Editing William Collins

'''William Collins''' may refer to:

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==Arts==
* [[William Collins (poet)]] (1721–1759), English poet
* [[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 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, former 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 (athlete)]] (born 1950), American sprinter
* [[Billy Collins Jr.]] (1961–1984), American professional boxer

==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 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''

==See also==
* [[Bill Collins (disambiguation)]]

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