Collings

Collings may refer to:

People

  • Benjamin Collings (?-1931), a Stamford, Connecticut, yachtsman who was killed during an act of piracy off of Long Island in 1931
  • David Collings (b. 1940), a British actor
  • Francis Collings, presenter of the "Sports News" television segment broadcast on BBC 1, BBC News 24 and BBC World since 1997
  • Jesse Collings (1831-1920), mayor of Birmingham, England, a member of Parliament, and an advocate of educational reform and land reform
  • Joe Collings (1865-1955), an Australian politician
  • Marie Collings (1791-1853), Dame of Sark from 1852 to 1853
  • Matthew Collings (b. 1955), a British art critic and broadcaster
  • Michael R. Collings (b. 1947), poet and speculative fiction literature critic, and former
  • Richard Collings, a broadcaster, director and producer, working principally for the BBC
  • William Frederick Collings (1852-1927), Seigneur of Sark from 1882 to 1927
  • William Thomas Collings (1824-1882), Seigneur of Sark from 1853 to 1882
  • John Stanhope Collings-Wells (1880-1918), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Collings and Herrin (podcast) - a podcast from Andrew Collins and Richard Herring

Fictional characters

  • Harry Collings, a character in the 1971 film The Hired Hand played by Peter Fonda

Places

  • Collings Lakes, New Jersey, an area located within parts of Buena Vista Township and Folsom Borough in Atlantic County, and Monroe Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States
  • Collingswood, New Jersey, a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States

Music

  • Collings Guitars

Other

  • Collings Foundation, a private non-profit educational foundation dedicated to the preservation and public display of transportation-related history

Famous quotes containing the word collings:

    Columbus’s doom-burdened caravels
    Slant to the shore, and all their seamen land.
    —Sir John Collings Squire (1884–1958)