# Richard Allen

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**Richard**, **Rick**, or **Dick Allen** may refer to:

## Artists

- [Dick Allen (poet)](/source/Dick_Allen_(poet)) (1939–2017), American poet, literary critic and academic
- [Richard Allen (abstract artist)](/source/Richard_Allen_(abstract_artist)) (1933–1999), British painter
- [James Moffat (author)](/source/James_Moffat_(author)) (1922–1993), Canadian-British novelist, wrote as Richard Allen, among other pseudonyms
- [Richard J. Allen (writer)](/source/Richard_J._Allen_(writer)) (born 1959), American television writer
- [Richard James Allen](/source/Richard_James_Allen) (born 1960), Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker

## Sportspeople

- [Dick Allen](/source/Dick_Allen) (1942–2020), American baseball player
- [Dick Allen (footballer)](/source/Dick_Allen_(footballer)) (1921–1977), Australian footballer for Collingwood
- [Dick Allen (bowler)](/source/Dick_Allen_(bowler)) (born 1978), American ten-pin bowler
- [Richard Allen (field hockey)](/source/Richard_Allen_(field_hockey)) (1902–1969), Indian field hockey player
- [Rick Allen (mountaineer)](/source/Rick_Allen_(mountaineer)), (1954–2021), Scottish climber

## Musicians

- [Dickie Allen](/source/Dickie_Allen) (born 1993), American musician, vocalist for bands Nekrogoblikon and Infant Annihilator
- [Richard "Pistol" Allen](/source/Richard_%22Pistol%22_Allen) (1932–2002), American musician, drummer for the Funk Brothers on Motown Records
- [Rick Allen (drummer)](/source/Rick_Allen_(drummer)) (born 1963), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard
- [Rick Allen (keyboardist)](/source/Rick_Allen_(keyboardist)) (born 1946), American musician with The Box Tops
- [Rick Allen (organist)](/source/Rick_Allen_(organist)) (born 1940s), American blues, rock and R&B organist and pianist
- [Richard Allen](/source/Golden_Horseshoe_Saloon#Golden_Horseshoe_Variety_Show) (born 1963), American musician, conductor, composer, performer
- Richie Allen, a name used for recordings in the 1960s by [Richard Podolor](/source/Richard_Podolor) (1936–2022), American guitarist and record producer

## Politicians

- [R. G. Allen](/source/R._G._Allen) (1833–1886), California and Idaho Territory legislator
- [Richard Allen (Canadian politician)](/source/Richard_Allen_(Canadian_politician)) (1929–2019), historian and politician in Ontario, Canada
- [Richard Allen (Irish politician)](/source/Richard_Allen_(Irish_politician)) (died 1800), member of parliament for Harristown
- [Richard Allen (Texas politician)](/source/Richard_Allen_(Texas_politician)) (1830–1909), Texas politician and civic leader
- [Richard V. Allen](/source/Richard_V._Allen) (1936–2024), American National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan
- [Rick Allen (politician)](/source/Rick_Allen_(politician)) (born 1951), American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia
- [Richard D. Allen](/source/Richard_D._Allen) (1938–2009), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
- [Richard J. Allen (politician)](/source/Richard_J._Allen_(politician)) (1933–2021), member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature

## Other

- [Dick Allen (film editor)](/source/Dick_Allen_(film_editor)) (1944–2007), English film editor
- [Richard Allen (abolitionist)](/source/Richard_Allen_(abolitionist)) (1803–1886), draper, philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin
- [Richard Allen (bishop)](/source/Richard_Allen_(bishop)) (1760–1831), African-American bishop, founder of AME Church
- [Richard L. Allen](/source/Richard_L._Allen) (1803–1869), United States agricultural writer
- [Richard Allen (publisher)](/source/Richard_Allen_(publisher)) (1814–1884), publisher in Nottingham
- [Richard William Allen](/source/Richard_William_Allen) (1867–1955), English mechanical engineer
- [Rick Allen (sportscaster)](/source/Rick_Allen_(sportscaster)) (born 1969), American motorsports announcer
- [Richard K. Allen](/source/Richard_K._Allen) (born c. 1974), Anchorage district attorney
- [Richard Knapp Allen](/source/Richard_Knapp_Allen) (1925–1992), American entomologist and marine zoologist
- [Richard Allen (film scholar)](/source/Richard_Allen_(film_scholar)) (born 1959), American film scholar
- [Richard Allen (diplomat)](/source/Richard_Allen_(diplomat)) (1903–1996), British diplomat

## See also

- [Richard Allan, Baron Allan of Hallam](/source/Richard_Allan,_Baron_Allan_of_Hallam) (born 1966), British politician
- [Richard Van Allan](/source/Richard_Van_Allan) (1935–2008), opera singer
- [Dick Allan](/source/Dick_Allan) (born 1939), Scottish rugby union player
- [Richie Allan](/source/Richie_Allan) (born 1975), Australian rugby league player
- [Rick Allain](/source/Rick_Allain) (born 1969), North American ice hockey coach
- [Murders of Abigail Williams and Liberty German](/source/Murders_of_Abigail_Williams_and_Liberty_German), perpetrated by Indiana man Richard M. Allen
- [Allan Dick (disambiguation)](/source/Allan_Dick_(disambiguation))

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