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