title: Collier (surname)
text: # Collier (surname)
  
  Collier is an English surname, derived from the word "coal".
  
  People with this name include:
  
  * Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919), pen name, "Anna L. Cunningham", American writer
  * Anne Collier (born 1970), American visual artist
  * Arthur Collier (1680–1732), English philosopher
  * Austin Collier (1914–1991), English professional footballer
  * Barron Collier (1873–1939), American advertising entrepreneur
  * Barry Collier (basketball), athletic director, Butler University
  * Barry Collier (politician), New South Wales politician
  * Basil Collier, military historian
  * Bernard Collier (1802–1890), English-born Mauritius Roman Catholic prelate
  * Bill Collier (1921–2015), Australian rugby league footballer
  * Bobby Collier (1929–2000), American football player
  * Calvin J. Collier (1942–2020), FTC chair
  * Celester Collier, American basketball coach
  * Charles Collier (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Christopher Collier (cricketer) (1888–1916), English cricketer
  * Christopher Collier (historian) (1930–2020), American historian and author
  * Constance Collier (1878–1955), British-born American film actress
  * David Collier (sports administrator) (b. 1956), CEO, England and Wales Cricket Board
  * David Collier (cartoonist) (b. 1963), Canadian alternative cartoonist
  * David Collier (political scientist), qualitative methodology and Latin American politics
  * David Charles Collier "D. C." Collier, San Diego real estate developer
  * Don Collier (1928–2021), American actor
  * Edward Collier (pirate), 17th century
  * Elisha Collier, inventor of the flintlock revolver
  * Elliot Collier, (soccer) footballer for Chicago Fire and New Zealand
  * Evert Collier (c. 1640–1708), Dutch painter
  * Francis Augustus Collier (1783-1849), Royal Navy rear-admiral
  * Frank Collier, former British rugby league footballer
  * George Collier (1738–1795), Royal Navy vice-admiral
  * Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet (1774–1824), Royal Navy officer
  * Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (1947–2020), British politician
  * Giles Collier, (1622–1678), English divine
  * Harry Collier (1907–1994), Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League
  * Henry Herbert Collier (1859–1925), British motorcycle pioneer
  * Henry W. Collier (1801–1855), Governor of Alabama (1849–1853)
  * Ian Collier (d. 2008), British actor
  * Jacob Collier (b. 1994), British arranger-musician-singer
  * James Collier (politician) (1872–1933), American politician from Mississippi
  * James Lincoln Collier (b. 1928), journalist and writer
  * James Stansfield Collier (1870–1935), English physician and neurologist
  * Jason Collier (1977–2005), NBA basketball player
  * Jeremy Collier (1650–1726), English theatre critic
  * John Collier (Pre-Raphaelite painter) (1850–1934), artist
  * John Collier (fiction writer) (1901–1980), British author and screenplay writer
  * John Collier (sociologist) (1884-1968), American sociologist, head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  * John Payne Collier (1789–1883), British Shakespearean critic
  * Jonathan Collier, American television writer
  * L. J. Collier (born 1995), American football player
  * Laurence Collier (1890–1976), British ambassador to Norway (1939–1950)
  * Lois Collier (1919–1999), American film actress
  * Lou Collier (b. 1970), American baseball player
  * Margaret Wootten Collier (1869-1947), American author
  * Marie Collier (1927–1971), Australian operatic soprano
  * Mark H. Collier, former president of Baldwin-Wallace College
  * Marsha Collier, American author and radio personality
  * Mary Collier (c.1688–1762), English poet
  
  Meghan Collier (born 1996), American lawyer, hero to all those who have encountered the ICE
  
     * Michael Collier (photographer), American photographer
  
     * Michael Collier (poet) (born 1953), American poet, teacher and editor
  
     * Michael Collier (swimmer) (born 1971), Sierra Leonean swimmer
  
     * Mike Collier (born 1953), American football player
  * Mitty Collier (born 1941), American gospel and R&B singer
  * Napheesa Collier (born 1996), American basketball player
  * Norman Collier (1925–2013), British comedian
  * Patience Collier (1910–1987), British actress
  * Paul Collier, British author and Professor of Economics at Oxford
  * Paul Collier (activist) (1964–2010), Australian disability activist
  * Paul Collier (snooker referee) (born 1970), from Wales
  * Peter Collier (politician), Australian politician
  * Peter Collier (political author) (1939–2019), American writer
  * Peter Fenelon Collier (1849–1909), Irish publisher, father of Robert Joseph Collier
  * Philip Collier (1873–1978), former Premier of Western Australia
  * R. John Collier (b. 1938), American microbiologist and biochemist
  * Robert Collier (author) (1885–1950), American author of self-help, and New Thought metaphysical books
  * Robert Joseph Collier (1876–1918), American publisher, son of Peter Fenelon Collier
  * Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell (1817–1886), English judge and politician
  * Ron Collier (1930–2003), Canadian jazz trombonist
  * Sophia Collier, founder of the American Natural Beverage Corp
  * Tim Collier (born 1954), NFL footballer
  * Thomas Collier (disambiguation), several people
  
     * Thomas Collier (painter) (1840–1891), English landscape painter.
  
     * Thomas Collier (Unitarian) (c. 1615–c. 1691), English preacher
  
     * Tom Collier (musician), percussionist and vibraphonist
  
     * Tom Collier (footballer) (born 1989), Australian rules football player
  * Vanessa Collier, American saxophonist, singer and songwriter
  * William Collier (disambiguation), various people, including
  
     * William Collier Jr. (1902–1987), American actor
  
     * William Collier Sr. (1864–1944), American writer, director and actor
  
     * William Collier (colonist) (c. 1585–1671), English settler in Massachusetts
  
     * William Collier (MP), MP for Truro, 1713–15, and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre
  
     * William Collier (footballer) (1892–1954), Scottish footballer, played for Scotland in 1922
  
     * William Miller Collier (1867–1956), American diplomat
  