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Collins (surname)

The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland:

Anglo-Saxon: A patronymic surname based on the name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas. In England, Collins usually signified "son of Colin."
Irish: "cuilein" = darling, a term of endearment applied to young animals.
Irish: The surname O' Coileáin, meaning "from the whelp or young animal".
Welsh: Collen = hazel, hazel grove.

Alternative spellings or related surnames include Collin, Colling, Coling, Collings, Colings, Collis, Coliss, Collen, and Collens.

The earliest documented evidence of the name in England dates back as far as the twelfth and thirteenth centuries where several instances have been recorded. One Colinus de Andresia appears in the pipe rolls of Berkshire in 1191, while a Colinus is mentioned in Hartopp's Register of the Freeman of Leicester recorded in 1196. The personal name Colin from which the surname derives has an even older history; Ceawlin, the king of the West Saxons, Caelin, a brother of St Chad, an the early Welsh saint, Kollen, all have names related to Colin. In Ireland, Collins may be regarded as a genuinely indigenous Irish name; in fact, it is one the most numerous surnames, ranked number 30.

A

A. E. J. Collins, English cricketer
Aidan Collins, English football player
Albert Collins (1932–1993), American blues musician
Allen Collins, American guitarist
Andrew Collins, one of several people including

Andrew Collins, American research analyst
Andrew Collins, British writer and broadcaster
Andrew Collins, writer on ancient history/civilisations

Andy Collins, British television personality
Ann Collins, American painter
Annie Collins, New Zealand film editor
Anthony Collins, English philosopher
Anthony G. Collins, American university president
Arthur Collins, singer
Arthur A. Collins, founder of Collins Radio
Arthur L. Collins, murdered mine manager.

B

Barbara-Rose Collins, American politician
Barnabas Collins, fictional vampire from Dark Shadows
Ben Collins, one of several people including

Ben Collins, British racing driver
Ben Collins, Debian Project Leader from January 1999 to March 2001

Benny Collins, boxer trainer
Bev Collins, Canadian politician
Bill Collins, one of several people including

Bill Collins, Australian film critic and television presenter
Bill Collins, Australian racecaller
Bill Collins (baseball outfielder), American baseball outfielder

Billy Collins, American poet, former US Poet Laureate
Bob Collins, American broadcaster
Bob Collins, Australian politician
Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer
Bootsy Collins, American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter
Brent Collins, American actor
Bridget Jean Collins, American playwright Jean Kerr
Bud Collins, American journalist

C

Cardiss Collins, American politician
Careena Collins, American porn actress
Carla Collins, an entertainer reporter for CFTO during the 1990s and was the star on Entertainment Now with Dan Moran
Catfish Collins, American guitarist, brother of Bootsy Collins
Cecil Collins, British artist
Cecil Collins, American football player and prison inmate.
Charles Allston Collins, British Pre-Raphaelite artist.
Chris Collins, one of several people including

Chris Collins, American basketball player, son of Doug Collins
Christopher Collins, voice actor

Chuck Collins, American author on economic matters
Clifton Collins Jr., American actor

D

Dan Collins, American ice hockey player
Daniel Collins, Australien canoer
Danny Collins, Welsh footballer
Darren Collins, Rushden and Diamonds all time record goalscorer
David Collins, one of several people including

David Collins, first governor of Van Diemens Land (later Tasmania)
David Collins, fictional character from EastEnders

Dean Collins, American actor
Dean Collins, American dancer
Dolly Collins, British folk singer
Doug Collins, American basketball player

E

Eamon Collins, (1954 - 1999), IRA member, later exposing them in books
Earl Collins, Canadian politician
Edward "Cocky" Trowbridge Collins Sr. (1887 – 1951), Major League Baseball player
Edward Joseph Collins (1886 - 1951), American composer and pianist
Eileen Collins, an American astronaut and first female commander of a Space Shuttle
Eoin Collins, Irish tennis player
Edwyn Collins, Scottish musician
Eric Collins, adventurer

F

Floyd Collins, American cave explorer
Francis Collins (geneticist), American geneticist
Francis S. Collins, American administrator of the Human Genome Project
Francis Dolan Collins, American politician
Frank Collins, Irish footballer

G

Gail Collins Pappalardi, songwriter
Gary Collins, American football player
Gary Collins (actor)
George W. Collins, American politician
Gerry Collins, Australian broadcaster
Glen Collins, New Zealand soccer player
Glenda Collins, pop singer
Godfrey Collins, British politician

H

Harlan Collins, American composer
Harry Collins, British academic
Heidi Collins, British broadcaster
Henry Collins, Canadian mayor of Vancouver
Henry Collins, Australian boxer
Herbert Collins, British architect
Herbert A. Collins, landscape and portrait painter
Herbie Collins, Australian cricketer

I

Ian Collins, one of several people including

Ian Collins, high profile Australian businessman and former Australian rules footballer
Ian Collins (radio presenter), UK radio presenter

J

Jacinta Collins, Australian politician
Jack Collins, one of several people including

Jack Collins, former Australian rules footballer in the VFL and football administrator
Jack Collins, former Australian Test Cricket Umpire

Jackie Collins, British novelist
James Collins, one of several people including

James Collins, bioengineer and MacArthur "genius"
James Collins, footballer for West Ham United F.C. in London
James Collins, Irish politician and father of Gerard Collins
James Collins, NBA basketball player
James C. Collins, American business theorist
James M. Collins, American politician

Jane Collins, fictional character from EastEnders
Jason Collins, NBA Basketball player
Jason Collins, American surfer
Jarron Collins, NBA Basketball player
Jeremiah Collins, fictional character from Dark Shadows
Jerry Collins, New Zealand rugby player
Jess Collins, American artist
Jessica Collins, American actress, starring in Tru Calling
Jessica Collins, American actress, starring in The Nine
Jimmy Collins, American baseball player
Jim Collins, inventor and Rhodes Scholar
Jo Collins, American model
Joan Collins, British actress
Joe Collins (1922-1989), American baseball player
John Collins, one of several people including

Canon John Collins, (1905–1982), UK radical Anglican cleric
John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic
John Collins (governor), (1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware.
John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy
John Collins (American Football executive)
John Collins (musician) (Powderfinger)
John Collins (Canadian musician), of The New Pornographers and The Smugglers
John Collins (delegate) (1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
John Collins (footballer) Scottish footballer
John Collins (jazz guitarist)
John Collins (mathematician) (1625–1683), English mathematician
John Collins (musician/researcher)
John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet
John Collins (theater) (b. c. 1969), American experimental theater director
John Colins (UK businessman) (born 1941), former head of National Power
John Collins (VC)
John D. Collins, British actor, best known for his role as one of the British airmen in 'Allo 'Allo
John F. Collins (1872–1962), Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island (1939–1941)
John F. Collins (1919–1995), Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts (1960–1968)
John H. Collins, American classical scholar
John W. Collins, chess instructor

Johnny Collins, British folk singer
Joseph Collins (1866-1950), American neurologist
Joseph Henry Collins, mining engineer and geologist
Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987), American soldier
Judith Collins, New Zealand politician
Judy Collins, singer
Justin Lee Collins, British comedian

K

Kate Collins, American actress
Keith Collins, stage name of British comedian Keith Pepperell
Kerry Collins, a quarterback in the National Football League
Kim Collins (born 1976), runner from St Kitts and Nevis
Kimball Collins, American DJ
Kreigh Collins, American tennis player.

L

Larry Collins from the music group The Collins Kids
Larry Collins (1929-2005), American writer
Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
Lawrence Collins, British judge
J. Lawton Collins, American General
Lee Collins, one of several people including
Leon Collins, American dancer
LeRoy Collins, American politician
Lewis Collins, British actor
Lui Collins, American folk singer
Lyn Collins, American singer

M

Mabel Collins, writer on theosophy
Mac Collins, American politician
Maria Antonieta Collins, Mexican journalist
Martha Layne Collins, Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1983 to 1987
Martin Collins, British broadcaster
Marva Collins, American teacher
Mary Collins, Canadian politician
Mary Cathleen Collins, American actress Bo Derek
Matthew Collins, Welsh footballer
Matthew Collins, Irish Student
Max Collins, American bassist
Max Allan Collins, American writer
Mel Collins, British musician
Melissa Collins, Canadian water polo player
Michael Collins, one of several people including

Michael Collins (Irish leader), Irish Republican leader, subject of the film Michael Collins
Michael Collins (Limerick politician), contemporary Irish politician
Michael Collins (astronaut), American astronaut, a member of the historic Apollo 11 crew.
Michael P. Collins, Canadian expert on reinforced concrete structures
Mike Collins, American comic book artist
Michael Collins (author), pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
Michael Collins (Irish author)

Michelle Collins, British actress
Misha Collins, American actor
Mo Collins, a comedienne from the Fox television variety show MADtv
Mortimer Collins, British novelist

N

Nancy A. Collins, American writer
Napoleon Collins, American naval officer
Nick Collins, American NFL Football Player
Neill Collins, Scottish footballer
Nick Collins, American football player
Nicolas Collins, American composer
Norman Collins, British broadcasting executive

P

Patricia Hill Collins, sociologist, author of Black Feminist Thought and Fighting Words
Patrick Collins (mayor) (1844-1905), Irish-born American politician
Patrick Collins (film), American film maker & actor
Paul Collins, American drummer
Paul Collins (athlete) (1926-1995), Canadian long-distance runner
Pauline Collins, British actress
Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
Peter Collins, one of several people including

Phil Collins, singer, drummer and songwriter

Q

Quentin Collins, fictional werewolf from Dark Shadows

R

Randall Collins, American sociologist
Randy Collins, Canadian politician
Ray Collins (actor) (1889-1965), actor
Richard A Collins, British scientist and author
Ripper Collins, American baseball player
Robin Collins, American philosopher
Ron Collins, American jurist
Ronald W. Collins, business executive, author, historian and genealogist
Rudy Collins (born 1934), American drummer
Rusty Collins, fictional character from X-Factor

S

Sam Collins, English footballer
Sam L. Collins, American politician
Samuel Collins, British doctor and writer
Sandra Collins, American DJ
Seward Collins, American publisher
Shane Collins, New Zealand field hockey player
Shano Collins, American baseball player
Shirley Collins, British folk singer
Shirley Collins, Canadian politician
Stephen Collins, American actor
Stephen Collins, Irish journalist
Stephen Dando-Collins, Australian novelist
Steve Collins, Irish boxer
Steven Collins, Irish computer scientist
Susan Collins, American politician
Suzanne Collins, American writer
Suzanne Marie Collins, American murder victim

T

Tai Collins, American model
Terry Collins, American baseball manager
Thomas Collins, one of several people including

Thomas H. Collins, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
Thomas Collins, MP, Postmaster-General, Australia
Thomas Collins (governor) (1732-1789), American lawyer and Governor of Delaware

Tim Collins, one of several people including

Tim Collins (financier), American businessman and financier
Tim Collins (politician), British politician
Tim Collins (soldier), British army officer

Tony Collins, American football player
Treacher Collins, British surgeon
Tyler Collins, American singer

W

Warwick Collins (born 1948), British novelist
Wesley Collins, fictional character from Power Rangers
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), Victorian era British writer
William Collins, one of several people including

William Collins, British landscape painter, father of Wilkie Collins.
William Collins, pre-Romantic English poet
William Collins, founder of the 18th century Scottish publishing house Collins,
His son, Sir William Collins -- a figure in the Scottish temperance movement and Glasgow's Lord Provost 1877-1880
Bootsy Collins -- a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio