William Collins may refer to:

Arts

* William Collins (poet) (1721–1759), English poet *

William Collins (painter) William Collins (8 September 1788 in London – 17 February 1847 in London) was an English landscape and genre painter. His sentimental paintings of poor people enjoying nature became a posthumous high fashion, notably in the 1870s when his ma ...

(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 William Wiehe Collins H.R.I. R.B.C. (4 August 1862 – 16 February 1951) was an English architectural and landscape genre painter. Life and work Between 1884 and 1885, Collins studied at the Lambeth School of Art following which ...

(1862–1951), English architectural and landscape genre painter * Billy 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) William Collins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Biography Collins was probably the son of John Collins of King's Norton, who was fin ...

, English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659 * William Collins (Warwick MP) (died 1859), Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick 1837–52 * William Collins (South African politician) (1803–1876), member Volksraad of the Orange Free State * William Collins (New York politician) (1818–1878), U.S. congressman from New York * William Whitehouse Collins (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) (1853–1934) sportsman, surgeon, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council *

William A. Collins William A. Collins (1935 – 21 July 2022) was a Democratic former two-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 140th assembly district and four-term mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1977 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1 ...

(born 1935), American politician, state representative and mayor from Norwalk, Connecticut *

William T. Collins William Thomas Collins (June 30, 1886 - September 4, 1961) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as acting mayor of New York City for one day on December 31, 1925, after the retirement of John Francis Hylan. He was a member o ...

, American politician, former acting mayor of New York City

Publishing

* William Collins (publisher) (1789–1853), Scottish founder of the William Collins, Sons publishing house * William Collins (Lord Provost) (1817–1895), Scottish temperance movement activist; son of publisher William Collins. * William Collins, Sons (est. 1819), Scottish publishing house, became part of HarperCollins in 1990, a subsidiary of News Corp. * William Collins (imprint), 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) William Ronald Collins (29 January 1868 – 10 December 1942) was an English cricketer. Collins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Hackney, Middlesex and was educated at Wellington College. Collins made a s ...

(1868–1942), English cricketer * William Collins (tennis), 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) (born 1932), Canadian canoer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics * Bill Collins (athlete) (born 1950), American sprinter * Billy Collins Jr. (1961–1984), American professional boxer

Others

* William Collins (colonist) (1756–1819), English naval officer and early settler in Tasmania, Australia *

William O. Collins William Oliver Collins (August 23, 1809 – October 26, 1880) was an American attorney politician, and Union Army officer who served in the cavalry during the Civil War and in the American West. He was the namesake for Fort Collins, Colorado. ...

(1809–1880), commandant of Fort Laramie, Wyoming; namesake of Fort Collins, Colorado and Camp Collins * William Collins (bishop) (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 (1887–1925), American cave explorer *

William J. Collins William J. Collins (1896–1981) was a 20th-century Catholic priest who served as the ninth president of St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa from 1956 to 1963. Biography He was born and raised in Millersburg, Iowa and was educated at St. A ...

(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 William Erle "Bill" Collins (9 July 1929 – 28 September 2013) was an American parasitologist. Collins grew up in Lansing, Michigan, where he graduated from high school. He received his B.S. and M.Sc. in entomology from Michigan State University ...

(1929–2013), American parasitologist *

Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and singer. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the early 1970s, and later with Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins established himself as one of the leading n ...

(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 Benefice, holder of a valuable living at the Hunsford parsonage near Rosings Park, the es ...

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

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