Arthur Collins may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Arthur Collins (singer)
Arthur Francis Collins (February 7, 1864 – August 2, 1933) was an American baritone who was one of the most prolific and beloved of pioneer recording artists, regarded in his day as "King of the Ragtime Singers".
Biography
He was born in Phil ...
(1864–1933), American singer
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Arthur Collins (theatre manager)
Arthur Pelham Collins (1864 – 15 January 1932) was an English playwright and theatre manager. He was perhaps best known for his many Christmas pantomimes produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which he managed during the late Victorian a ...
(1864–1932), manager of Drury Lane Theatre
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Arthur Greville Collins
Arthur Greville Collins (September 5, 1896 - September 1, 1980) was a British-born film director.
Career
Collins was born in London, and began directing for the stage, including productions of ''Fata Morgana'', ''No Man's Land'', and ''Tarnish'' ...
(1895–1980), American film director
Business and commerce
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Arthur A. Collins
Arthur Andrews Collins (September 9, 1909 – February 25, 1987) was a radio engineer and entrepreneur. He first gained national recognition as a teenager for significant advances in radio communication. He later founded his own radio engineeri ...
(1909–1987), founder of Collins Radio
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Arthur D. Collins Jr.
Arthur D. Collins Jr. is an American executive, the retired chairman of the board of Medtronic, Inc., and formerly served the company as president and chief executive officer. He is now a senior advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners and a managing ...
(born 1947), chairman of Medtronic
Politics
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Arthur Collins (politician)
Arthur Shuckburgh Collins (31 December 1832 – 26 September 1911), later spelling his surname Collyns, was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.
Early life and education
Collins was born on 31 December 1832 in Devon, so ...
(1832–1911), New Zealand politician
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Arthur R. Collins (born 1960), American political consultant
Sport
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A. E. J. Collins
Arthur Edward Jeune Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) was an English cricketer and British Armed Forces, soldier. He held, for 116 years, the record of highest score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over ...
(1885–1914), English cricketer and soldier
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Art Collins (basketball)
Arthur Collins (born April 14, 1954) is a retired American basketball player. He played collegiately for St. Thomas University.
Collins was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 6th round (103rd pick overall) of the 1976 NBA Draft. He played for ...
(born 1954), retired American basketball player
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Arthur Collins (cricketer)
Arthur Collins (7 September 1871 – 22 July 1945) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex between 1895 and 1902. He appeared in 53 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm orthodox spin.
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(1871–1945), English cricketer
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Arthur Collins (footballer, born 1882)
Arthur "Pat" Collins (29 May 1882 – 6 February 1953) was an English footballer who played as a defender for Leicester City, Fulham and Norwich City in a career spanning sixteen years from 1901 to 1917.
Collins began in the youth team at Lei ...
(1882–1953), English football defender
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Arthur Collins (footballer, born 1902)
Arthur Henry Collins (16 September 1902 – March 1974) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London ...
(1902–1974), English football goalkeeper
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Arthur Collins (rugby union)
Arthur Harold Collins, fullback for the All Blacks (1932, 1934) and for Taranaki (1927-1937), was born in Stratford, New Zealand on 19 July 1906. Weighing in at just 73 kg, and only 1.70m in height, Collins made a name for himself playing clu ...
(1906–1988), New Zealand rugby player
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Arthur W. Collins (1890–1970), American college football player and coach
Other
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Arthur Collins (antiquarian)
Arthur Collins (1682–1760) was an English antiquarian, genealogist, and historian. He is most known for his work ''Peerage of England''.
Personal life
Collins was born in 1682, the son of William Collins, Esq., a Gentleman Usher to Queen Cat ...
(1682–1760), English genealogist and historian
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Arthur Collins (courtier)
Arthur Collins (26 June 1845 – 21 November 1911) was Equerry and Comptroller for Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's 4th daughter and Gentleman Usher in the households of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII. He attended Princess Louise in her ro ...
(1845–1911), English equerry in the courts of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII
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Arthur Collins (judge)
Sir Arthur John Hammond Collins (14 February 1834 – 12 September 1915) was an English colonial judge who was Chief Justice of Madras.
He was born the son of John Collins and Louisa Strong Collins of Parkstone, Dorset. He was educated at Oxfor ...
(1834–1915), English colonial judge
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Arthur L. Collins
Arthur Launcelot Collins (8 July 1868 – 22 November 1902) was a British metallurgist, mining engineer and mine manager of properties in Mexico and the United States. He was born 8 July 1868 in Truro, Cornwall, England, the son of a prominent ...
(1868–1902), British metallurgist, mining engineer and mine manager
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Arthur S. Collins Jr.
Arthur Sylvester Collins Jr. (August 6, 1915 – January 7, 1984) was a United States Army lieutenant general who served as commander of I Field Force, Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
Early life and education
Collins was born on 6 August 1915 i ...
(1915–1984), United States Army general
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Arthur Collins (murder victim) (1937–1965), American man murdered in New York City
See also
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Collins (surname)
The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland:
# English and Scottish: A patronymic surname based on the English and Scottish name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas.
# Norse: From the Old Norse personal ...
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