• William Collins (bishop) (1867–1911), Bishop of Gibraltar in the Church of England
• William Collins (poet)
  William Collins (poet)
  William Collins was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century...
  
   (1721–1759), English poet
• William Collins (painter)
  William Collins (painter)
  William Collins was an English landscape and genre painter. In the late 19th century his work was more popular and highly valued than even Turner or Constable.-Life and work:...
  
   (1788–1847), English landscape artist
• William Collins (publisher)
  William Collins (publisher)
  William Collins was a Scottish schoolmaster and publisher.Collins was born near Glasgow in 1789. In 1819 he set up a publishing business, initially selling religious books. He produced the first Collins dictionary in 1824, when he also obtained a licence to publish the Bible...
  
   (1789–1853), Scottish publisher; founder of the Collins publishing house, that became part of Harper Collins
• William Collins (South African politician) (1803–1876), member Volksraad of the Orange Free State
• William Lucas Collins
  William Lucas Collins
  Rev William Lucas Collins was a Church of England clergyman and author.-Life and career:Collins was born in Oxwich, Glamorgan, Wales, and educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Oxford...
  
   (1815–1887), English author and clergyman of the Church of England
• William Collins (Lord Provost)
  William Collins (Lord Provost)
  Sir William Collins was a famous figure in the temperance movement who served as Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880.He joined his father, William Collins, printing company in 1848 and helped expand the business into publishing...
  
   (1817–1895), Scottish temperance movement activist; son of William Collins (1789–1853)
• William Job Collins
  William Job Collins
  Sir William Job Collins KCVO was a surgeon and later a Liberal politician and legislator.-Background:...
  
   (1859–1946), British surgeon and Liberal Party politician
• William Collins (representative)
  William Collins (representative)
  William Collins was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Lowville on February 22, 1818. He was the son of Ela Collins, a prominent politician from the State. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice there. He served as district attorney for Lewis...
  
   (1818–1878), U.S. congressman from New York
• William Floyd Collins (1887–1925), American cave explorer
• William J. Collins
  William J. Collins
  William J. Collins was a 20th century Catholic priest who served as the 9th president of St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa from 1956-1963.-Biography:...
  
  , president of St. Ambrose University
• Colonel William O. Collins, commandant of Fort Laramie, Wyoming; namesake of Fort Collins, Colorado
  Fort Collins, Colorado
  Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
  
   and Camp Collins
• Billy Collins
  Billy Collins
  Billy Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida...
  
   (born 1941), American poet
• Bootsy Collins
  Bootsy Collins
  William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...
  
  , aka William Collins (born 1951), American funk bassist, singer and songwriter
• William Ray Collins, Jr. (1961–1984), American professional boxer
• William Collins (canoer)
  William Collins (canoer)
  William Collins is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he finished seventh in the C-2 1000 m event.-References:*...
  
  , Canadian canoer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
• William Collins (tennis), British tennis player from the 1920s and 30s
• William Collins (sportsman, born 1853)
  William Collins (sportsman, born 1853)
  William Edward Collins MB MRCS CMG was a sportsman and politician...
  
  , played rugby for England and cricket for Wellington, New Zealand.
• William Collins (Warwick MP), Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick
  Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)
  Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the...
  
   1837–52

See also

• Bill Collins (disambiguation)