Driggs family explained
The Driggs family is an American business family descended from Joseph Driggs of Middletown and East Haddam, Connecticut (died November 1748).[1]
Notable members of the family
- Adam Driggs (born 1965), Maricopa County Arizona Superior Court judge
- Deborah Driggs (born 1963), actress, and businesswoman; Playboy Playmate for March 1990
- Edmund H. Driggs (1865–1946), United States Representative from New York from 1897 to 1901
- Elsie Driggs (1898–1992), painter of the 1920s and 1930s American modern-art movement, Precisionism
- Frank Driggs (1930–2011), Great Depression-era Grammy Award-winning musician and author
- H. Wayne Driggs (1902–1951), original scriptwriter for the Hill Cumorah Pageant, used from 1937 to 1987
- Howard R. Driggs (1873–1963), prominent author, and professor at the University of Utah between 1897 and 1923, and of New York University from 1923 until 1942. He was Latin: [[emeritus]] professor from 1942 until his death
- John B. Driggs (1852–1914), medical doctor and teacher, who served at the mission station of the Episcopal Church of the United States at Point Hope, Alaska,
- Jeff Driggs (born 1961), champion clog dancer, choreographer and entertainer; 2014 inductee to the America's Clogging Hall of Fame (ACHF)[2]
- John D. Driggs (1927–2014), Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1970 to 1974
- John F. Driggs (1813–1877), United States Representative from Michigan; the first person to represent Michigan's 6th congressional district
- Junius ElMarion Driggs (1907–1994), co-founder and CEO of Western Savings and Loan, which operated between 1929 and 1990); president of the Mesa Arizona Temple from 1975 to 1980
- The King Sisters, a big band-era vocal group consisting of six sisters from the extended Driggs family of entertainers
References
- Driggs, Howard Roscoe, Driggs family history, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1959
Notes and References
- Howard R. Driggs, Driggs Family History (Salt Lake City: Publisher's Press, 1959)
- Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees . America's Clogging Hall of Fame (ACHF) . 7 October 2022 . en.
