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* Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat * Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration * Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner * Collins Denny (1854–1943), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South * Collins Denny Jr. (1899–1964), American pro-segregationist lawyer. *
Collins Hagler Collins "Mike" Hagler (born March 15, 1935) was a Canadian football player who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Rough Riders. He won the Grey Cup The Grey Cup (french: Coupe Grey) is both the championship game of the Canad ...
(born 1935), Canadian football player * Collins Injera (born 1986), Kenyan rugby player *
Collins H. Johnston Collins Hickey Johnston (August 29, 1859 – December 29, 1936) was an American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was a graduate of the University of Michigan where he played college foot ...
(1859–1936), American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader * Collins John (born 1985), Liberia-born Dutch footballer * Collins Mbesuma (born 1984), Zambian footballer nicknamed ''The Hurricane'' or ''Ntofontofo'' *
Collins Mensah Collins Mensah (born 19 February 1961) is a Ghanaian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an ...
(born 1961), Ghanaian sprinter * Collins Nweke (born 1965), Belgian politician of the Green Party *
Collins Obuya Collins Omondi Obuya (born 27 July 1981) is a Kenyan cricketer and a former captain of Kenyan cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler. He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one of Kenya's major ...
(born 1981), Kenyan cricketer


Companies

* Collins Aerospace, avionics manufacturer (successor to Rockwell Collins) **
Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins was a multinational corporation headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing avionics and information technology systems and services to government agencies and aircraft manufacturers. It was formed when the Collins Radio C ...
, defunct avionics manufacturer ** Collins Radio Company, manufacturer of shortwave radio and broadcast equipment, later acquired by North American Rockwell * Collins Booksellers, an Australian book store chain founded in 1922 in Melbourne *
Collins Classics Collins Classics is a record label which specialises in classical music. It was founded in 1989 as a musical subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers and distributed through Pinnacle Entertainment (United Kingdom). Artists who recorded for the ...
, former record company * Collins Line, common nickname for the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company, an American transatlantic steamship line in the 1800s * Collins Industries, bus builder *
HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News C ...
, publisher *
William Collins, Sons William Collins, Sons (often referred to as Collins) was a Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in partnership with Charles Chalmers, the younger brother of Thom ...
, defunct publisher (merged into HarperCollins)


Places


United States

* Collins, Arkansas, a census-designated place * Collins, California, now incorporated into American Canyon * Collins, Georgia, a city * Collins, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Collins, Iowa, a city * Collins, Mississippi, a city * Collins, Missouri, a village * Collins, New York, a town * Collins, Ohio, a census-designated place *
Collins, Wisconsin Collins is an unincorporated census-designated place in the town of Rockland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States, in the east central part of the state. Its zip code is 54207, although its post office is being studied for closure. As of ...
, a census-designated place *
Collins Archeological District The Collins Archeological District is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in Kennekuk County Park in Vermilion County, Illinois. The site dates from the Late Woodland period and was used roughly from 900 to 1100 A.D. The core of the site ...
, an archaeological site in Illinois * Collins Fork, a stream in Kentucky


Antarctica

* Collins Bay, on the Antarctic Peninsula *
Collins Glacier Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 50 miles (80 km) wide, over 250 miles (400 km) long, and about 2,500 m deep, it is the world's largest glacier. It drains 8% of the Antarctic ice sheet to the east and s ...
, Antarctica *
Collins Harbour Collins Harbour () is a bay indenting the south coast of King George Island immediately east of Fildes Peninsula, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on a chart by Scottish geologist David Ferguson, who roughly charted the bay in 1913� ...
, in the South Shetland Islands *
Collins Peak Collins Peak () is a small but noteworthy peak, high, at the east side of Malta Plateau, on the end of the ridge overlooking the confluence of Hand Glacier and Line Glacier, in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United St ...
, Victoria Land * Collins Point, in the South Shetland Islands


Other places

* Collins Reef or Johnson North Reef, in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea


Other uses

* Camp Collins, a 19th-century Army outpost in Colorado * Collins (crater), a lunar crater * '' Collins Bird Guide'', a 1999 field guide to the birds of the Western Palearctic * Collins Bridge, a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay, Florida * Collins Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Collins, New York * ''
Collins English Dictionary The ''Collins English Dictionary'' is a printed and online dictionary of English. It is published by HarperCollins in Glasgow. The edition of the dictionary in 1979 with Patrick Hanks as editor and Laurence Urdang as editorial director, w ...
'', a printed and online dictionary of English *
Collins Observatory The Eileen M. Collins Observatory is a small astronomical observatory operated by Corning Community College in Corning, New York, United States. It is named for astronaut Eileen Collins. The observatory is primarily used to teach astronomy class ...
, an astronomical observatory in Corning, New York *
Collins glass A collins glass is a glass tumbler which typically will contain . It is commonly used to serve sparkling cocktails, especially long drinks like the Tom Collins or John Collins John Collins may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Collins ...
, in which the Tom Collins cocktail is traditionally served * Collins Place, a hotel and office complex in Melbourne, Australia * ''Collins''-class submarine, a class of diesel-electric submarine operated by the Royal Australian Navy * Tom Collins, a gin cocktail * ''R v Collins'' (1987), a Supreme Court of Canada case on exclusion of evidence * '' R v Collins'', an English case on trespassing


See also

*
Collin (disambiguation) Collin may refer to: People Surname * Collin (surname) * Jacques Collin de Plancy (1793–1881), French occultist, demonologist and writer * Victor Collin de Plancy (1853–1924), French diplomat, bibliophile and art collector * Jean-Baptiste ...
* Collings (disambiguation) * Collins Township (disambiguation) * Collinstown (disambiguation) * Justice Collins (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, given name