# John Collins

John Collins, or Jon Collins, may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* John Collins (painter), 18th century British landscape painter
* John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet
* John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic
* John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director and screenwriter
* John Collins (jazz guitarist) (1913–2001), American jazz guitarist
* John Collins (cartoonist) (1917–2007), Canadian cartoonist
* Johnny Collins (1938–2009), British folksinger
* John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor known for Allo 'Allo
* John Collins (theatre director) (born 1969), American experimental theater director
* John Collins (Australian musician) (born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger
* John Collins (musician/researcher), musician in the West African music scene

## Military

* John Collins (Bengal Army officer) (died 1807), British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry
* John Collins (VC) (1880–1951), English sergeant who was awarded a Victoria Cross
* John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy officer

## Politics
### American politicians

* John Collins (Continental Congress) (1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
* John Collins (governor) (1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware
* John Collins (Seattle politician) (1835–1903), American politician and businessman
* John F. Collins (mayor of Providence) (1872–1962), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1939–1941
* John F. Collins (1919–1995), mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1960–1968

### Other politicians

* John Collins (died 1597), MP for Hythe
* John Collins (Andover MP) (1624–1711), English academic and politician
* John Collins (Surveyor General) (died 1795), Surveyor General of Provincial Canada
* John Collins (Canadian politician) (1922–2016), physician and politician in Newfoundland, Canada
* John Henry Collins (1880–1952), nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland

## Religion

* John Collins (Independent minister) (c. 1632–1687), English Independent minister
* John J. Collins (bishop) (1856–1934), American-born Catholic bishop in Jamaica
* John Collins (priest) (1905–1982), radical Anglican canon at St Paul's Cathedral
* John A. Collins (chaplain) (1931–2003), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
* John Collins (nuncio) (1889–1961), Irish bishop and diplomat in Liberia
* John T. C. B. Collins (1925–2022), Anglican priest and leading figure in the charismatic movement

## Sports
### Association football

* John Collins (footballer, born 1942), English professional footballer
* John Collins (footballer, born 1945), English professional footballer and manager
* John Collins (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2020), Welsh professional footballer
* John Collins (footballer, born 1968), Scottish international footballer and manager

### Other sports

* John Collins (New Zealand cricketer) (1868–1943), New Zealand cricketer
* Shano Collins (John Francis Collins, 1885–1955), American baseball player
* John Collins (Fijian cricketer) (fl. 1895), Fijian cricketer
* John W. Collins (1912–2001), American chess player
* John Collins (rugby union) (1939–2007), New Zealand rugby union player
* John Collins (sports executive) (born 1961), COO of the National Hockey League
* John Collins (rower) (born 1989), British rower
* John Collins (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player in the NBA
* Jon Collins (born 1960s), American basketball player in the 1980s
* Johnny Collins (sprinter), winner of the 2000 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
* John Collins (pole vaulter), 1922 All-American pole vaulter for the Illinois Fighting Illini track and field team

## Other people

* John Collins (mathematician) (1625–1683), English mathematician
* John Baptist Collins (died 1794), French pirate
* John Collins (merchant) (died 1795), merchant in Quebec
* John A. Collins (1810–1900), American abolitionist and utopian from Skaneateles Community
* John Collins Covell (1823–1887), American educator and school administrator
* John S. Collins (1837–1928), American Quaker farmer who moved to southern Florida
* John H. Collins (academic) (1902–1981), American classical scholar
* John Collins (British businessman) (born 1941), former head of National Power
* John Joseph Collins (born 1944), Irish barrister
* John J. Collins (born 1946), Irish biblical studies scholar
* John Norman Collins (born 1947), perpetrator of the Michigan murders
* John C. Collins (born 1949), American theoretical particle physicist
* John A. Collins (abolitionist) (1810–1879), American abolitionist
* C. John Collins, American academic and professor of Old Testament
* Jon Collins (educator), American educator

## Other uses

* John Collins (cocktail), an alcoholic beverage