Rigg

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

• 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 (1925–2025), 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

• Bailrigg, the home of Lancaster University, Lancashire England
• Bigrigg, a village in Cumbria, England
• Drigg, a village in Cumbria on the coast of the Irish Sea
• Eccle Riggs, a country house in Cumbria, England
• Haverigg, a village in Cumbria, England
• High Rigg, a small hill in the English Lake District
• Newton Rigg College, a former agricultural college near Penrith
• Nine Standards Rigg, a summit in the North Pennines near Kirkby Stephen

• Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
• Rigg, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

• Officer Rigg, a character in the Saw film series
• Rigg Sessamekesh, the protagonist of Orson Scott Card's novel Pathfinder

• Hazelrigg (disambiguation)
• Rig (disambiguation)
• Riggs, a surname
• Rigging
• Runrig, Scottish Celtic rock band