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American business family
This article is about the family named Driggs. For other uses, see
Driggs .
The Driggs family is an American business family descended from Joseph Driggs of Middletown and East Haddam, Connecticut (died November 1748).
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Notable members of the family
Adam Driggs (born 1965),
Maricopa County
Arizona Superior Court judge as of 2017
[update]
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
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 ,
c. 1890 – c. 1910
Jeff Driggs [
citation needed ] (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
^ Howard R. Driggs, Driggs Family History (Salt Lake City: Publisher's Press, 1959)
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"Hall of Fame Inductees" . America's Clogging Hall of Fame (ACHF) . Retrieved 7 October 2022 .
Driggs, Howard Roscoe, Driggs family history , University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1959