Rigg

Rigg comes from the Scottish word for "ridge", as in the medieval "ridge and furrow" system of farming, or run rig land allocation. It may refer to:

People

• A. G. Rigg (1937–2019), British mediaevalist and academic
• Archibald G. Rigg (1878–1959), Canadian-born American architect
• Archibald Rigg (1865–1918), New Zealand cricketer
• Archie Rigg (c.1872–1951), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Basil Rigg (born 1926), Australian cricketer
• Bert Rigg (1923–2015), Australian cricketer
• Bryan Mark Rigg (born 1971), American author and speaker
• Caroline Rigg (1852–1929), British educator, school founder, and headmistress
• Chris Rigg (born 2007), English footballer
• Clem Rigg (1899–1966), English footballer
• Diana Rigg (1938–2020), English actress
• Eddie Rigg (1919–1991), British motercycle racer
• Edwin Augustus Rigg (1822–1882), 49er, officer in the American Civil War and the Apache Wars
• Elizabeth Schultz Rigg (1921–2001), American pianist, cabaret performer, dancer, and philanthropist
• George Rigg (1814–1887), Scottish Roman Catholic bishop
• George Burton Rigg (1872–1961), American botanist and ecologist
• James F. Rigg (1915–2004), US Navy Ace pilot
• James Harrison Rigg (1821–1909), English nonconformist minister and Methodist educator
• John Rigg (1858–1943), New Zealand politician
• Keith Rigg (1906–1995), Australian cricketer
• Rebecca Rigg (born 1967), Australian actress
• Richard Rigg (British politician) (1877–1942), British barrister and Liberal MP
• Richard Rigg (Canadian politician) (1872–1964), Canadian minister and politician
• Sean Rigg (born 1988), English footballer
• Steven Rigg (born 1992), English footballer
• Suzanne Rigg (born 1963), British and American track and field athlete and Olympics competitor
• Ted Rigg (1913–2002), American basketball player
• Theodore Rigg (1888–1972), British-born New Zealand agricultural chemist and scientific administrator
• Tia Rigg (1998–2010), British murder victim
• Tweedale Rigg (1986–1973), English footballer
• William Rigg (politician) (1847–1926), English-born Canadian businessman and Free Trade politician
• William Rigg (priest) (1877–1966), British Anglican priest

Places

• Bailrigg, the home of Lancaster University, Lancashire England
• Bigrigg a village in Cumbria, England
• High Rigg, a small hill in the English Lake District
• Eccle Riggs, a country house in Cumbria, England
• Haverigg, a village in Cumbria, England
• Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
• Rigg, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Fictional characters

• Officer 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