William Collins may refer to:

Arts

William Collins (poet) William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of ...

(1721–1759), English poet * William Collins (painter) (1788–1847), English landscape artist *

William Lucas Collins Rev William Lucas Collins (baptised 23 May 1815 – 24 March 1887) was a Church of England priest and essayist. Life and career William Lucas Collins was born in 1815 at Oxwich, near Swansea, Glamorgan, south Wales. He was sent to be educa ...

(1815–1887), English author and clergyman of the Church of England * William Wiehe Collins (1862–1951), English architectural and landscape genre painter *

Billy Collins William James Collins (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York (retired, 2016). Collins ...

(born 1941), American poet * William P. Collins, author of works on the Bábí and Bahá’í Faiths, see Bahá'í Faith in Europe

Politics

* William Collins (Roundhead), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659 *

William Collins (Warwick MP) William Collins (died 1859) was a British Whig politician Collins was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Warwick Warwick ( ) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Warwickshire in the Warwick District in England, adjac ...

(died 1859), Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick 1837–52 * William Collins (South African politician) (1803–1876), member Volksraad of the

Orange Free State The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...

* William Collins (New York politician) (1818–1878), U.S. congressman from New York *

William Whitehouse Collins William Whitehouse Collins (4 September 1853 – 12 April 1923) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Christchurch in the South Island. Early life Collins was born on 4 September 1853 in Harborne, Staffordshire, England and came to New Z ...

(1853–1923), New Zealand Member of Parliament for Christchurch in the South Island * William Collins (English surgeon) (1859–1946), British surgeon and Liberal Party politician *

William Collins (New Zealand surgeon) William Edward Collins (14 October 1853 – 11 August 1934) was a New Zealand medical doctor, sportsman and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1907 until his death. Collins was born in Darjeeling, India ...

(1853–1934) sportsman, surgeon, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * William A. Collins (born 1935), American politician, state representative and mayor from Norwalk, Connecticut * William T. Collins, American politician, former acting mayor of New York City

Publishing

William Collins (publisher) William Collins (12 October 1789 – 2 January 1853) was a Scottish schoolmaster, editor and publisher who founded William Collins, Sons, now part of HarperCollins. William Collins was born at Eastwood, Renfrewshire, on 12 October 1789. ...

(1789–1853), Scottish founder of the William Collins, Sons publishing house *

William Collins (Lord Provost) Sir William Collins (1817–1895) was a Scottish publisher, prominent in the temperance movement who served as Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880. He was the first fully abstaining Lord Provost of Glasgow and gained the nicknam ...

(1817–1895), Scottish temperance movement activist; son of publisher William Collins. *

William Collins, Sons William Collins, Sons (often referred to as Collins) was a Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thomas ...

(est. 1819), Scottish publishing house, became part of HarperCollins in 1990, a subsidiary of News Corp. *

William Collins (imprint) HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Co ...

, a non-fiction publishing brand launched by HarperCollins in 2014

Sports

* William Collins (cricketer, born 1837) (1837–1876), Australian cricketer *

William Collins (cricketer, born 1848) William Edmund Wood Collins (16 June 1848 – 7 January 1932) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and author. The son of the essayist William Lucas Collins, he was born in Glamorgan at Cheriton in June 1848. Collins was educated at Radley Colle ...

(1848–1932), Welsh author and cricketer * William Collins (cricketer, born 1868) (1868–1942), English cricketer *

William Collins (tennis) William Collins may refer to: Arts * William Collins (poet) (1721–1759), English poet * William Collins (painter) (1788–1847), English landscape artist * William Lucas Collins (1815–1887), English author and clergyman of the Church of Engl ...

, British tennis player from the 1920s and 30s, see

1930 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Bill Tilden defeated Wilmer Allison 6–3, 9–7, 6–4 in the final to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1930 Wimbledon Championships. Henri Cochet was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Allison. Seeds ...

William Collins (canoeist) William Jerome Collins (April 3, 1932 – May 28, 1993) was a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event. Collins later co-founded the Burloak Can ...

(born 1932), Canadian canoer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics *

Bill Collins (athlete) William Collins (born November 20, 1950) is an American sprinter, originally running for Mount Vernon High School in Westchester County, New York, where he won four state titles Billy Collins Jr. William Ray Collins Jr. (September 21, 1961 – March 6, 1984) was an undefeated American professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1983. His career was cut short after his final fight when he sustained serious injuries against Luis Resto ...

(1961–1984), American professional boxer

Others

William Collins (colonist) William Collins (1760–1819) was an English naval officer and an early settler in Tasmania, Australia. In April 1804 he was appointed Hobart's first harbour master. He established Australia's first whaling Whaling is the process of hunt ...

(1756–1819), English naval officer and early settler in Tasmania, Australia * William O. Collins (1809–1880), commandant of Fort Laramie, Wyoming; namesake of Fort Collins, Colorado and Camp Collins *

William Collins (bishop) William Edward Collins (18 February 1867 – 22 March 1911) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Gibraltar from 1904 until his death. Biography William Edward Collins was the second son of Joseph Henry Collins, a mining engineer and writer ...

(1867–1911), Bishop of Gibraltar in the Church of England *

William Henry Collins William Henry Collins (October 26, 1878 – January 14, 1937) was a Canadian geologist. He was educated at the University of Toronto, Heidelberg University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His 31-year ca ...

(1878–1937), Canadian geologist * William

Floyd Collins William Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 – February 13, 1925) was an American cave explorer, principally in a region of Kentucky that houses hundreds of miles of interconnected caves, today a part of Mammoth Cave National Park, the longes ...

(1887–1925), American cave explorer * William J. Collins (1896–1970), president of St. Ambrose University *

William R. Collins William Robert Collins (February 5, 1913 – October 16, 1991) was a highly decorated officer of United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. As lieutenant colonel, Collins distinguished himself as Tank Battalion Commander during I ...

(1913–1991), United States Marine Corps general * William Erle Collins (1929–2013), American parasitologist * Bootsy Collins (William Earl Collins, born 1951), American funk bassist, singer and songwriter *

Mr William Collins Mr William Collins is a fictional character in the 1813 novel '' Pride and Prejudice'' by Jane Austen. He is the distant cousin of Mr Bennet, a clergyman and holder of a valuable living at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosings Park, the estate of ...

, a fictional character in the Jane Austen novel ''Pride and Prejudice''

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