- David Collins
David Collins (born March 11988) is a producer of silent movies from Chingford, London. He is best known for his short films Cold Blooded Killer and Damien, and more recently Monster, due to be released in August 2006.
- Clifton Collins Jr.
Clifton Collins, Jr., also known as Clifton Gonzalez-Gonzalez is an American actor. Collins Jr. is the grandson of Mexican actor Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez. He first broke through the mainstream in 1997 with a performance as gang thug César Sánchez in the film "One Eight Seven". In 1998 he enchanted and amused small screen audiences in Ray Bradbury's cult Latino film "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit".
- Richard Collins Baron Collins
Richard Henn Collins, Baron Collins, PC, QC (1 January 1842 - 3 January 1911), was a British jurist.
- Victor Collins Baron Stonham
Victor John Collins, Baron Stonham PC (1 July 1903 - 22 December 1971) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament for Taunton, in Somerset. He lost his seat at the 1950, to the Conservative Henry Hopkinson. Collins returned to he House of Commons at a by-election in 1954, when he was elected as MP for the inner London constituency of Shoreditch and Finsbury, following the death of the Labour MP Ernest Thurtle.
- J. Lawton Collins
Joseph "Lightning Joe" Lawton Collins (1 May 1896 - 12 September 1987) was a general of the United States Army. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations. His brother James Lawton Collins was also in the army as a Major General. His nephew, Michael Collins, would become famous for being the Command Module Pilot on the "Apollo 11" mission in 1969 that saw the first two men on the Moon.
- Niall Collins
Niall Collins is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick West constituency. He previously served as member of Limerick County Council for the Bruff Local Electoral Area. Niall was first elected to the council in the 2004 local elections. He was elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2007 general election.
- Kate Collins
Kate Collins is an American actress. She is probably best known for playing the character of Natalie Marlowe on the daytime drama "All My Children" — a role she originated in 1985. Collins also played the role of Natalie's mentally ill sister, Janet Green, starting in 1991. Both characters (Natalie and Janet) were popular with the audience, but Collins ended up leaving "All My Children" for personal reasons.
- James Lawton Collins
James Lawton Collins (born December 10, 1882, died June 30, 1963) (Major General, US Army), (father of Major General Michael Collins US Air Force, Apollo 11 Command Module pilot; and Brigadier General James Lawton Collins Jr US Army), (brother of General J. Lawton Collins US Army) was born into a large Irish Catholic family in Algiers, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans.
- Canon John Collins
John Collins (1905-1982) was an Anglican clergyman who was active in several radical political movements in the United Kingdom. Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent and at the University of Cambridge, he served as a chaplain in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was radicalised by the experience. In 1946 he founded the organization Christian Action to work for reconciliation with Germany. He was appointed as a Canon to St Paul's Cathedral, London, in 1948, …
- James Collins
James Collins was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for Limerick West in the 1948 General Election and at each election until his death in 1967. He was succeeded in the by-election of November 1967 by his son Gerard Collins. Another son, Michael J. Collins was later elected for the same constituency.
- John W. Collins
John Collins (born Chiswick, Middlesex, August 10, 1942) was a footballer with QPR. He signed in 1959 and made his debut in a 1-0 win against Barnsley in April 1960. He played inside-left and went on to play 218 league games for Queens Park Rangers scoring 46 league goals. John transferred to Oldham Athletic in 1966 and later had spells at Reading, Luton Town and Cambridge United.
- Gerard Collins
James Gerard "Gerry" Collins is a former senior Irish politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD in a by-election in 1967 and at each election until 1997. During his ministerial career he served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1970-1973), Minister for Justice (1977-1981 & 1987-1989) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982 & 1989-1992). He served in the European Parliament between 1994 and 2004.
- Arthur A. Collins
Arthur A. Collins (1909-1987) founded Collins Radio Co., which is now a part of Rockwell Collins, Inc.. Art Collins' father owned several thousand acres of farmland. After graduating from Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Collins attended college and later started a very successful radio business, Arthur began to take his business into more research and development. Art's father managed the financial end of his son's business until his death, when afterward, …
- Michael Collins
Michael J. Collins was a Fianna Fáil and Independent Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick West from 1997 to 2007. Michael Collins was born in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick in 1940. He is the son of James Collins and a brother of Gerard Collins, both Fianna Fáil members of Dáil Éireann. Collins was involved in local politics for many years, serving as a councillor and chairman of the Limerick County Council.
- Andrew B. Collins
Andrew Collins is a managing director and senior research analyst for securities firm Piper Jaffray where he covers commercial banks. Collins has twice been designated Institutional Investor magazine's Next Generation Team.
- Charles Allston Collins
Charles Allston Collins was a British painter and writer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
- Ela Collins
Ela Collins (February 14, 1786 - November 23, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from New York, father of William Collins. Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Collins attended Clinton Academy. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lowville, New York, in 1807. He served as member of the State assembly in 1815. He served as district attorney for Lewis, Jefferson, and St. Lawrence Counties 1815-1818, and for Lewis County from June 11, 1818, to March 24, …
- Aidan Collins
Aidan Collins (born 18 October 1986 in Harlow) was an English professional footballer who played for Ipswich Town and Cambridge United.Having spent the early years of his career at Ipswich he made his debut aged just 16, in May 2003, when Town beat Derby County 4-1. Due to injury and illness he never made a major impact on the senior squad, however he played an important role in the very successful youth team.
- James Collins
James "Jamie" Collins (b. August 23 1983, Newport, Wales) is a professional footballer currently playing for West Ham United and a Welsh international.
- Simon Collins
Simon Collins is a professional footballer, currently without a club after being released by Grantham Town. He started his career as a trainee at Huddersfield Town, before joining Plymouth Argyle in 1997. After leaving Macclesfield Town in 2001, he went to host of non-league clubs. His brother, Sam, currently plays for Championship side Hull City.
- James C. Collins
James C. "Jim" Collins, III (b. 1958, Boulder, Colorado) is an American business consultant, author, and lecturer on the subject of company sustainability and growth. Jim Collins frequently contributes to "Harvard Business Review", "Business Week", "Fortune" and other magazines, journals, etc. He is also the author of <u>Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies</u>, and <u>Good to Great</u>.
- John W. Collins
John William Collins (September 23, 1912 - December 2, 2001) or Jack Collins, was an influential American teacher of chess. Collins was born and raised in Newburgh, New York, but lived most of his life in New York City. He became a chess master in the 1930s. He was a major figure in the early days of modern organized chess, serving as the first correspondence chess editor of "Chess Review" magazine (which later merged with "Chess Life").
- Dr Mary Pauline Collins
Mary Pauline Collins (born 29 June 1924) (known to family and friends as Paula Collins) is a retired Irish Medical Doctor who had a distinguished career in the speciality of anaesthesiology. She worked for over 40 years as a consultant anaesthetist in various locations in the UK, including Hull and Scunthorpe where she practiced as a Consultant Anaesthetist in Scunthorpe General Hospital. After her retirement she returned to live in Ireland.
- Stephen Collins
Stephen Collins, an Irish journalist and author, is a Political Correspondent of " The Irish Times". An award-winning journalist, he previously served under the title of Political Editor at the Irish newspapers "the Irish Press, and the "Sunday Tribune. He has published books on the Cosgrave political dynasty and more recently on the foundation of the Progressive Democrats political party, called Breaking the Mould.
- Jose Collins
Lady Robert Innes-Ker, born Josephine Charlotte Collins, best known as José Collins, was an English actress and singer celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early motion pictures.
- Lottie Collins
Lottie Collins was an English singer and dancer. She is best known as the popularizer of the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!", which she sang on stage as she danced a skirt dance. Her daughter was the musical comedy star José Collins, and her second husband was the composer-producer James W. Tate.
- Francis Collins
Francis S. Collins (born April 14, 1950), M.D., Ph.D., is a physician-geneticist, noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes, and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP). He is director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). With Collins at the helm, the HGP has attained several milestones, while running ahead of schedule and under budget. A working draft of the human genome was announced in June 2000, …
- Kevin Collins
Kevin Michael Collins is an American-born actor in theatre, film, television and radio drama. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and the Ecole de Mime Corporel Dramatique in London. He was a member of the Irish company, Blue Raincoat and of the London-based corporeal mime company, Theatre de l'Ange Fou. In theatre he has worked in the West End, with the Peter Hall Company and most recently off-Broadway as Frank Gardner in Mrs. Warren's Profession.
- Michael Collins
Michael J. Collins (born March 4, 1970) is a researcher in the field of computational linguistics. His research interests are in natural language processing, and machine learning. He has made several important contributions in statistical parsing (including a state-of-the-art parser of the Wall Street Journal corpus) and in statistical machine learning.
- Lauren Collins
Lauren Felice Collins (born August 29 1986 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Paige Michalchuk on "Degrassi: The Next Generation". Collins has also appeared in numerous theatrical productions, playing the title roles in Alice in Wonderland and the production of Annie. She has been a member of CharActors Theatre Troupe, a children's community theatre company, for over five years.
- William Collins
Sir William Collins (1817-1895) was a famous figure in the temperance movement who served as Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880. He joined his father, William Collins, printing company in 1848 and helped expand the business into publishing. In 1868, his two sons became partners in the business and it was renamed William Collins, Sons & Co. Sir William Collins was also politically active, campaigning for the temperance cause throughout his life.
- Dave Collins
David S. Collins (born October 20, 1952 in Rapid City, South Dakota) became manager of the Inland Empire 66ers in 2006. Prior to that he was an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1990.
- Joan Collins
Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning British actress and bestselling author. She is most widely known for her role as Alexis Colby in the 1980s primetime soap opera "Dynasty". She was born in London, England, Great Britain and is one of the United Kingdom's most popular actresses.
- Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born January 30 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer and drummer of progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy and Academy Award-winning solo artist. He is also an accomplished actor, having starred in numerous films. Collins sang the lead vocals on eight American chart-toppers between 1984 and 1989; seven as a solo artist and one with Genesis.
- Stephen Collins
Stephen Weaver Collins (born October 1 1947) is an American actor. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He attended Amherst College, graduating cum laude. He played bass guitar and rhythm guitar in a number of rock and roll bands at Amherst, including Tambourine Charlie & The Four Flat Tires, The Naugahyde Revolution, and The Flower & Vegetable Show.
- Doug Collins
Paul Douglas Collins (born July 28, 1951 in Christopher, Illinois), better known as Doug Collins, is a former NBA basketball player and announcer who has also been the head coach of a number of NBA teams. Collins enjoyed a successful high school basketball career in Benton, Illinois, after which he went on to become play for Illinois State University, close to where he grew up, in 1969.
- Matthew Collins
Matthew Collins, also known as Matty Collins, is a footballer currently playing for Swansea City. He started his career at Swindon F.C but Fulham scouts were impressed by him and he signed for the club in the summer of 2001. After not breaking into the first team at Fulham he signed for Swansea City on a free transfer on May 25 2007 on a two year deal. He has represented his country (Wales) at Under-17 and Under-19 level, and plays as a midfielder.
- John S. Collins
John Stiles Collins (December 29, 1837-February 11, 1928) was a Quaker farmer from New Jersey, USA who moved to southern Florida and attempted to grow vegetables and coconuts on the swampy, bug-infested stretch of land between Miami and the ocean, a barrier island which became Miami Beach. Although the farming venture was not successful, with involvement from his family, notably his sons and sons-in law, John S. Collins also became a land developer.
- Wilkie Collins
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular in his time, and wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are "The Woman in White", "The Moonstone", "Armadale" and "No Name".
- Kerry Collins
Kerry Michael Collins (born December 30, 1972 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL. He has played for the Oakland Raiders, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers, playing in Super Bowl XXXV for New York. He was a Heisman Trophy Finalist in 1994 during his senior year at Penn State.