswick and Low Rigg, a smaller hill nearby
- Eccle Riggs
- Haverigg
- Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
- Rigg, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Fictional characters
- Rigg, a character in the Saw film series
- Rigg Sessamekesh, the protagonist of Orson Scott Card's novel, Pathfinder.
See also
- Rig (disambiguation)
- Riggs, a surname
- Rigging
- Riggs (disambiguation)
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