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== People ==
=== Artists and entertainers === * Allen Ansay (born 2003), Filipino actor, model, and singer * Allen Bickford, Australian actor * Allen Case (1934–1986), American actor * Allen Collins (1952–1990), one of the founding members, guitarist and songwriter for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd * Allen Coulter, American television and film director * Allen Covert (born 1964), American comedian, actor, writer, and producer * Allen Curnow (1911–2001), New Zealand poet and journalist * Allen Danzinger (born 1942), American actor * Allen M. Davey (1894–1946), American cinematographer * Allen Daviau (1942–2020), American cinematographer * Allen Dizon (born 1977), Filipino actor * Allen Drury (1918–1998), American novelist, writer of ''Advise and Consent'', for which he won the Pulitzer Prize * Allen Edward Everitt (1824–1882), English architectural artist and illustrator * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation and the counterculture * Allen Grubman, American entertainment lawyer * Allen Holubar (1890–1923), American actor, film director, and screenwriter * Allen Hulsey (born 1985), American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and visual artist * Allen Jones (born 1937), British pop artist * Allen Jones (1940–1987), American record producer and songwriter * Allen Neal Jones (born 1977), Known as AJ Styles, American professional wrestler * Allen Kim (born 1990), South Korean idol singer, actor, dancer, and television host * Allen Lanier (1946–2013), American musician, an original member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult * Allen Leech (born 1981), Irish actor * Allen Ludden (1917–1981), American television personality, emcee and game show host * Allen Payne (born 1968), American actor * Allen M. Potter (1919–1995), American television soap opera producer * Allen Reynolds (born 1938), American record producer and songwriter * Allen Ritter (born 1988), American record producer, songwriter, singer, and pianist * Allen Rivkin (1903–1990), American screenwriter * Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), American conceptual artist * Allen Saalburg (1899–1987), American painter, illustrator, and screen printer * Allen W. Seaby (1867–1953), English painter and printmaker * Allen Shearer (born 1943), American composer and baritone * Allen G. Siegler (1892–1960), American cinematographer * Allen Smith Jr. (1810–1890), American portrait painter * Allen Stone (born 1987), American musician * Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), American musician, songwriter, record producer * Allen Vizzutti (born 1952), American trumpeter, composer and music educator * Allen K. Wood (1898–1977), American assistant director and production manager * Douglas Allen Woody (1955–2000), bass guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band
=== Athletes === * Allen Aldridge (defensive end) (1944–2015), American football player * Allen Aldridge (born 1972), American retired National Football League player * Allen Aylett (1934–2022), Australian football player * Allen Bailey (born 1989), American National Football League player * Allen Barbre (born 1984), American National Football League player * Allen Battle (born 1968), American baseball player * Allen W. Benson (1905–1999), American baseball pitcher * Allen Berg (born 1961), Canadian racing driver * Allen P. Berkstresser (1885–1956), American football and basketball coach and college athletic administrator * Allen Bradford (American football) (born 1988), American football player * Allen Brown (1943–2020), American retired National Football League player * Allen Bryant (1918–1992), American baseball pitcher * Allen Carter (born 1952), American football player * Allen Chapman (born 1974), American soccer referee * Allen Chapman (American football) (born 1991), American football player * Allen Christensen (footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer * Allen Coage (1943–2007), American professional wrestler and Olympic judo bronze medalist * Allen Conkwright (1896–1991), American baseball pitcher * Allen Córdoba (born 1995), Panamanian baseball player * Allen Crabbe (born 1992), American basketball player * Allen Craig (born 1984), American baseball player * Allen Crowe (1928–1963), American racing driver * Allen Doyle (born 1948), American golfer * Allen Durham (born 1988), American basketball player * Allen Elliott (1897–1979), American baseball player * Allen Flanigan (born 2001), American basketball player * Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player and coach * Allen Green (1938–2023), American football punter * Allen Greene (born 1977), American athletic director * Allen Guevara (born 1989), Costa Rican footballer * Allen Harvin (born 1959), American football player * Allen Hopkins (pool player) (born 1951), American Hall-of-Fame pool player and color commentator * Allen Hopkins (soccer commentator), American sportscaster * Allen Hurns (born 1991), American National Football League player * Allen Iverson (born 1975), retired American basketball player * Allen Jacobs (1941–2014), American football player * Allen Jakovich (born 1968), retired Australian rules football player * Allen Jeardeau (1866–1900), American football and baseball coach * H. Allen Jerkens (1929–2015), American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer * Allen Johnson (born 1971), American hurdler * Allen Kelley (1932–2016), American basketball player * Allen Larue (born 1981), Seychelles footballer * Allen Lazard (born 1995), American football player * Allen Leavell (born 1957), American basketball player * Allen Levrault (born 1977), American baseball pitcher * Allen Lyday (born 1960), American football player * Allen Lynch (footballer) (1938–2021), Australian footballer * Allen May (born 1969), American racing driver * Allen McDill (born 1971), American baseball pitcher * Allen McDonough (1804–1888), Irish jockey * Allen Murphy (born 1952), American basketball player * Allen Nichols (1916–1981), American football player * Allen Njie (born 1999), Liberian footballer * Allen Nono (born 1992), Gabonese footballer * Allen Oliver (1924–2024), English footballer * Allen Ong (born 1979), Malaysian swimmer * Allen Patrick (born 1984), American football player * Allen Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player * Allen Pitts (born 1964), retired Canadian Football League player * Allen Pinkett (born 1964), American football player * Allen Reisner (born 1988), American National Football League player * Allen Rice (born 1962), American football player * Allen Ripley (1952–2014), American baseball pitcher * Allen Robinson (born 1993), American football player * Allen Rosenberg (1931–2013), American rowing coxswain and coach * Allen Rossum (born 1975), American football player * Allen Russell (1893–1972), American baseball pitcher * Allen Snyder, American football player and football, basketball, and baseball coach * Allen Stack (1928–1999), American swimmer, 1948 Olympic champion * Allen Steck (born 1926), American mountaineer and rock climber * Allen Steckle (1872–1938), American football player and coach * Allen Steen, American martial arts practitioner, teacher, and promoter * Allen Tankard (born 1969), English footballer * Allan Tolmich (1918–2012), American world record hurdler * Allen Trammell (born 1942), American football player * Allen Watson (born 1970), American baseball pitcher and coach * Allen Webster (born 1990), American baseball pitcher * Allen Yanes (born 1997), Guatemalan footballer * Allen York (born 1989), Canadian hockey goaltender * Allen H. Zikmund (1922–2018), American football player and coach
=== Businessmen === * Allen Chao (born 1944), Taiwanese-American businessman * Allen Lloyd (born 1949), British businessman, founder of LloydsPharmacy * Allen B. Morgan Jr., American businessman * Allen Paulson (1922–2000), American businessman and horse breeder * Allen Questrom (born 1941), American businessman * Allen Rosenshine (born 1939), American advertising executive and CEO * Allen Stanford (born 1950), American financier convicted of fraud * Allen Weisselberg (born 1947), American businessman
=== Clergy === * Allen James Babcock (1898–1969), American Roman Catholic bishop * Allen L. Bartlett (born 1929), American Episcopal priest * Allen W. Brown (1909–1990), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, New York * Allen Francis Gardiner (1794–1851), British Royal Navy officer and missionary * Allen Johnston (1912–2002), American Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand and bishop * Allen J. Miller (1901–1991), 5th Bishop of Easton * Allen Secher (born 1935), American rabbi, civil and human rights activist, radio host, television producer, actor, author, and public speaker * Allen K. Shin, Korean-American bishop * Allen Henry Vigneron (born 1948), American Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit and bishop * Allen Yuan (1914–2005), Chinese Protestant Christian pastor
=== Lawyers, politicians and government officials === * Allen Adams (1946–1990), Scottish politician * Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian lawyer and politician * Allen H. Bagg (1867–1942), American politician * Allen E. Barrow (1914–1979), American judge * Allen S. Baker (1842–1916), American politician * Allen J. Bartunek (1928–1997), American politician * Allen C. Beach (1825–1918), American lawyer and politician, Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor of New York * Allen Biehler, American Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from 2003 to 2011 * Allen J. Bloomfield (1883–1932), American businessman and politician * Allen Boyd (born 1945), American politician * Allen Alexander Bradford (1815–1888), American delegate * Allen T. Brinsmade (1837–1913), American politician * Allen Brown (public servant) (1911–1999), Australian public servant * Allen Buansi, American politician * Allen R. Bushnell (1833–1909), American attorney and politician * Allen G. Campbell (1834–1902), American miner, politician, and philanthropist * Allen D. Candler (1834–1910), American politician, governor of Georgia * Allen T. Caperton (1810–1876), American and Confederate States politician * Allen M. Christensen (born 1946), American politician * Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), American judge * Allen Cook, American politician * Allen Foster Cooper (1862–1917), American politician * Allen Turner Davidson (1819–1905), Confederate politician * Allen Dudley, American politician * Allen Dulles (1893–1969), American diplomat and lawyer, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence * Allen Craig Eiland (born 1962), American politician * Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972), American politician, senator from Louisiana * Allen Engel (born 1932), Canadian farmer and politician * Allen E. Ertel (1937–2015), American politician * Allen V. Evans (born 1939), American politician * Allen J. Flannigan (1909–1965), American politician * Allen M. Fletcher (1853–1922), American politician, governor of Vermont * Allen C. Fuller (1822–1901), American politician * Allen J. Furlow (1890–1954), American politician and lawyer * Allen Thomson Gunnell (1848–1960), American lawyer, judge, and state legislator * Allen Hamiter (1867–1933), American politician * Allen Burroughs Hannay (1892–1983), American judge * Allen Hobbs (1899–1960), governor of American Samoa and US Navy hydrographer * Allen Jaggi (born 1944), American politician * Allen Johnson (activist), leader in the Civil Rights Movement * Allen F. Johnson, American businessman and government official * Allen C. Kelley (1937–2017), American economist * Allen Kerr (politician) (born 1956), American politician and insurance agency owner * Allen T. Klots (1889–1965), American lawyer * Allen Kolstad (1931–2008), American farmer and politician * Allen Kukovich (born 1947), American politician * Allen P. Lovejoy (1825–1904), American lumber merchant and manufacturer and politician * Allen T. Lucas (1917–1973), American lawyer and politician * Allen S. Matthews (1845–1915), American merchant and politician * Allen G. Mitchell (1894–1953), American politician * Allen F. Moore (1869–1945), American politician * Allen B. Morse (1837–1921), American diplomat, jurist, and politician * Allen J. Oliver (1903–1953), American politician * Allen I. Olson (born 1938), American politician and attorney, former governor of North Dakota * Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816–1865), American legislator and lawyer * Allen Russell Patrick (1910–1995), Canadian politician * Allen Paul (politician) (born 1945), American politician * Allen J. Payton (1861–1917), American farmer and politician * Allen Potter (1818–1885), American politician * Allen Quist (born 1944), American politician * Allen Roach, Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2011 * Allen Rothenberg, American lawyer and President of COLPA * Allen F. Rush (1902–1980), American politician * Allen G. Rushlight (1874–1930), American politician, businessman, and plumber * Allen G. Schwartz (1934–2003), American judge * Allen D. Scott (1831–1897), American lawyer and politician * E. Allen Smith, Auditor General of Ceylon (1946–1953) * Allen Snyder (born 1946), American lawyer and politician * Allen E. Stebbins (1872–1941), American politician * Allen R. Sturtevant (1879–1966), American attorney and judge * Allen C. Thompson (1906–1980), American politician * Allen G. Thurman (1813–1895), American politician, Ohio Supreme Court justice and vice presidential nominee * Allen W. Thurman (1847–1922), American politician * Allen Treadaway (born 1961), American politician * Allen T. Treadway (1867–1947), American politician * Allen Trimble (1783–1870), American politician * Allen Trovillion (1926–2020), American politician * Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), American politician * Allen F. Warden (1852–1927), American newspaper editor and politician * Allen Weh (born 1942), American business executive, politician, and U.S. Marine colonel * Allen Wellons (born 1949), American attorney and politician * Allen West (born 1961), American politician and U.S. Army lieutenant colonel * Allen S. Whiting (1926–2018), American political scientist and government official * Allen T. Wikoff (1825–1902), American politician * Allen W. Wilder (1843–18??), American state legislator, teacher, and lawyer * Allen Williamson, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974 * Allen C. Winsor (born 1976), American judge * Allen N. Yancy (1881–1941), Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930 * Allen Zoll, American political activist
=== Scientists, engineers, and academics === * Allen Abraham (1865–1922), Ceylon Tamil academic and astronomer * Allen V. Astin (1904–1984), American physicist * Allen Baker (1852–1918), Canadian-British engineer * Allen J. Bard (born 1933), American chemist and professor * Allen Bergin (born 1934), American clinical psychologist * Allen Boothroyd (1943–2020), British industrial designer * Allen Buchanan (born 1948), American philosopher * Allen G. Debus (1928–2009), American science historian * Allen F. Donovan (1914–1995), American aerospace engineer and systems engineer * Allen B. Downey (born 1967), American computer scientist * Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965), American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor * Allen Dyer, American psychiatrist and professor * Allen C. Eaves (born 1941), Canadian scientist * Allen Frances (born 1942), American psychiatrist * Allen James Fromherz (born 1980), American historian * Allen O. Gamble (1910–2001), American industrial psychologist * Allen J. Greenough (1905–1974), American engineer * Allen C. Guelzo (born 1953), American historian and professor * Allen Hatcher (born 1944), American topologist, professor and author * Allen Hawley (1893–1978), American fundraising administrator * Allen J. Hubin (born 1936), American historian and biographer * J. Allen Hynek (1910–1986), American astronomer, professor and ufologist * Allen Johnson (historian) (1870–1931), American historian, teacher, biographer, and editor * Allen Klein (author) (born 1938), American gelotogist and author * Allen Lane (1902–1970), British publisher, founder of Penguin Books * Allen S. Lee, American researcher * Allen Lowrie (1948–2021), Australian botanist * Allen Mawer (1879–1942), English philologist * Allen Meadors (born 1947), American professor and university administrator * Allen R. Miller (1942–2010), American mathematician * Allen J. Moore (born 1958), American researcher * Allen Newell (1927–1992), American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology * Allen George Packwood, British archivist * Allen B. Rosenstein (1920–2018), American systems engineer * Allen J. Scott (born 1938), English geographer * Allen Sessoms (born 1946), American physicist, diplomat, and academic advisor * Allen Shenstone (1893–1980), Canadian physicist * Allen Shields (1927–1989), American mathematician * Allen C. Skorepa (1941–1998), American lichenologist * Allen Steere, American rheumatologist * Allen W. Trelease, American historian and professor * Allen Weiner, American legal academic * Allen B. Wilson (1823–1888), American inventor * Allen W. Wood (born 1942), American philosopher
=== Soldiers === * Allen D. Beemer (1842–1909), American Civil War veteran and businessman * Allen Buchanan (1876–1940), US Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient * Allen M. Burdett Jr. (1921–1980), US Army lieutenant general * Allen S. Cutts (1826–1896), American soldier * Allen J. Greer (1878–1964), US Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient * Allen W. Gullion (1880–1946), US Army officer * Allen Hobbs (1899–1960), US Navy hydrographer and governor of American Samoa * Allen J. Jamerson (born 1961), US Air Force officer * Allen Johnson (Indian Army officer) (1829–1907), British Indian Army officer * Allen James Lynch (born 1945), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * Allen K. Ono (1933–2016), US Army lieutenant general * Allen T. Paredes (born 1965), Filipino Air Force general * Allen Lawrence Pope (1928–2020), American military and paramilitary aviator * Allen B. Reed (1884–1965), US Navy officer * Allen R. Schindler Jr. (1969–1992), US Navy seaman murdered for being gay * Allen L. Seaman (1916–1944), US Navy aviator * Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), US Marine Corps general * Allen Wheeler (1903–1984), English Royal Air Force officer and pilot * Allen B. Worley, 10th US Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent
=== Writers and journalists === * Allen Adler (1916–1964), American writer * Allen Barra, American journalist and author * Allen M. Hornblum, American author, journalist, criminal justice official, and political organizer * Allen Hunt (born 1964), American author, speaker, and pastor * Allen Paul (writer), American author, reporter, and political speech writer * Allen Rucker (born 1945), American writer and author * Allen Say (born 1937), Japanese-American writer and illustrator * Allen Steele (born 1958), American journalist and science fiction writer * Allen Young (writer) (born 1941), American journalist, author, editor, publisher, and social activist
=== Other === * Allen Apsley (disambiguation), several people * Allen Aaron Cook (1832–1899), American architect * Allen Cunningham (born 1977), American poker player * Allen Dorfman, murdered American mobster * Allen Edwards (disambiguation), several people * Allen Frantzen (born 1947 or 1948), American medievalist * Allen Johnson (disambiguation), several people * Allen Jones (disambiguation), several people * Allen B. Kanavel (1874–1938), American surgeon * Allen V. Kneese (1930–2001), American pioneer * Allen Lewis (disambiguation), several people * Allen McClure (1935–2007), American sailor * Allen Miller (disambiguation), several people * Allen Morris (disambiguation), several people * Allen Rosenberg (disambiguation), several people * Allen Snyder (disambiguation), several people * Allen Thompson (disambiguation), several people * Allen West (disambiguation), several people * Allen Whipple (1881–1963), American surgeon * Allen Young (1827–1915), English master mariner and explorer
== Fictional characters == * Allen ''(Ninjago)'', character in ''Ninjago'' * Allen (The Walking Dead), in ''The Walking Dead'' comic book series and television series * Allen Adam, alter ego of the DC Comics superhero Captain Atom * Allen Avadonia, a character portrayed by Kagamine Len in a Vocaloid multimedia series known as "The Evillious Chronicles" * Allen Walker, the protagonist in the ''D.Gray-man'' manga and anime series * Allen the Alien, character in Image Comics’ Invincible comic book series and television series * Allen the Magic Goose, from the Canadian adult animated show Kevin Spencer
==See also== {{srt|given}} *Alan (given name) **List of people with given name Alan *Allan (given name) *Allien Whittaker, a Jamaican retired footballer
== References == <references>
<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006">{{cite book | last = Hanks | first = Patrick | authorlink = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, England | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | oclc = 67869278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC | page = 50 | access-date = 21 November 2024 }}</ref>
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