'''John Collins''', or '''Jon Collins''', may refer to:

{{TOC right}} == Arts and entertainment== * John Collins (painter), 18th century British landscape painter * John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet * John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic * John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director and screenwriter * John Collins (jazz guitarist) (1913–2001), American jazz guitarist * John Collins (cartoonist) (1917–2007), Canadian cartoonist * Johnny Collins (1938–2009), British folksinger * John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor known for ''Allo 'Allo'' * John Collins (theatre director) (born 1969), American experimental theater director * John Collins (Australian musician) (born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger * John Collins (British musician), musician in the West African music scene

==Military== * John Collins (Bengal Army officer) (died 1807), British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry * John Collins (VC) (1880–1951), English sergeant who was awarded a Victoria Cross * John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy officer

== Politics== ===American politicians=== * John Collins (Continental Congress) (1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress * John Collins (governor) (1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware * John Collins (Seattle politician) (1835–1903), American politician and businessman * John F. Collins (mayor of Providence) (1872–1962), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1939–1941 * John F. Collins (1919–1995), mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1960–1968

===Other politicians=== * John Collins (died 1597), MP for Hythe * John Collins (Andover MP) (1624–1711), English academic and politician * John Collins (Surveyor General) (died 1795), Surveyor General of Provincial Canada * John Collins (Canadian politician) (1922–2016), physician and politician in Newfoundland, Canada * John Henry Collins (1880–1952), nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland

==Religion== * John Collins (Independent minister) (c. 1632–1687), English Independent minister * John J. Collins (bishop) (1856–1934), American-born Catholic bishop in Jamaica * John Collins (priest) (1905–1982), radical Anglican canon at St Paul's Cathedral, and member of the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament * John A. Collins (chaplain) (1931–2003), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force * John Collins (nuncio) (1889–1961), Irish bishop and diplomat in Liberia * John T. C. B. Collins (1925–2022), Anglican priest and leading figure in the charismatic movement

== Sports == ===Association football=== * John Collins (footballer, born 1942), English professional footballer * John Collins (footballer, born 1945), English professional footballer and manager * John Collins (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2020), Welsh professional footballer * John Collins (footballer, born 1968), Scottish international footballer and manager

===Other sports=== * John Collins (New Zealand cricketer) (1868–1943), New Zealand cricketer * Shano Collins (John Francis Collins, 1885–1955), American baseball player * John Collins (Fijian cricketer) (fl. 1895), Fijian cricketer * John W. Collins (1912–2001), American chess player * John Collins (rugby union, born 1928), English international rugby union player * John Collins (rugby union, born 1931) (1931–2017), Welsh rugby union player * John Collins (rugby union, born 1939) (1939–2007), New Zealand rugby union player * John Collins (sports executive) (born 1961), COO of the National Hockey League * John Collins (rower) (born 1989), British rower * John Collins (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player in the NBA * Jon Collins (born 1960s), American basketball player in the 1980s * Johnny Collins (sprinter), winner of the 2000 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships<!-- MOS:DABRED --> * John Collins (pole vaulter), 1922 All-American pole vaulter for the Illinois Fighting Illini track and field team<!-- MOS:DABRED -->

==Other people== * John Collins (mathematician) (1625–1683), English mathematician * John Baptist Collins (died 1794), French pirate * John Collins (merchant) (died 1795), merchant in Quebec * John A. Collins (1810–1900), American abolitionist and utopian from Skaneateles Community * John Collins Covell (1823–1887), American educator and school administrator * John S. Collins (1837–1928), American Quaker farmer who moved to southern Florida * John H. Collins (academic) (1902–1981), American classical scholar * John Collins (British businessman) (born 1941), former head of National Power * John J. Collins (born 1946), Irish biblical studies scholar * John Norman Collins (born 1947), perpetrator of the Michigan murders * John C. Collins (born 1949), American theoretical particle physicist * John A. Collins (abolitionist) (1810–1879), American abolitionist * C. John Collins, American academic and professor of Old Testament * Jon Collins (educator), American educator

==Other uses== * John Collins (cocktail), an alcoholic beverage

== See also == * John Collins-Muhammad (born 1991), American politician * Jon R. Collins (1923–1987), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada * Collins (surname) * Jack Collins (disambiguation) * John Collings (disambiguation) * Sean Collins (disambiguation) * Collins John (born 1985), Dutch footballer

{{disambiguation}} Collins, John