# Van Allen

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**Van Allen** may refer to:

## People

### Given name

- [Van Allen Plexico](/source/Van_Allen_Plexico) (born 1968), U.S. professor

### Surname

- [George Van Allen](/source/George_Van_Allen) (1890–1937), politician in Alberta, Canada
- [James Van Allen](/source/James_Van_Allen) (1914–2006), American space scientist
- [John Delbert Van Allen](/source/John_Delbert_Van_Allen) (1850–1928), retail dry goods merchant and department store owner
- [Mark van Allen](/source/Mark_van_Allen) (born 1954), American musician
- [Shaun Van Allen](/source/Shaun_Van_Allen) (born 1967), former hockey player
- [Van Allen Plexico](/source/Van_Allen_Plexico) (born 1968), science fiction and fantasy author

## Places

- [Van Allen Range](/source/Van_Allen_Range), a mountain range in Oates Land, Antarctica
- [Van Allen Building](/source/Van_Allen_Building), Clinton, Iowa, US
- [Van Allen Hall](/source/Van_Allen_Hall), University of Iowa
- [Van Allen House](/source/Van_Allen_House), Oakland, Bergen, New Jersey, US

## Other uses

- [Van Allen radiation belt](/source/Van_Allen_radiation_belt), a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth
- [Van Allen Probes](/source/Van_Allen_Probes), two robotic NASA spacecraft

## See also

- [Van Allen Belt (band)](/source/Van_Allen_Belt_(band)), a Canadian rock band
- [Allen (disambiguation)](/source/Allen_(disambiguation))
- [Van Alen (disambiguation)](/source/Van_Alen_(disambiguation))
- [Van Asten](/source/Van_Asten)
- [Van Halen (disambiguation)](/source/Van_Halen_(disambiguation))

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