Charles Augustus Collier (/ˈkɒliər/; July 19, 1848 – September 28, 1900) was an American banker, lawyer, and politician who served as Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1897 to 1899.

In just 104 days, Collier and the rest of the Company managed to build the structures and prepare the grounds for the Exposition held at the newly named Piedmont Park.

[2] From 1892 to 1896 he was a member of the Fulton County Commission and with Hoke Smith provided funding for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad's construction through Georgia.

Just a year after leaving office he was accidentally shot and killed while searching for a burglar in his backyard in the early morning of September 28, 1900.

His daughter Julia Collier Harris was a writer and journalist who won a 1926 Pulitzer Prize, the first to go to a Georgian.