Big Four

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Big Four or Big 4 may refer to:

Groups of companies

Groups of people

  • Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad), 19th century American railroad entrepreneurs
  • Big Four (debutantes), in the Chicago social scene during World War I
  • Big Four (Najaf), leading Grand Ayatollahs of Twelver Shia Islam
  • The Four Companions, the most loyal companions of Muhammad and Ali.
  • Big Four (Scotland Yard), London detectives of about 1919
  • Big Four of Maryland Thoroughbred racing, horse trainers in the 1960s–1970s
  • The Big Four (Calgary), Alberta cattlemen of the early 20th century
  • The Four Greats (Norwegian writers): Ibsen, Bjørnson, Lie, Kielland

Groups in sport

  • Big Four (Canadian football), a forerunner competition to the Canadian Football League East Division
  • Big Four (English football) in the 2000s: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United
  • Big Four (Mexico), a group of the top four football clubs in Mexico: Club América, Chivas, Cruz Azul and Pumas
  • Big Four (polo), an American polo team of the early 20th century
  • Big Four (tennis), from 2008 to 2017: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray
  • Big Four, the leading major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL
  • Big-4 League, a senior ice hockey league in Canada between 1919 and 1921

Other groups

  • Big Four (Western Europe): France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom
  • Big Four Conference, various conferences between the victorious nations after World War I and World War II
  • Big Four (World War I), the four major Allied powers: United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy
  • Big Four (World War II), or Four Policemen: United States, United Kingdom, China, Soviet Union
  • Big Four outlaw motorcycle clubs: Hells Angels, Pagans, Outlaws, Bandidos
  • Big Four international beauty pageants: Miss Earth, Miss International, Miss Universe, and Miss World
  • Big Four (universities), the top four universities in the Philippines

Arts, entertainment and media

  • Big Four (band), a Hong Kong music group
  • Big Four (Eurovision), the four main sponsoring countries before 2011
  • Big Four (Grammy Awards) or the General Field, four standard awards
  • The Big Four (fashion), the 4 most notable Vogue covers: American Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue France and Vogue Italia
  • The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria a 2010 concert recording
  • Big Four, a key rhythmic innovation on the marching band beat, invented by Buddy Bolden
  • Big 4 (sculpture), outside the Channel 4 headquarters in London
  • The Big Four (novel), by Agatha Christie, 1927
  • The Big 4, a 2022 Indonesian movie

Places

Other uses

  • Big 4 (lottery), a game in the Pennsylvania Lottery
  • Big Four (Indian snakes), four snake species responsible for the most snake-bites in India
  • Big Four (White Star Line), four British ocean liners of the early 20th century
  • Norton Big 4, a British motorcycle 1907–1954

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Big four
  • All pages with titles beginning with Big 4
  • Big One (disambiguation)
  • Big Two (disambiguation)
  • Big Three (disambiguation)
  • Big Five (disambiguation)
  • Big Six (disambiguation)
  • Big Seven (disambiguation)
  • Big Eight (disambiguation)
  • Big Ten (disambiguation)
  • Big 12
  • Core Four
  • Fab Four
  • Quadruple Alliance (disambiguation)
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