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)
• Maol Sheachluinn na n-Uirsgéal Ó hUiginn
• Michael D. Higgins, ninth and current President of Ireland
• Philip Bocht Ó hUiginn
• Tadhg Mór Ó hUiginn
• Tadg Óg Ó hUiginn
• Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn
• 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, 1st Marquess of Osorno (1720? – 1801), colonial governor of Spanish America; father of Bernardo

See also

• O' Higgins (disambiguation)
• Higgins (surname)