John Higgins is the name of a number of people:

• John Woodman Higgins (1874-1961), steel businessman, armory museum founder
• John Higgins (RAF officer) (1875-1948), Royal Air Force officer
• John Higgins (cricketer) (1885-1970), English cricketer who also umpired one Test match
• John Gilbert Higgins (1891-1963), Newfoundland politician
• John Patrick Higgins (1893-1955), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• John C. Higgins (1908-1995), screenwriter
• John Higgins (singer) (1939-1984), American singer of Indian songs
• John Higgins (comics), comic book artist
• John Michael Higgins (1963-), actor
• John Higgins (1975-), Scottish snooker player
• Johnnie Lee Higgins (1983-), Wide Receiver for the Oakland Raiders
• Jonathan Higgins, a character in Magnum, P.I. played by John Hillerman