O'Higgins (surname)
O'Higgins is an Irish surname and a sept of the O'Neill family. It may refer to:
- O'Higgins clan of Ireland
- O'Higgins family Noble family of Sligo and Meath
People of the Surname (Not always related to each other
- Bernard O'Higgins, Bishop of Elphin (1542-64)
- Michael D. Higgins, ninth and current President of Ireland
- William T. O'Higgins (1829 – 1874) an Irish-American, Catholic chaplain during the American Civil War.
- the following Irish politicians (all related):
- Kevin O'Higgins (1892 – 1927), Irish politician
- Thomas F. O'Higgins (d. 1953), Irish politician
- Tom O'Higgins (1916 – 2003), Irish politician, barrister, and judge
- Michael O'Higgins (1917 – 2005), Irish politician
- the following Chilean politicians (all related):
- Bernardo O'Higgins (1778 – 1842), Chilean independence leader
- Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno (1720? – 1801), colonial governor of Spanish America; father of Bernardo
See also
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