Collier is an English surname, ^[1] derived from the word "coal". ^[2]

People with the surname include

• Ada Langworthy Collier (1843–1919), pen name, "Anna L. Cunningham", American writer
• Aliyah Collier (born 1997), American basketball player
• 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
• Brandon Collier (born 1985), American football player
• Calvin J. Collier (1942–2020), FTC chair
• Celester Collier, American basketball coach
• Charles Collier (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Collier (born 2000), American football player
• 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) (born 1956), CEO, England and Wales Cricket Board
• David Collier (cartoonist) (born 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
• Edwin Collier (1827–1899), English accountant, deacon and activist
• 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
• Isaiah Collier (born 2004), American basketball player
• Jacob Collier (born 1994), British arranger-musician-singer
• James Collier (politician) (1872–1933), American politician from Mississippi
• James Lincoln Collier (born 1928), journalist and writer
• James Stansfield Collier (1870–1935), English physician and neurologist
• Jan Petter Collier (born 1950), Norwegian stockbroker and investor
• Jason Collier (1977–2005), NBA basketball player
• Jenny Collier, British marine geophysicist
• 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 and forger
• 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 (born 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 (1688–1762), English poet
• Michael Collier (disambiguation), several people

• 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 (American football) (1953–2025), 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 (born 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
• Shaun Collier, Canadian politician
• 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

References

Surname list

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