John Collins
Encyclopedia
Arts
- John Churton CollinsJohn Churton CollinsJohn Churton Collins , English literary critic, was born at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.From King Edward's School, Birmingham, he went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1872, and at once devoted himself to a literary career, as journalist, essayist and lecturer...
(1848–1908), English literary critic - John Collins (Australian musician)John Collins (Australian musician)John Andrew Collins is the mainstay bass guitarst for Australian rock band Powderfinger since 1989. He is one of the founding members of the band, along with guitarist Ian Haug, forming at their high school, Brisbane Grammar School as a three piece. Powderfinger has released seven studio albums, a...
(born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger - John Collins (Canadian musician)John Collins (Canadian musician)John Edward Collins is a member of The New Pornographers, Destroyer, and The Evaporators. He plays the bass, guitar, synthesizer, ebow and sings....
, of The New Pornographers and The Smugglers - John Collins (jazz guitarist)John Collins (jazz guitarist)John Elbert Collins was a jazz guitarist who accompanied many swing era names from 1935–1950, including Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday and Lester Young. His longest association was with Nat "King" Cole, 1951-1965. Known for his rhythm work, he soloed infrequently...
(1913–2001) - John Collins (musician/researcher)John Collins (musician/researcher)John Collins came to Ghana in 1952 and has been involved in the West African music scene since 1969.- Biography :John Collins is a guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist and has worked, recorded and played with numerous Ghanaian and Nigerian bands; the Jaguar Jokers, Francis Kenya, E.T...
- John Collins (poet)John Collins (poet)John Collins was an English entertainer and poet from Birmingham. He was born in Bath but traveled widely in England and Ireland to perform in plays and musical theatre. He published The Brush, a collection of songs. In 1793 he settled in Birmingham, and in 1804 published a collection of poems and...
(1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet - John Collins (theater)John Collins (theater)John Collins is an American director and designer of experimental theatre from New York City.A native of Vidalia, Georgia; he and graduated from Yale University in 1991, cum laude....
(born c. 1969), American experimental theater director - John D. CollinsJohn D. CollinsJohn D. Collins is an English actor, perhaps best known for appearing in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo! in which he played Flt. Lt. Fairfax, a stranded British airman in occupied France during World War II...
(born 1942), British actor, best known for his role as one of the British airmen in Allo 'Allo - Johnny CollinsJohnny CollinsJohnny Collins was a folk singer based in London, England, specializing in traditional maritime music.- Biography :...
(1938–2009), British folksinger
Politics
- John Collins (Continental Congress) (1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
- John Collins (governor)John Collins (governor)John Collins was an American manufacturer and politician from Collins Mill Pond, in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware...
(1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware - John F. CollinsJohn F. CollinsJohn Frederick Collins was the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States from 1960 to 1968.-Biography:John Collins was born in Roxbury, Boston on July 20, 1919. In 1941 he graduated from Suffolk University Law School. He served a tour in the Army during World War II and four years later was...
(1919–1995), Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1960–1968 - John F. Collins (1872–1962), Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1939–1941
Sports
- John Collins (cricketer)John Collins (cricketer)John Cyril Collins was a Fijian cricketer. He played six first-class matches for the Fiji national cricket team on a tour of New Zealand in 1895. He scored Fiji's only century of the tour, an innings of 128 not out against Hawke's Bay.-References:...
, Fijian cricketer - John Collins (footballer born 1942), former English professional footballer
- John Collins (footballer born 1949)John Collins (footballer born 1949)John Lindsay Collins is a retired Welsh professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado, Halifax Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Kidderminster Harriers and represented Wales at schoolboy and seven occasions at Under–23 level.-Playing career:Collins...
, former Welsh professional footballer - John Collins (footballer born 1968), former Scottish international footballer and manager
- John Collins (sports executive) (born 1961), COO of the National Hockey League
- Jon CollinsJon CollinsJon Collins is a former American basketball player who is best known for his collegiate career at Eastern Illinois University between 1982–83 and 1985–86...
, former American basketball player
Other fields
- John Collins (priest) (1905–1982), radical Anglican canon at St Paul's Cathedral
- John A. CollinsJohn A. CollinsJohn A. Collins was Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.-Biography:Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1931, Collins was an ordained Roman Catholic priest in the Redemptorist Order. Collins passed away on May 7, 2003 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.-Career:Collins joined the...
(1931–2003), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force - John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy
- John Collins (mathematician)John Collins (mathematician)John Collins was an English mathematician. He is most known for his extensive correspondence with leading scientists and mathematicians such as Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Gottfried Leibniz, Isaac Newton, and John Wallis...
(1625–1683), English mathematician - John Colins (UK businessman) (born 1941), former head of National Power
- John Collins (VC)John Collins (VC)John Collins VC DCM MM was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1880–1951), English sergeant who was awarded a Victoria Cross - John H. CollinsJohn H. CollinsJohn H. Collins was an American classical scholar.Born in Anaconda, Montana, he attended the University of Illinois and Cornell University, and in 1952 received his doctorate in classical history from Goethe University in Frankfurt-am-Main where he studied under Professor Matthias Gelzer, then a...
(1902–1981), American classical scholar - John J. CollinsJohn J. CollinsJohn J. Collins is the Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism & Interpretation at Yale Divinity School. He is noted for his research in the Hebrew Bible, as well as the apocryphal works of the Second Temple period including the sectarian works found in Dead Sea Scrolls and their relation to...
(born 1946) Irish biblical studies scholar. - John Joseph CollinsJohn Joseph CollinsJohn Collins is an Irish barrister called to the Bar in 1967. He was called to the English Bar in the Middle Temple in 1972. He was called to the Bar of New South Wales, Sydney in 1989. he has participated in prominent criminal court cases, primarily in England. He founded in Lewes, Sussex in 1987...
(born 1944) Irish Barrister - John Norman Collins, American murderer
- John W. CollinsJohn W. CollinsJohn William Collins 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...
(1912–2001), American chess instructor
See also
- Jack Collins (disambiguation)
- Collins JohnCollins JohnCollins John is a Liberian-born Dutch footballer.-Club:John started his professional career at Dutch first division side FC Twente as a 17-year old, going on to score 11 league goals during one-and-a-half seasons combined...
(born 1985), Dutch footballer