Big Four

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Big Four may refer to:

People

• The Big Four (World War I), the main Allied leaders and participants in the Paris Peace Conference
• The Big Four (Calgary), Alberta businessmen and philanthropists of the early 20th century
• Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad), US railroad entrepreneurs of the 19th century
• Big Four (debutantes), prominent Chicago debutantes in the early 20th century
• Big Four of Maryland Thoroughbred racing, four trainers who dominated the sport in the 1960s and 1970s
• Big Four (Scotland Yard), in charge of the CID at Scotland Yard from about 1919 onwards

Places

• Big Four, West Virginia
• Big Four Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky
• Big Four Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington

Companies

• Big Four (audit firms), the largest international accountancy and professional services firms
• Big Four (British railway companies), the companies formed after the Grouping Act in 1922
• Big Four (banks), several groupings of banks in different countries
• Big Four Railroad, a nickname of the CCC&StL Railway in the Midwestern United States
• Big Four in US broadcast television, the traditional Big Three television networks of ABC, CBS and NBC plus Fox

Sports

• Big Four (tennis), top male tennis players Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray
• Big Four (English football), Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United domination in English Premier League
• Big Four (bowling), a type of split in ten pin bowling
• Big Four (polo), an American polo team of the early 20th century
• Big Four (marathon), four major marathon races comprising four of the five World Marathon Majors
• Big Four, the four leading major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
• Big Four, officially the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, the forerunner to the Canadian Football League East Division

Music

• The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria concert recording with thrash metal bands Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax
• Big Four (band), a Chinese male pop group
• Big Four (Eurovision), the four main sponsoring countries of the Eurovision Song Contest
• Big Four (Grammy Awards) or the General Field, four standard Grammy Awards spanning all genres
• The Big Four, the name for the top music industry record labels from 2004 through 2011

Other uses

• Big Four,the four major Allies powers of World War II: China, Soviet Union,United Kingdom and United States
• The Big Four (novel), by Agatha Christie
• Big Four (Indian snakes), four snake species responsible for the most snake-bites in India
• Big Four (White Star Line), a quartet of British ocean liners of the early 20th century
• Big 4 (lottery), an online game in the Pennsylvania Lottery
• Big Four (Motorcycle gang), four motorcycle clubs designated by police as outlaw gangs and liable for RICO prosecution
• Big 4 (sculpture), outside the Channel 4 headquarters in London

See also

• 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 11
• Big 12
• Core Four
• Fab Four

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