title: William Briggs
text: # William Briggs
  
  William Briggs may refer to:
  
  * William Briggs (physician) (1642–1704), English physician and oculist
  * William Edward Briggs (1847–1903), English cotton manufacturer and Liberal politician
  * Sir William Edward Briggs Priestley (1859–1932), Liberal politician
  * William B. Briggs (born 1954), subject matter expert in sports and entertainment law
  * William Briggs (publisher) (1836–1922), Irish-born Canadian Methodist minister and publisher
  * William Perry Briggs (1856–1928), English medical officer of health
  * Harold Briggs (politician) (William James Harold Briggs, 1870–1945), British Conservative Party politician
  * Ronnie Briggs (William Ronald Briggs, 1943–2008), Northern Irish footballer
  * Billy Briggs (born 1977), musician and songwriter
  * William Briggs, a Canadian book publishing imprint later known as Ryerson Press
  