Collins
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Collins may refer to:
People
[edit]Surname
[edit]Given name
[edit]- Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat
- Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration
- Collins Cheboi (born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Collins Denny (1854–1943), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- Collins Denny Jr. (1899–1964), American pro-segregationist lawyer.
- Collins Hagler (born 1935), Canadian football player
- Collins Injera (born 1986), Kenyan rugby player
- Collins John (born 1985), Liberia-born Dutch footballer
- Collins H. Johnston (1859–1936), American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader
- Collins Mbesuma (born 1984), Zambian footballer nicknamed The Hurricane or Ntofontofo
- Collins Mensah (born 1961), Ghanaian sprinter
- Collins Nweke (born 1965), Belgian politician of the Green Party
- Collins Obuya (born 1981), Kenyan cricketer
Companies
[edit]- Collins Aerospace, avionics manufacturer (successor to Rockwell Collins)
- Rockwell Collins, defunct avionics manufacturer
- Collins Radio Company, manufacturer of shortwave radio and broadcast equipment, later acquired by North American Rockwell
- Collins Booksellers, an Australian book store chain founded in 1922 in Melbourne
- Collins Classics, former record company
- Collins Line, common nickname for the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company, an American transatlantic steamship line in the 1800s
- Collins Industries, bus builder
- HarperCollins, publisher
- William Collins, Sons, defunct publisher (merged into HarperCollins)
Places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Collins, Arkansas, a census-designated place
- Collins, California, now incorporated into American Canyon
- Collins, Georgia, a city
- Collins, Idaho, an unincorporated community
- Collins, Indiana, an unincorporated community
- Collins, Iowa, a city
- Collins, Mississippi, a city
- Collins, Missouri, a village
- Collins, New York, a town
- Collins, Ohio, a census-designated place
- Collins, Wisconsin, a census-designated place
- Collins Archeological District, an archaeological site in Illinois
- Collins Fork, a stream in Kentucky
Antarctica
[edit]- Collins Bay, on the Antarctic Peninsula
- Collins Glacier, Antarctica
- Collins Base, a research station on the glacier
- Collins Harbour, in the South Shetland Islands
- Collins Peak, Victoria Land
- Collins Point, in the South Shetland Islands
Other places
[edit]- Collins Reef or Johnson North Reef, in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea
Other uses
[edit]- Camp Collins, a 19th-century Army outpost in Colorado
- Collins (crater), a lunar crater
- Collins Bird Guide, a 1999 field guide to the birds of the Western Palearctic
- Collins Bridge, a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay, Florida
- Collins Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Collins, New York
- Collins English Dictionary, a printed and online dictionary of English
- Collins Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Corning, New York
- Collins glass, in which the Tom Collins cocktail is traditionally served
- Collins Place, a hotel and office complex in Melbourne, Australia
- Collins-class submarine, a class of diesel-electric submarine operated by the Royal Australian Navy
- Tom Collins, a gin cocktail
- R v Collins (1987), a Supreme Court of Canada case on exclusion of evidence
- R v Collins, an English case on trespassing