Allen (given name)

Allen is the given name of:

People

Lawyers, politicians and government officials

Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian lawyer and politician
Allen C. Beach (1825–1918), American lawyer and politician, Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor of New York
Allen Boyd (born 1945), American politician
Allen Bradley (born c. 1952), American politician
Allen Brown (public servant) (1911–1999), Australian public servant
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 Turner Davidson (1819–1905), Confederate politician
Allen Dulles (1893–1969), American diplomat and lawyer, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence
Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972), American politician, senator from Louisiana
Allen E. Ertel (born 1937), American politician
Allen M. Fletcher (1853–1922), American politician, governor of Vermont
Allen J. Furlow (1890–1954), American politician and lawyer
Allen Jaggi (born 1944), 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 Paul (politician) (born 1945), American politician
Allen Potter (1818–1885), American politician
Allen Roach, Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2011
E. Allen Smith, Auditor General of Ceylon (1946–1953)
Allen G. Thurman (1813–1895), American politician, Ohio Supreme Court justice and vice presidential nominee
Allen T. Treadway (1867–1947), American politician
Allen Trimble (1783–1870), American politician
Allen Williamson, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974
Allen N. Yancy (1881–1941), Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930

In sports

Allen Aldridge (born 1972), American retired National Football League player
Allen Bailey (born 1989), American National Football League player
Allen Barbre (born 1984), American National Football League player
Allen Brown (born 1943), American retired National Football League player
Allen Christensen (footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
Allen Coage (1943–2007), American professional wrestler and Olympic judo bronze medalist
Allen Crabbe (born 1992), American basketball player
Allen Cunningham (born 1977), American poker player
Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player and coach
Allen Guevara (born 1989), Costa Rican 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 Jakovich (born 1968), retired Australian rules football player
H. Allen Jerkens (1929–2015), American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer
Allen Lazard (born 1995), American football player
Allen Nichols (1916–1981), American football player
Allen Nono (born 1992), Gabonese footballer
Allen Pitts (born 1964), retired Canadian Football League player
Allen Reisner (born 1988), American National Football League player
Allen Stack (1928–1999), American swimmer, 1948 Olympic champion
Allen Steck (born 1926), American mountaineer and rock climber
Allen Trammel (born 1942), American football player

Scientists and academics

Allen J. Bard (born 1933), American chemist and professor
Allen G. Debus (1928–2009), American science historian
Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965), American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor
Allen C. Guelzo (born 1953), American historian and professor
Allen Hatcher (born 1944), American topologist, professor and author
J. Allen Hynek (1910–1986), American astronomer, professor and ufologist
Allen Lowrie (born 1948), Australian botanist
Allen Mawer (1879-1942), English philologist
Allen Newell (1927–1992), American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology
Allen Weiner, American legal academic

In arts and entertainment

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 Curnow (1911–2001), New Zealand poet and journalist
Allen Daviau (born 1942), American cinematographer
Allen Drury (1918–1998), American novelist, writer of Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation and the counterculture
Allen Lanier (1946–2013), American musician, an original member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult
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 Neal Jones (born 1977), Known as AJ Styles, American professional wrestler
Allen Reynolds (born 1938), American record producer and songwriter
Allen Rivkin (1903–1990), American screenwriter
Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), American musician, songwriter, record producer
Allen Vizzutti (born 1952), American trumpeter, composer and music educator
Douglas Allen Woody (1955–2000), bass guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band

In the military

Allen J. Greer (1878–1964), US Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
Allen R. Schindler, Jr. (1969–1992), US Navy seaman murdered for being gay
Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), US Marine Corps general

In religion

Allen James Babcock (1898–1969), American Roman Catholic bishop
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 Henry Vigneron (born 1948), American Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit and bishop
Allen Yuan (1914–2005), Chinese Protestant Christian pastor

Writers and journalists

Allen Paul (writer), American author, reporter and political speech writer
Allen Steele (born 1958), American journalist and science fiction writer
Allen Young (writer) (born 1941), American journalist, author, editor, publisher and social activist

Unclassifiable or other

Allen Apsley (disambiguation)
Allen Edwards (disambiguation)
Allen H. Greenfield (born 1946), American occultist, writer and bishop of the Gnostic Catholic Church
Allen Hobbs (1899–1960), American hydrographer, US Navy officer and governor of American Samoa
Allen Johnson (disambiguation)
Allen Jones (disambiguation)
Allen Lewis (disambiguation)
Allen Miller (disambiguation)
Allen Morris (disambiguation)
Allen Paulson (1922–2000), American businessman and horse breeder
Allen Rosenberg (disambiguation)
Allen Snyder (disambiguation)
Allen Stanford (born 1950), American former financier convicted of fraud
Allen Thompson (disambiguation)
Allen West (disambiguation)
Allen Young (1827–1915), English master mariner and explorer
Allen Masanja Mboje

Fictional characters

Allen (The Walking Dead), in The Walking Dead comic book series and television series
Allen the Alien, an Image Comics character
Allen Walker, the protagonist in the D.Gray-man manga and anime series

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