John Collins

A number of well-known people have been named John Collins. They include:

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• John Collins (1625-1683), English mathematician
• John Collins, (1717-1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
• John Collins, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• John Collins, (1742-1808), English orator, singer and poet
• John Collins, (1776-1822), American Governor of Delaware
• John Churton Collins, (1848-1908), English literary critic
• Sir John Collins, (1899-1989), admiral in the Royal Australian Navy
• Canon John Collins, (1905-1982), U.K. radical Anglican cleric
• John F. Collins (1919-1995), U.S. Mayor of Boston (1960-1968)
• John Collins, a recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sir John Collins, (born 1941), UK executive, former head of National Power
• John Collins, (born c. 1969), American exprimental theater director
• 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 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