William Collins may refer to:

Arts

  • William Collins (poet) (1721–1759), English poet
  • William Collins (modeller), English modeller
  • William Collins (painter) (1788–1847), English landscape artist
  • William Lucas Collins (1815–1887), English author and clergyman of the Church of England
  • William Wiehe Collins (1862–1951), English architectural and landscape genre painter
  • Billy Collins (born 1941), American poet
  • William P. Collins, author of works on the Bábí and Bahá’í Faiths, see Bahá'í Faith in Europe

Politics

  • William Collins (Roundhead), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1659
  • William Collins (Warwick MP) (died 1859), member of parliament (MP) for Warwick 1837–52
  • William Collins (South African politician) (1803–1876), member Volksraad of the Orange Free State
  • William Richard Collins (1876–1944), South African politician
  • William Collins (New York politician) (1818–1878), U.S. congressman from New York
  • William Whitehouse Collins (1853–1923), New Zealand member of parliament for Christchurch in the South Island
  • William Collins (English surgeon) (1859–1946), British surgeon and Liberal Party politician
  • William Collins (New Zealand surgeon) (1853–1934) sportsman, surgeon, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
  • William A. Collins (1935–2022), American politician, state representative and mayor from Norwalk, Connecticut
  • William T. Collins (1886–1961), American politician, acting mayor of New York City

Publishing

  • William Collins (publisher) (1789–1853), Scottish founder of the William Collins, Sons publishing house
  • William Collins (Lord Provost) (1817–1895), Scottish temperance movement activist; son of publisher William Collins.
  • William Collins, Sons (est. 1819), Scottish publishing house, became part of HarperCollins in 1990, a subsidiary of News Corp.
  • William Collins (imprint), a non-fiction publishing brand launched by HarperCollins in 2014

Sports

  • William Collins (cricketer, born 1837) (1837–1876), Australian cricketer
  • William Collins (cricketer, born 1848) (1848–1932), Welsh author and cricketer
  • William Collins (cricketer, born 1868) (1868–1942), English cricketer
  • William Collins (tennis), British tennis player from the 1920s and 30s, see 1930 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles
  • William Collins (canoeist) (1932–1993), Canadian canoer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Bill Collins (sprinter) (William Collins, born 1950), American sprinter
  • Bill Collins (American football) (William Newton Collins, 1894–?), American college football player and coach
  • Bill Collins (catcher) (William J. Collins, 1863–1893), Irish-American baseball player
  • Bill Collins (footballer, born 1871) (William Collins, 1871–1942), Australian footballer for Carlton
  • Bill Collins (footballer, born 1920) (William Hanna Collins, 1920–2010), aka Buster Collins, Northern Irish footballer
  • Bill Collins (golfer) (William R. Collins, 1928–2006), American professional golfer
  • Bill Collins (ice hockey) (William Earl Collins, born 1943), Canadian former ice hockey player
  • Bill Collins (outfielder) (William Shirley Collins, 1882–1961), American baseball player
  • Bill Collins (racecaller) (William Henry Collins, 1928–1997), Australian racecaller
  • Bill Collins (rugby union) (William Reuben Collins, 1911–1993), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Bill Collins (television presenter) (William Roderick Collins, 1934–2019), Australian film critic and television presenter
  • Billy Collins Jr. (1961–1984), American professional boxer
  • Billy Collins (Australian footballer) (William Henry Collins, 1909–1982), Australian rules footballer

Others

  • William Collins (colonist) (1756–1819), English naval officer and early settler in Tasmania, Australia
  • William O. Collins (1809–1880), commandant of Fort Laramie, Wyoming; namesake of Fort Collins, Colorado and Camp Collins
  • William Collins (bishop) (1867–1911), Bishop of Gibraltar in the Church of England
  • William Henry Collins (1878–1937), Canadian geologist
  • William Floyd Collins (1887–1925), American cave explorer
  • William J. Collins (1896–1970), president of St. Ambrose University
  • William R. Collins (1913–1991), United States Marine Corps general
  • William T. Collins Jr. (1932–2023), American automotive engineer for Pontiac and DeLorean
  • William Erle Collins (1929–2013), American parasitologist
  • Bootsy Collins (William Earl Collins, born 1951), American funk bassist, singer and songwriter
  • Mr William Collins, a fictional character in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice
  • William Collins, a contestant of Big Brother 1 (American season)

See also

  • Bill Collins (disambiguation)