John Collins may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet *

John Churton Collins John Churton Collins (26 March 1848 – 25 September 1908) was a British literary critic. Biography Churton Collins was born at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. From King Edward's School, Birmingham, he went to Balliol College, ...

(1848–1908), English literary critic * John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director and screenwriter *

John Collins (jazz guitarist) John Elbert Collins (September 20, 1913 – October 4, 2001) was an American jazz guitarist who was a member of the Nat King Cole trio. Career A native of Alabama, Collins grew up in Chicago. When he was fourteen, her performed with his moth ...

(1913–2001), American jazz guitarist *

John Collins (cartoonist) John Alton Collins (7 October 1917 – 16 September 2007) was born in Washington D.C., and moved with his family to Canada in 1920. He studied art at Sir George Williams University and the Montreal School of Fine Arts. In 1939, he became the firs ...

(1917–2007), Canadian cartoonist *

Johnny Collins Johnny Collins (10 May 1938 – 6 July 2009) was an England, English folk singer based in London, England, specializing in traditional maritime music and sea shanties. Biography Collins was born in Norfolk, England and adopted by a railway w ...

(1938–2009), British folksinger * John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor known for ''Allo 'Allo'' *

John Collins (theatre director) John Collins (born October 17, 1969 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American experimental theatre director and designer. He is the founder and artistic director of Elevator Repair Service (ERS) and has directed or co-directed all of its pr ...

(born 1969), American experimental theater director *

John Collins (Australian musician) John Collins (born 27 April 1970) is the mainstay bass guitarist for Australian rock band Powderfinger since 1989. Note: n-lineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition. He i ...

(born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger *

John Collins (musician/researcher) John Collins (born 1944) is a UK-born guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist who first went to Ghana as a child in 1952 for a brief period and later became involved in the West African music scene after returning to Ghana in 1969.

, musician in the West African music scene *

John Collins (Canadian musician) John Edward Collins is a member of The New Pornographers, Destroyer, and The Evaporators. He plays the bass, guitar, synthesizer, ebow and sings. He also acted as a producer, mixer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist on Tegan and Sara's 200 ...

, musician with the New Pornographers and the Smugglers

Military

John Collins (Bengal Army officer) John Collins (died 11 June 1807) was a British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry who served with the British East India Company. Biography Collins joined the Bengal infantry as a cadet in 1769, and became an ensign in that branch of the East ...

(died 1807), British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry * John Collins (VC) (1880–1951), English sergeant who was awarded a Victoria Cross *

John Augustine Collins Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff. Collins was one ...

(1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy officer

Politics

American politicians

John Collins (Continental Congress) John Collins (June 8, 1717March 4, 1795), was an American politician and a Founding Father of the United States who, as a member of the Continental Congress, signed the Articles of Confederation. He was the third governor of the U.S. state of R ...

(1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress *

John Collins (governor) John Collins (March 1, 1776 – April 16, 1822) was an American manufacturer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party and served as Governor of Delaware from 1821 to 1822. Early life and family He was born ...

(1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware *

John Collins (Seattle politician) John Collins (1835 – April 22, 1903) was an Irish-American businessman who served as the fourth elected List of mayors of Seattle, mayor of Seattle, Washington. Collins was born in County Cavan, Ireland and emigrated to the United States at age ...

(1835–1903), American politician and businessman *

John F. Collins (mayor of Providence) John Francis Collins (February 17, 1872 – October 6, 1962) was an American lawyer and 28th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. He served one term, from 1939 to 1941. Personal life John Francis Collins was born February 17, 1872, in Providence, ...

(1872–1962), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1939–1941 * John F. Collins (1919–1995), mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1960–1968

Other politicians

* John Collins (Andover MP) (1624–1711), English academic and politician * John Collins (Surveyor General) (died 1795), Surveyor General of Provincial Canada *

John Collins (Canadian politician) Doctor John Fitzgerald Collins (June 1, 1922 - April 23, 2016) was a physician and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's South from 1975 to 1989 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. He was born in St. John's and was educated ...

(1922–2016), physician and politician in Newfoundland, Canada *

John Henry Collins John Henry Collins (3 March 1880 – 12 January 1952) was a nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland. Born in Newry, he was educated at the Christian Brothers School, Newry, and Queen's University Belfast. At the 1925 general e ...

(1880–1952), nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland

Religion

John Collins (Independent minister) John Collins (c. 1632–1687) was an English Independent minister. Biography John Collins was born in England, but brought up in New England, where his father Edward became a deacon of the congregational church at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He gr ...

(c. 1632–1687), English Independent minister * John J. Collins (bishop) (1856–1934), American-born Catholic bishop in Jamaica *

John Collins (priest) Lewis John Collins (23 March 1905 – 31 December 1982) was an Anglican priest who was active in several radical political movements in the United Kingdom. Life Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Collins ...

(1905–1982), radical Anglican canon at St Paul's Cathedral * John A. Collins (chaplain) (1931–2003), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force *

John Collins (nuncio) John Collins, S.M.A. (21 August 1889 – 3 March 1961) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who worked as a missionary in Liberia for 47 years. He became a bishop in Liberia in 1934 and the diplomatic representative of the Holy See there f ...

(1889–1961), Irish bishop and diplomat in Liberia

Sports

Association football

John Collins (footballer, born 1942) John William Bashley Collins (born 10 August 1942) is an English former footballer who scored 108 goals from 417 appearances in the Football League in the 1960s and early 1970s, playing as an inside left for Queens Park Rangers, Oldham Athletic ...

, English professional footballer *

John Collins (footballer, born 1945) John Joseph Collins (born 30 January 1945) is an English former footballer and manager. Collins signed for Blackburn Rovers in 1963, but mainly turned out for the club's junior team. In 1964, he signed for Stockport County, where he struck up ...

, English professional footballer and manager * John Collins (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2020), Welsh professional footballer *

John Collins (footballer, born 1968) John Angus Paul Collins (born 31 January 1968) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He played for Hibernian, Celtic, AS Monaco, Everton and Fulham in a 19-year career. Collins also represen ...

, Scottish international footballer and manager

Other sports

John Collins (New Zealand cricketer) John Ulric Collins (7 July 1868 – 12 July 1943) was a New Zealand cricketer who played six first-class matches: one for Nelson in 1884–85 and five for Canterbury between 1892–93 and 1895–96. As a teenager, he had also appea ...

(1868–1943), New Zealand cricketer *

Shano Collins John Francis "Shano" Collins (December 4, 1885 – September 10, 1955) was an American right fielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox. Early life Collins was born on December 4, 1885 in Bost ...

(John Francis Collins, 1885–1955), American baseball player * John Collins (Fijian cricketer) (fl. 1895), Fijian cricketer *

John W. Collins John ("Jack") William Collins (September 23, 1912 – December 2, 2001) was an American chess master, author, and teacher. Early life Collins was born in Newburgh, New York. "His father, John Thomas Collins, was a flutist and piccolo player w ...

(1912–2001), American chess player *

John Collins (sports executive) John Collins is an American professional sports executive, who currently serves as chief executive officer of On Location Experiences, an experiential hospitality business and the official hospitality partner of the National Football League. Colli ...

(born 1961), COO of the National Hockey League *

John Collins (rower) John E. Collins (born 24 January 1989) is a British rower. He competed at the Olympics in the Double Sculls event at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Collins won a silver medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Flo ...

(born 1989), British rower *

John Collins (basketball) John Martin Collins III (born September 23, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Collins was sele ...

(born 1997), American basketball player in the NBA * Jon Collins (born 1960s), American basketball player in the 1980s

Other people

* John Collins (mathematician) (1625–1683), English mathematician * John Baptist Collins (died 1794), French pirate * John Collins (merchant) (died 1795), merchant in Quebec * John A. Collins (1810–1900), American abolitionist and utopian from

Skaneateles Community Skaneateles Community was a utopian social experiment established in 1843 by the Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform in a farm near Mottville, in Skaneateles in Upstate New York based on Fourierist principles. It was one of several communi ...

* John Collins Covell (1823–1887), American educator and school administrator *

John S. Collins John Stiles Collins (December 29, 1837 – February 11, 1928) was an American Quaker farmer from Moorestown Township, New Jersey who moved to South Florida at the turn of the 20th century. He attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swam ...

(1837–1928), American Quaker farmer who moved to southern Florida *

John H. Collins (academic) John H. Collins (November 14, 1902 – January 8, 1981) was an American classical scholar. Born in Anaconda, Montana, he attended the University of Illinois and Cornell University, and in 1952 received his doctorate in classical history from Goet ...

(1902–1981), American classical scholar *

John Collins (British businessman) Sir John Alexander Collins (born 10 December 1941) is a British business executive and director for several corporations. He was born in Southern Rhodesia and after attending Campbell College in Belfast, he graduated from the University of Reading ...

(born 1941), former head of National Power * John Joseph Collins (born 1944), Irish barrister * John J. Collins (born 1946), Irish biblical studies scholar *

John Norman Collins The Michigan Murders was a series of highly publicized killings of young women committed between 1967 and 1969 in the Ann Arbor/ Ypsilanti area of Southeastern Michigan by an individual known as the Ypsilanti Ripper, the Michigan Murderer, and t ...

(born 1947), perpetrator of the Michigan murders * John C. Collins (born 1949), American theoretical particle physicist * John A. Collins (abolitionist) (1810–1879), American abolitionist * C. John Collins, American academic and professor of Old Testament

Other uses

John Collins (cocktail) A John Collins is a cocktail which was attested in 1869, but may be older. It is believed to have originated with a headwaiter of that name who worked at Limmer's Old House in Conduit Street in Mayfair, which was a popular London hotel and co ...

, an alcoholic beverage