Higginbotham is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Abraham Higginbotham, American screenwriter Adam Higginbotham, British journalist Andy Higginbotham, English footballer Antony Higginbotham (born 1989), British politician Charles Higginbotham, British soldier and cricketer Danny Higginbotham, Gibraltar footballer Don Higginbotham, historian Elizabeth Higginbotham, American sociologist of race, gender, and class Elwood Higginbotham, 1935 lynching victim Ernest Higginbotham, English footballer Eve Higginbotham, American ophthalmologist Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, professor of African-American studies, African-American Religion and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of History at Harvard University Fred Higginbotham, ice hockey player G. J. Higginbotham, American politician from Alabama Grady Higginbotham, college coach of baseball, basketball, and football at Texas Tech Harry Higginbotham, Australian footballer Henry Higginbotham, artist Irene Higginbotham, songwriter and concert pianist Irv Higginbotham, baseball player J. C. Higginbotham, jazz trombonist James Higginbotham, American professor of linguistics and philosophy James Higginbotham, birth name of English chemist and alchemist James Price Joan Higginbotham, astronaut Joshua Higginbotham, American politician from West Virginia Kallum Higginbotham, English footballer A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., United States Appellate Court judge Mitchell Higginbotham, American pilot and Tuskegee airman Morris Higginbotham, American football coach Patrick Higginbotham, United States Appellate Court judge Paul B. Higginbotham, Wisconsin state court judge Robert Higginbotham, birth name of singer Tommy Tucker Scott Higginbotham, Australian rugby union player Shorpy Higginbotham, child coal miner, namesake of Shorpy.com Susan Higginbotham, author Tegan Higginbotham, Australian actress and comedian
See also Higginbotham Insurance & Financial Services, an independent insurance brokerage firm founded in 1948. Higginbotham's, a company of book sellers and publishers in India. Malcolmson and Higginbotham, former Detroit architectural firm William E. Higginbotham Elementary School, formerly in Detroit.