O'Higgins (surname)

O' Higgins is an Irish surname and a sept of the O' Neill family. It may refer to:


 * Bernard O' Higgins, Bishop of Elphin (1542–64)
 * William T. O' Higgins (1829 – 1874), 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