Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (1899–1989) was an Australian naval officer who served in World War I and World War II, and who eventually rose to become the First Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of the Naval Staff. Collins was one of the first graduates of the Royal Australian Naval College to attain flag rank. During World War II, he commanded the cruiser HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean.
John Collins (June 8, 1717 – March 4, 1795) was an American statesman from Newport, Rhode Island. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778–1780 and 1782-1783. He served as Governor of Rhode Island from 1786 to 1790.
John Collins (March 1 1776 – April 16 1822) was an American manufacturer and politician from Collins Mill Pond, in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served as Governor of Delaware.
John Angus Paul Collins (born January 31, 1968 in Galashiels, Scotland) is a former Scottish international footballer and the current manager of Hibernian.
John Collins (VC, DCM) (September 10, 1880 – September 3, 1951) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Sir John Collins (born 1941) is a British business executive and director for several corporations. He was born in Rhodesia and graduated from the University of Reading in England in 1964.
John Collins (1742– 2 May 1808) was an English entertainer and poet from Birmingham. He was born in Bath but traveled widely in England and Ireland to perform in plays and musical theatre. He published The Brush, a collection of songs.
John Collins (born c.1969) is an American director and technician of experimental theater, dance, and media productions from New York City. John was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and graduated from Yale University in 1991. He is co-founder and artistic director of the Elevator Repair Service theatrical company.
John Collins is an Australian musician and the bass guitarist in the Australian band Powderfinger. Powderfinger has released five albums and a double CD live album. After the band released their best of album, "Fingerprints" in 2004, they decided to take a well-deserved break.
John Collins, (born November 27, 1961), was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Browns football team until his resignation on January 3, 2006.
John Collins is since 1969 active in West African popular music as a musician, bandleader, studio-owner, writer and scientist. At this moment he is head of the departement of music-sciences of the University of Ghana in Legon. He has done quite some research and documentation of Highlife, a Ghanian popular music.
John Collins is a member of The New Pornographers, Destroyer, The Evaporators. He plays the bass, guitar, synthesizer, ebow and sings.
John Collins (born 1913) accompanied many Swing Era names from 1935-1950, including Art Tatum, Roy Eldridge, Billie Holiday, and Lester Young. His longest association was with Nat "King" Cole, 1951-1965. Known for his rhythm work, he soloed infrequently.