Famous People with Name Collins

Collins Omondi Obuya            Origin/Culture/Country: Kenyan

Collins Omondi Obuya: is a Kenyan cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler. He came to prominence in the 2003 Cricket World Cup where he was one of Kenya's major performers as they reached the semi-finals. they where unlucky to lose to india who where no dou

Collins Ntofontofo Mbezuma            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Collins Ntofontofo Mbezuma: a Zambian footballer. He is nicknamed The Hurricane.Mbesuma made his debut for Zambia in 2003 and had won four caps by the end of that year, while at the same time being a key member of Zambia's under-23 side that almost qualified for the Athens Olympics.His performances for the Olympic team caught the attention of Kaizer Chiefs who bought him in January from Roan United in Zambia, where he averaged a goal every other game.He scored on his debut in South Africa's Premier Soccer League in 2004 against the Black Leopards but injured himself in the process and spent several weeks on the sidelines.

Collins John            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Collins John: a Dutch footballer currently playing for NEC Nijmegen on loan from Fulham. John was born in Liberia, but his family emigrated to the Netherlands after the murder of his father, during the Liberian Civil War.[clarify] He was a member of the Dutch squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2006.John started his career at Dutch Eredivisie side FC Twente, for whom he had already scored 11 league goals. He was signed by Fulham in January 2004, for a fee thought to be in the region of £600,000. His debut for the club came against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 20 March 2004.

Collins Injera            Origin/Culture/Country: Kenyan

Collins Injera: is a rugby player from Kenya. He is known for his achievements with Kenyan national rugby sevens team. Injera started playing rugby while at Vihiga High School in Vihiga. After graduation in 2005 he joined military team Ulinzi RFC playing in the Kenya Cup

Anthony Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Anthony Collins: is a former professional football running back in the National Football League during the 1980s. A speedy and powerful runner, Collins first garnered notoriety in high school as a starter on the 1976 New York State Champion Penn Yan Academy Mustangs

Carla Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Carla Collins: a Canadian actress, comedian and television and radio host.Valedictorian, Collins pursued her education at the Université de Franche-Comté in France and the University of Western Ontario. She joined The Weather Network in 1990 as an on-air host, and subsequently moved to CFTO to host Eye on Toronto. In 1995, she began hosting CTV's Entertainment Now. She also hosted the Canadian variety series Sonic Temple and the sketch comedy series Chez Carla. She had her first solo stand-up special, The Wonder Bra Years, on The Comedy Network in 2001.

John William Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John William Collins: was an influential American teacher of chess.He became a chess master in the 1930s. He was a major figure in the early days of modern organized chess, serving as the first correspondence chess editor of Chess Review magazine (which later merged with Chess Life). This program laid the groundwork for the correspondence chess conducted by the United States Chess Federation.

Jess Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Collins: was an American visual artist.In 1949, Collins enrolled in the California School of the Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and, after breaking with his family, began referring to himself simply as "Jess". He met Robert Duncan in 1951 and began a relationship with the poet that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. In 1952, in San Francisco, Collins, with Duncan and painter Harry Jacobus, opened the King Ubu Gallery, which became an important venue for alternative art and which remained so when, in 1954, poet Jack Spicer reopened the space as the Six Gallery.

William A. ("Billy") Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William A. ("Billy") Collins: is an American poet. He served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. In his home state, Collins has been recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004.