Richard Collins may refer to:

• Richard Collins (actor) (1947–2013), actor of the television show Trailer Park Boys
• Richard Collins (artist) (1755–1831), British miniature portrait painter
• Richard Collins (bishop) (1857–1924), Roman Catholic bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
• Richard Collins (historian), Kentucky historian and a founder of The Filson Historical Society
• Richard A. Collins (born 1966), British scientist and author
• Richard G. Collins (born 1949), member of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Richard J. Collins (1914–2013), American screenwriter and producer
• Richard L. Collins (1933–2018), aviation writer
• Richard Collins, Baron Collins (1842–1911), British law lord