Rigg

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

People

 * 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 (born 1926), 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

Places

 * Bailrigg, the home of Lancaster University, Lancashire England
 * Bigrigg a village in Cumbria, England
 * High Rigg, a small hill in the English Lake District
 * Eccle Riggs, a country house in Cumbria, England
 * Haverigg, a village in Cumbria, England
 * Rigg, Dumfries and Galloway, a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
 * Rigg, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

Fictional characters

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