# David Allen

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**David** or **Dave Allen** may refer to:

## Film and television

- [Dave Allen (comedian)](/source/Dave_Allen_(comedian)) (1936–2005), Irish comedian
- [David W. Allen](/source/David_W._Allen) (1944–1999), American film and television stop-motion animator
- [David Allen (special effects artist)](/source/David_Allen_(special_effects_artist)), American 1940s special effects artist
- [Dave Allen (actor)](/source/Dave_Allen_(actor)) (born 1958), American television and film actor
- David Allen, creator of BBC TV series *[Micro Live](/source/Micro_Live)*, 1980s

## Music

- [Daevid Allen](/source/Daevid_Allen) (1938–2015), Australian guitarist, founder of progressive rock bands Soft Machine and Gong, 1960s
- [Rockin' Dave Allen](/source/Rockin'_Dave_Allen) (1941–1985), American blues guitarist and singer
- Dave Allen (born 1952), flautist in Australian rock band [Flake](/source/Flake_(band)) and Galadriel
- [Dave Allen (bassist)](/source/Dave_Allen_(bassist)) (1955–2025), bassist for 1970s rock band Gang of Four
- [David M. Allen](/source/David_M._Allen) (born 1953), British record producer
- David Clark Allen, singer and founder of rock band [Carmen](/source/Carmen_(band))
- Dave Allen (died 1986), guitarist and vocalist for punk band [NOFX](/source/NOFX)
- Dave Allen, American bassist for rock band [Glassjaw](/source/Glassjaw)
- Dave Allen, lead singer and guitarist for Irish rock band [Hal](/source/Hal_(Irish_band))

## Sports

- [David Allen (baseball)](/source/David_Allen_(baseball)) (1858–1931), American baseball player
- [David Allen (cricketer)](/source/David_Allen_(cricketer)) (1935–2014), Gloucestershire cricketer
- [David Rayvern Allen](/source/David_Rayvern_Allen) (1938–2014), cricket writer and historian
- [David Allen (canoeist)](/source/David_Allen_(canoeist)) (born 1943), British slalom canoeist
- [David Allen (American football)](/source/David_Allen_(American_football)) (born 1978), American football running back
- [Dave Allen (rugby league)](/source/Dave_Allen_(rugby_league)), rugby league pro footballer during 1980s
- [David Allen (rugby union)](/source/David_Allen_(rugby_union)) (born 1981), English rugby union player
- [David Allen (rugby league)](/source/David_Allen_(rugby_league)) (born 1985), Irish rugby league footballer of the 1980s
- [Dave Allen (football executive)](/source/Dave_Allen_(football_executive)) (born 1942), British sports businessman
- [David Allen (boxer)](/source/David_Allen_(boxer)) (born 1992), British boxer

## Other entertainment

- [David Allen (playwright)](/source/David_Allen_(playwright)) (born 1936), Australian playwright
- [David Allen (game designer)](/source/David_Allen_(game_designer)) (born 1972), video game designer

## Other people

- [David Oliver Allen](/source/David_Oliver_Allen) (1800–1863), American missionary
- [William Edward David Allen](/source/William_Edward_David_Allen) (1901–1973), Irish-born English scholar, politician, and businessman
- [David Allen (politician)](/source/David_Allen_(politician)) (1937–2011), Irish politician
- [David Allen (Royal Navy officer)](/source/David_Allen_(Royal_Navy_officer)) (1933–1994), British Royal Navy officer, Defence Services Secretary 1988–1991
- [David Allen (botanist)](/source/David_Allen_(botanist)) (1939–2023), British botanist working on East African legumes and UK conservation
- [David Allen (author)](/source/David_Allen_(author)) (born 1945), productivity trainer and consultant
- [David Allen (police commissioner)](/source/David_Allen_(police_commissioner)), British politician and police commissioner

## See also

- [Scott-David Allen](/source/Scott-David_Allen) (born 1973), American musician
- [David Allan (disambiguation)](/source/David_Allan_(disambiguation))
- [Allen (surname)](/source/Allen_(surname))
- [David Allyn](/source/David_Allyn) (born 1969), American author, educator, and consultant to nonprofit organizations

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