WILLIAM COLLINS

'William Collins' may refer to:

★ William Collins (poet) (1721–1759), an 18th century English poet

★ William Collins (painter) (1788–1847), English landscape artist

★ A clergyman character in Jane Austin's novel, ''Pride and Prejudice''

★ William Collins (publisher) (1789–1853), founder of the 18th century Scottish publishing house Collins, that became part of Harper Collins

★ His son, Sir William Collins (Lord Provost) (1817–1895), a figure in the Scottish temperance movement and Glasgow's Lord Provost between 1877 and 1880

★ Sir William Job Collins (1859–1946), British surgeon and Liberal Party politician

★ William "Bootsy" Collins (born 1951), a pioneering funk bassist, singer and songwriter from Cincinnati, Ohio

★ William Collins (naval officer), (1760?-1819), naval officer, explorer and shipowner

★ William S. Collins - a land developer in Newport Beach, California

★ William Collins (representative) (1818-1878), U.S. congressman from New York