Herbert Whittaker Briggs (May 14, 1900 – January 6, 1990) was an American lawyer and professor at Cornell University.
In 1921, Briggs was awarded a Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia University.
Briggs then worked as a lecturer at Oberlin College, before he moved to Cornell University in 1929.
In addition, Briggs held a visiting professorship at the University of Copenhagen as part of the Fulbright program.
He was a member of the International Law Commission between 1962 and 1966, represented Honduras, Spain and Libya in litigation before the International Court of Justice and, as a member of the American delegation, attended the Conference on the preparation of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.