Higham (surname)

Higham is a surname based on geographical locations in England — see Higham — and was originally for people from those locations.

People with the surname include:

• Alice Higham, believed to be the birth name of Anne Line (c. 1563–1601), English Catholic martyr and saint
• Charles Higham (archaeologist) (born 1939), British-born New Zealand archaeologist
• Charles Higham (biographer) (1931–2012), English biographer and poet
• Clement Higham (before 1495–1571), English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons and Chief Baron of the Exchequer
• Darrel Higham (born 1970), English rockabilly guitarist,
• Desmond Higham (born 1964), British mathematician
• Dick Higham (1851–1905), English-born American baseball player and umpire, only umpire to be banned from baseball
• Edward Higham (1846–1885), Australian politician
• Frank Higham (1905–1975), English footballer
• Jennifer Higham (born 1984), British actress
• John Higham (Australian politician) (1856–1927)
• John Higham (historian) (1920–2003), American historian
• John Sharp Higham (1857–1932), British politician and businessman
• Mickey Higham (born 1980), English former rugby league player
• N. J. Higham (born 1951), British archaeologist and medieval historian
• Nicholas Higham (1961–2024), British mathematician
• Nick Higham (born 1954), British journalist and author
• Roger Higham (by 1515–1558), also spelt Roger Heigham, Member of Parliament and Tudor Protestant reformer, grandfather of Alice Higham
• Ruth Higham (born 1978), English former model
• Scott Higham, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
• Tim Higham, also known as Tim FitzHigham, English comedian, author, artist and world record holder
• Tom Higham (disambiguation), several people