John Briggs may refer to:
- John Carmon Briggs (born 1920), American ichthyologist
- John Q. Briggs (1848âÂÂ1921), American state senator in Minnesota (1907âÂÂ1911)
- John R. Briggs Jr. (1822âÂÂ1872), American politician in Wisconsin
- Johnny Briggs (cricketer) (1862âÂÂ1902), English cricketer
- Johnny Briggs (actor) (1935âÂÂ2021), English actor who played Mike Baldwin in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Johnny Briggs (baseball) (born 1944), American former baseball outfielder
- John Briggs (baseball) (1934âÂÂ2018), American baseball pitcher
- Jonny Briggs, eponymous character in a BBC children's television programme, first broadcast in 1985
- Jon Briggs (born 1965), English voice actor and journalist
- John Briggs (politician) (1930âÂÂ2020), American politician
- John Briggs (author) (born 1945), American author and university lecturer
- John Briggs (bishop) (1789âÂÂ1861), bishop and Vicar Apostolic of the Northern District of England
- John Briggs, activist from Gainesville, Florida, and member of the Gainesville Eight group in the 1960s
- John Joseph Briggs (1819âÂÂ1876), English writer
- John Briggs (East India Company officer) (1785âÂÂ1875), British officer in the army of the East India Company, and author
- John Priestley Briggs (1868âÂÂ1944), English architect
- John Thomas Briggs (1781âÂÂ1865), accountant-general of the Royal Navy