John Collins
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A number of well-known people have been named John Collins. They include:
- John Collins, (1717-1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
- John Collins, (1776-1822), American Governor of Delaware
- John Collins, (1899-1989), admiral in the Royal Australian Navy
- Canon John Collins, (1905-1982), U.K. radical Anglican cleric
- John Collins, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
- John Collins, a recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Collins, Scottish football player
- John Collins, CEO of Stayhealthy
- John Collins, Canadian indie rock musician (The New Pornographers, The Smugglers)
- John Collins, Australian rock musician (Powderfinger)
- John Churton Collins, (1848-1908), English literary critic
- John F. Collins, U.S. Mayor of Boston (1960-1968)
- John M. Collins, a designer of paper airplanes who wrote The Gliding Flight, a book of such designs
- John W. Collins, a chess instructor who taught Bobby Fischer and many other notable players