William Collins
William Collins may refer to:
Arts
- William Collins (poet), English poet
- William Collins (modeller), English modeller
- William Collins (painter), English landscape artist
- William Lucas Collins, English author and clergyman of the Church of England
- William Wiehe Collins, English architectural and landscape genre painter
- Billy Collins, 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), Member of Parliament for Warwick 1837–52
- William Collins (South African politician), member Volksraad of the Orange Free State
- William Collins (New York politician), U.S. congressman from New York
- William Whitehouse Collins, New Zealand Member of Parliament for Christchurch in the South Island
- William Collins (English surgeon), British surgeon and Liberal Party politician
- William Collins (New Zealand surgeon) sportsman, surgeon, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- William A. Collins, American politician, state representative and mayor from Norwalk, Connecticut
- William T. Collins, American politician, former acting mayor of New York City
Publishing
- William Collins (publisher), Scottish founder of the William Collins, Sons publishing house
- William Collins (Lord Provost), Scottish temperance movement activist; son of publisher William Collins.
- William Collins, Sons, 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), Australian cricketer
- William Collins (cricketer, born 1848), Welsh author and cricketer
- William Collins (cricketer, born 1868), English cricketer
- William Collins (tennis), British tennis player from the 1920s and 30s, see 1930 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
- William Collins (canoeist), Canadian canoer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Bill Collins (athlete), American sprinter
- Billy Collins Jr., American professional boxer
Others
- William Collins (colonist), English naval officer and early settler in Tasmania, Australia
- William O. Collins, commandant of Fort Laramie, Wyoming; namesake of Fort Collins, Colorado and Camp Collins
- William Collins (bishop), Bishop of Gibraltar in the Church of England
- William Henry Collins, Canadian geologist
- William Floyd Collins, American cave explorer
- William J. Collins, president of St. Ambrose University
- William R. Collins, United States Marine Corps general
- William T. Collins Jr., American automotive engineer for Pontiac and DeLorean
- William Erle Collins, American parasitologist
- Bootsy Collins, American funk bassist, singer and songwriter
- Mr William Collins, a fictional character in the Jane Austen novel ''Pride and Prejudice''