# Collier (surname)

Collier is an English surname, derived from the word "coal".

## People with the surname include

* Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919), pen name, "Anna L. Cunningham", American writer
* Anne Collier (born 1970), American visual artist
* Arthur Collier (1680–1732), English philosopher
* Austin Collier (1914–1991), English professional footballer
* Barron Collier (1873–1939), American advertising entrepreneur
* Barry Collier (basketball), athletic director, Butler University
* Barry Collier (politician), New South Wales politician
* Basil Collier, military historian
* Bernard Collier (1802–1890), English-born Mauritius Roman Catholic prelate
* Bill Collier (1921–2015), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bobby Collier (1929–2000), American football player
* Calvin J. Collier (1942–2020), FTC chair
* Celester Collier, American basketball coach
* Charles Collier (disambiguation), multiple people
* Christopher Collier (cricketer) (1888–1916), English cricketer
* Christopher Collier (historian) (1930–2020), American historian and author
* Constance Collier (1878–1955), British-born American film actress
* David Collier (sports administrator) (born 1956), CEO, England and Wales Cricket Board
* David Collier (cartoonist) (born 1963), Canadian alternative cartoonist
* David Collier (political scientist), qualitative methodology and Latin American politics
* David Charles Collier "D. C." Collier, San Diego real estate developer
* Don Collier (1928–2021), American actor
* Edward Collier (pirate), 17th century
* Edwin Collier (1827–1899), English accountant, deacon and activist
* Elisha Collier, inventor of the flintlock revolver
* Elliot Collier, (soccer) footballer for Chicago Fire and New Zealand
* Evert Collier (c. 1640–1708), Dutch painter
* Francis Augustus Collier (1783-1849), Royal Navy rear-admiral
* Frank Collier, former British rugby league footballer
* George Collier (1738–1795), Royal Navy vice-admiral
* Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet (1774–1824), Royal Navy officer
* Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (1947–2020), British politician
* Giles Collier, (1622–1678), English divine
* Harry Collier (1907–1994), Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League
* Henry Herbert Collier (1859–1925), British motorcycle pioneer
* Henry W. Collier (1801–1855), Governor of Alabama (1849–1853)
* Ian Collier (d. 2008), British actor
* Isaiah Collier (born 2004), American basketball player
* Jacob Collier (born 1994), British arranger-musician-singer
* James Collier (politician) (1872–1933), American politician from Mississippi
* James Lincoln Collier (born 1928), journalist and writer
* James Stansfield Collier (1870–1935), English physician and neurologist
* Jan Petter Collier (born 1950), Norwegian stockbroker and investor
* Jason Collier (1977–2005), NBA basketball player
* Jeremy Collier (1650–1726), English theatre critic
* John Collier (Pre-Raphaelite painter) (1850–1934), artist
* John Collier (fiction writer) (1901–1980), British author and screenplay writer
* John Collier (sociologist) (1884-1968), American sociologist, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
* John Payne Collier (1789–1883), British Shakespearean critic and forger
* Jonathan Collier, American television writer
* L. J. Collier (born 1995), American football player
* Laurence Collier (1890–1976), British ambassador to Norway (1939–1950)
* Lois Collier (1919–1999), American film actress
* Lou Collier (born 1970), American baseball player
* Margaret Wootten Collier (1869-1947), American author
* Marie Collier (1927–1971), Australian operatic soprano
* Mark H. Collier, former president of Baldwin-Wallace College
* Marsha Collier, American author and radio personality
* Mary Collier (1688–1762), English poet
* Michael Collier (disambiguation), several people
   * Michael Collier (photographer), American photographer
   * Michael Collier (poet) (born 1953), American poet, teacher and editor
   * Michael Collier (swimmer) (born 1971), Sierra Leonean swimmer
   * Mike Collier (American football) (1953–2025), American football player
* Mitty Collier (born 1941), American gospel and R&B singer
* Napheesa Collier (born 1996), American basketball player
* Norman Collier (1925–2013), British comedian
* Patience Collier (1910–1987), British actress
* Paul Collier, British author and Professor of Economics at Oxford
* Paul Collier (activist) (1964–2010), Australian disability activist
* Paul Collier (snooker referee) (born 1970), from Wales
* Peter Collier (politician), Australian politician
* Peter Collier (political author) (1939–2019), American writer
* Peter Fenelon Collier (1849–1909), Irish publisher, father of Robert Joseph Collier
* Philip Collier (1873–1978), former Premier of Western Australia
* R. John Collier (born 1938), American microbiologist and biochemist
* Robert Collier (author) (1885–1950), American author of self-help, and New Thought metaphysical books
* Robert Joseph Collier (1876–1918), American publisher, son of Peter Fenelon Collier
* Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell (1817–1886), English judge and politician
* Ron Collier (1930–2003), Canadian jazz trombonist
* Shaun Collier, Canadian politician
* Sophia Collier, founder of the American Natural Beverage Corp
* Tim Collier (born 1954), NFL footballer
* Thomas Collier (disambiguation), several people
   * Thomas Collier (painter) (1840–1891), English landscape painter.
   * Thomas Collier (Unitarian) (c. 1615–c. 1691), English preacher
   * Tom Collier (musician), percussionist and vibraphonist
   * Tom Collier (footballer) (born 1989), Australian rules football player
* Vanessa Collier, American saxophonist, singer and songwriter
* William Collier (disambiguation), various people, including
   * William Collier Jr. (1902–1987), American actor
   * William Collier Sr. (1864–1944), American writer, director and actor
   * William Collier (colonist) (c. 1585–1671), English settler in Massachusetts
   * William Collier (MP), MP for Truro, 1713–15, and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre
   * William Collier (footballer) (1892–1954), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1922
   * William Miller Collier (1867–1956), American diplomat