John Collins (Continental Congress)

John Collins, was an American politician and a Founding Father of the United States who, as a member of the Continental Congress, signed the Articles of Confederation. He was the third governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island from 1786 to 1790. ^{John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)}

8 June 1717

Born on the same birth day (8 June): Alexandre Tuffèri • Charles A. Wickliffe • David Barnhill • Eugène Lapierre • Fernand Fonssagrives • George Pell • Ivo Sanader • Jeļena Ostapenko • Kenneth G. Wilson • Molade Okoya-Thomas • Sara Paretsky • Thomas Steen • Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Born in the same month (June 1717): Jacques Saly • Johann Stamitz • Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier