Michael Collins
Encyclopedia
Politics
- Michael Collins (Dublin politician)Michael Collins (Dublin politician)Michael Collins was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1977–1978. He stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate for Dáil Éireann at the 1973, 1977 and 1981 general elections.-References:...
, Irish Labour party politician, Lord Mayor Of Dublin 1977–1978 - Michael Collins (Irish leader)Michael Collins (Irish leader)Michael "Mick" Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance and Teachta Dála for Cork South in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations. Subsequently, he was both Chairman of the...
(1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician - Michael Collins (Limerick politician)Michael Collins (Limerick politician)Michael J. Collins is a former Fianna Fáil and Independent Teachta Dála for Limerick West from 1997 to 2007.-Early life and career:...
(born 1940), Irish politician - Mac CollinsMac CollinsMichael Allen "Mac" Collins , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing the...
(born 1944), born Michael Allen Collins, U.S. congressman from Georgia
Sports
- Michael Collins (baseball)Michael Collins (baseball)Michael John Collins is an Australian baseball player with the San Diego Padres organization. He plays first base as well as catcher....
(born 1984), Australian baseball player - Michael Collins (footballer born 1986), Irish professional footballer
- Michael Collins (rugby player)Michael Collins (rugby player)Michael Collins is a rugby union player for the Ospreys in the Magners League, who plays as a lock.-External links:*...
(born 1986), Welsh rugby union player - Michael Collins (soccer)Michael Collins (soccer)Michael Collins is a former U.S. soccer midfielder. Collins played for at least twelve teams in nearly half a dozen leagues over his seventeen year professional career. He also earned two caps with the U.S. national team in 1988.-Youth and college:Collins grew up in Hicksville, New York where he...
(born 1961), American professional soccer midfielder - Mike Collins (American football) (born 1960), head football coach at the University of Louisiana
- Michael Collins (footballer born 1977)Michael Collins (footballer born 1977)Michael Collins is a retired professional footballer who most recently played for Irish League club Crusaders.-Early career:...
, retired footballer - Michael Collins (hurler)Michael Collins (hurler)Michael Collins was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Enniscorthy Shamrocks and was a member of the Wexford senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s.-References:-Teams:...
(1941–2009), Irish hurler
Arts and entertainment
- Michael Collins (author)Michael Collins (author)Michael Collins is the best-known pseudonym of Dennis Lynds , an American author who primarily wrote mystery fiction....
(1924–2005), pseudonym of author Dennis Lynds - Michael Collins (Irish author)Michael Collins (Irish author)Michael Collins is an Irish novelist and also an international ultra-distance runner. He is a current member of the Irish National Team for the 100k distance and holds the Irish national masters record over the 100k distance...
(born 1964), Irish-born novelist - Mick CollinsMick CollinsMick Collins is a musician from Detroit, Michigan.- Biography :Collins first played in a band called the U-Boats in 1981 and then in the Floor Tasters from 1984 to 1985. In 1986, the 20-year old Collins helped form the seminal garage punk band, The Gories...
(born 1965), Michigan musician - Mike Collins (comics) (born 1961), British-born American comic book artist
Other fields
- Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins (astronaut)Michael Collins is a former American astronaut and test pilot. Selected as part of the third group of fourteen astronauts in 1963, he flew in space twice. His first spaceflight was Gemini 10, in which he and command pilot John Young performed two rendezvous with different spacecraft and Collins...
(born 1930), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Gemini 10 crews - Michael Collins (computational linguist)Michael Collins (computational linguist)Michael J. Collins is a researcher in the field of computational linguistics.His research interests are in natural language processing as well as machine learning and he has made important contributions in statistical parsing and in statistical machine learning...
(born 1971), British-born researcher in computer science - Michael P. CollinsMichael P. CollinsMichael P. Collins is an structural engineer whose research is concerned with the design and evaluation of reinforced and prestressed concrete buildings, bridges, nuclear containment structures and offshore oil platforms....
, Canadian expert structural engineer - Michael Collins (bishop) (1771–1832), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne and Ross
Other uses
- Michael Collins (film)Michael Collins (film)Michael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as General Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival....
, 1996 film depicting the life of Irish leader Michael Collins- Michael Collins (soundtrack)Michael Collins (soundtrack)Elliot Goldenthal's score for Michael Collins was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Original Dramatic Score".Sinéad O'Connor and the late Irish tenor Frank Patterson both contributed to the soundtrack.- Track listing :...
- Michael Collins (soundtrack)
- Michael Collins (Irish whiskey), created by Sidney Frank Importing Co., Inc.
- Michael Collins, alter ego of the fictional Marvel comics anti-hero DeathlokDeathlokDeathlok is a fictional cyborg published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Astonishing Tales #25 , and was created by Rich Buckler and Doug Moench...