John Collins may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
John Collins (poet) (1742–1808), English orator, singer, and poet
John Churton Collins (1848–1908), English literary critic
John H. Collins (director) (1889–1918), American director and screenwriter
John Collins (jazz guitarist) (1913–2001), American jazz guitarist
John Collins (cartoonist) (1917–2007), Canadian cartoonist
Johnny Collins (1938–2009), British folksinger
John D. Collins (born 1942), British actor known for Allo 'Allo
John Collins (theatre director) (born 1969), American experimental theater director John Collins (Australian musician) (born 1971), bass guitarist for Powderfinger John Collins (musician/researcher), musician in the West African music scene
Military
John Collins (Bengal Army officer) (died 1807), British colonel in the Bengal Native Infantry John Collins (VC) (1880–1951), English sergeant who was awarded a Victoria Cross John Augustine Collins (1899–1989), Royal Australian Navy officer
Politics
American politicians
John Collins (Continental Congress) (1717–1795), Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress John Collins (governor) (1776–1822), American manufacturer and Governor of Delaware John Collins (Seattle politician) (1835–1903), American politician and businessman John F. Collins (mayor of Providence) (1872–1962), mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1939–1941 John F. Collins (1919–1995), mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1960–1968
Other politicians
John Collins (died 1597), MP for Hythe
John Collins (Andover MP) (1624–1711), English academic and politician
John Collins (Surveyor General) (died 1795), Surveyor General of Provincial Canada John Collins (Canadian politician) (1922–2016), physician and politician in Newfoundland, Canada John Henry Collins (1880–1952), nationalist politician and solicitor in Northern Ireland
Religion
John Collins (Independent minister) (c. 1632–1687), English Independent minister
John J. Collins (bishop) (1856–1934), American-born Catholic bishop in Jamaica
John Collins (priest) (1905–1982), radical Anglican canon at St Paul's Cathedral
John A. Collins (chaplain) (1931–2003), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force
John Collins (nuncio) (1889–1961), Irish bishop and diplomat in Liberia
John T. C. B. Collins (1925–2022), Anglican priest and leading figure in the charismatic movement
Sports
Association football
John Collins (footballer, born 1942), English professional footballer
John Collins (footballer, born 1945), English professional footballer and manager John Collins (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2020), Welsh professional footballer John Collins (footballer, born 1968), Scottish international footballer and manager
Other sports
John Collins (New Zealand cricketer) (1868–1943), New Zealand cricketer
Shano Collins (John Francis Collins, 1885–1955), American baseball player
John Collins (Fijian cricketer) (fl. 1895), Fijian cricketer
John W. Collins (1912–2001), American chess player
John Collins (sports executive) (born 1961), COO of the National Hockey League
John Collins (rower) (born 1989), British rower
John Collins (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player in the NBA
Jon Collins (born 1960s), American basketball player in the 1980s
Other people
John Collins (mathematician) (1625–1683), English mathematician
John Baptist Collins (died 1794), French pirate
John Collins (merchant) (died 1795), merchant in Quebec
John A. Collins (1810–1900), American abolitionist and utopian from Skaneateles Community John Collins Covell (1823–1887), American educator and school administrator John S. Collins (1837–1928), American Quaker farmer who moved to southern Florida John H. Collins (academic) (1902–1981), American classical scholar John Collins (British businessman) (born 1941), former head of National Power John Joseph Collins (born 1944), Irish barrister John J. Collins (born 1946), Irish biblical studies scholar John Norman Collins (born 1947), perpetrator of the Michigan murders John C. Collins (born 1949), American theoretical particle physicist John A. Collins (abolitionist) (1810–1879), American abolitionist C. John Collins, American academic and professor of Old Testament