Allen is a surname

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 of Scottish

Scotland

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 and Irish

Ireland

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 origin, coming from aluinn meaning handsome. Allen is the 42^nd most common surname in the United Kingdom. It is reported as 27^th in a list of common surnames in the United States. In Ireland, Allen is the Anglicization of the Gaelic name Ó h-Ailín.

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• Abner P. Allen
  Abner P. Allen
  Abner P. Allen was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the American Civil War.-Biography:Allen was born in Woodford County, Illinois...
  
   (1839–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Albert Allen
  Albert Allen
  Albert Allen was a football player in the early years of professional football in England, who played as an inside-forward with Aston Villa...
  
   (1867–1899), English footballer
• Alexander Viets Griswold Allen
  Alexander Viets Griswold Allen
  Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, D.D. was an Episcopal theologian, born at Otis, Massachusetts, United States of America. He graduated from Kenyon College in 1862 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1865...
  
   (1841–1908) American Episcopal theologian
• Alfred Allen (disambiguation), various people
• Andrew Allen (Pennsylvania) (1740–1825), representative to the Continental Congress
• Andrew M. Allen
  Andrew M. Allen
  Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen is a retired United States Astronaut. A former United States Marine Corps aviator and Lt. Colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three shuttle missions before retiring in 1997....
  
   (born 1955), American astronaut
• Andy Allen (footballer)
  Andy Allen (footballer)
  Andrew Allen is a former English footballer.Allen made one appearance in The Football League for Chester City as a 17-year old, when he replaced Neil Morton in a 1–0 defeat at Hull City on 9 November 1991...
  
   (born 1974), former English association footballer
• Anita Allen
  Anita Allen
  Anita Allen is a United States Army medical service officer who competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in the modern pentathlon, where she finished 18th of 32 competitors. A 2000 graduate of West Point, Allen finished first in the riding portion of the event. She was a standout cross country runner...
  
  , American modern pentathlete
• Anthony A. Allen (British entomologist)
• Arnold Allen
  Arnold Allen
  Arnold Oral Allen was an American instructor, public speaker, and writer who worked at IBM and Hewlett-Packard, and specialized in the analysis and mathematical modelling of computer performance.-Biography:...
  
  , American computer scientist
• Arthur Allen, several people
• Asa A. Allen (US Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer)
• Ashley Allen (born 1968), American model and actress

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• Benjamin Allen (politician)
  Benjamin Allen (politician)
  Benjamin Allen was a Canadian politician and retail merchant.Born in Sligo, Ireland, the son of William Allen who was of English descent, Allen first came to Canada in 1850. He went to Australia in 1852, returning to Canada West in 1856, and settled in Owen Sound. In 1857, he married May Cruthers...
  
  , Canadian politician
• Bernadette Allen, U.S. diplomat
• Bernard Allen (Irish politician)
  Bernard Allen (Irish politician)
  Bernard Allen is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. He served as a Teachta Dála for the Cork North Central constituency from 1981 to 2011....
  
   (born 1944)
• Bernard Allen (U.S. politician)
  Bernard Allen (U.S. politician)
  Bernard Allen was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirty-third House district, predominantly composed of constituents in Raleigh, North Carolina but including some suburban areas of Wake County.Allen was a retired educator from Raleigh, North...
  
   (1937–2006)
• Bob Allen
  Bob Allen
  Bob Allen is a former American politician who was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 until 2007, representing Florida's 32nd district...
  
   (born 1958), Representative of District 32 in the state of Florida
• Bob Allen (1960s pitcher), American League pitcher (1961–1967)
• Bob Allen (basketball)
  Bob Allen (basketball)
  Robert J. Allen is a retired American basketball player.Allen played collegiately for Marshall University. He was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the 6th round of the 1968 NBA Draft. He played in 27 games in the NBA for the Warriors .- References :...
  
   (born 1946), American basketball player
• Bob Allen (shortstop)
  Bob Allen (shortstop)
  Robert Gilman Allen was a shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies, the Boston Beaneaters, and the Cincinnati Reds, as well as a manager for two brief stints with both the Phillies and the Reds. He was born in Marion, OH, and as a youth, he played baseball with future president Warren G. Harding...
  
   (1867–1943), American baseball player and manager
• Bobby Allen
  Bobby Allen
  Robert Paul Allen is an American professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins.-Playing career:...
  
   (born 1978), American hockey player
• Bradley Allen
  Bradley Allen
  Bradley James Allen is a former English professional footballer who played as a striker. He notably played for Queens Park Rangers, Charlton Athletic and Grimsby Town. He also played as a professional for Colchester United, Peterborough United and Bristol Rovers in a professional career that...
  
   (born 1971), English footballer
• Bruce Allen (manager)
  Bruce Allen (manager)
  Bruce Allen is a Canadian music band manager who represents a number of popular Canadian musicians including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bryan Adams and Michael Bublé...
  
  , Canadian manager of musical artists
• Bruce Allen (physicist) (born 1959), American physicist; director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
• Bruce S. Allen
  Bruce S. Allen
  Bruce S. Allen is an American foreign consul appointed by the ruling monarch and the prime minister of the Principality of Liechtenstein....
  
   (born 1950), American physician; Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Bryan Allen (hang glider) (born 1952)
• Bryan Allen (ice hockey) (born 1980), Canadian hockey player
• Bryn Allen
  Bryn Allen
  Brynley William "Bryn" Allen was a Welsh footballer who played as an inside forward for various clubs in the 1940s and 1950s and made two appearances for Wales.-Football career:...
  
   (1921–2005), Welsh international footballer

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• C.J. Allen
  C.J. Allen
  Charles John Allen was a British sculptor, a figure in the New Sculpture movement.Born in Greenford, Middlesex, Allen studied at the Lambeth School of Art and then apprenticed with the London architectural sculpture firm Farmer & Brindley in 1879 and became the assistant to Hamo Thornycroft for...
  
  , British sculptor
• Carl Meredith Allen (accused), source of the Philadelphia Experiment story
• Charles Allen, several people
• Charles Peter Allen
  Charles Peter Allen
  Charles Peter Allen MP was an English Liberal politician who represented Stroud from 1900-1914. His professional career was as a solicitor and newspaper journalist...
  
   (1861–1930), English politician
• Charlie Allen, several people
• Chris Allen, several people
• Christian Allen, video game designer
• Christopher Allen
  Christopher Allen
  | country = England| fullname = Christopher Allen| living = true| dayofbirth = 20| monthofbirth = 8| yearofbirth = 1984| placeofbirth = Ormskirk| countryofbirth = England...
  
   (born 1944), former English cricketer
• Clarence Allen (geologist)
  Clarence Allen (geologist)
  Clarence Roderic Allen is a geologist who studies seismology. He is a graduate of Reed College and the California Institute of Technology...
  
  , member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Clarence Emir Allen
  Clarence Emir Allen
  Clarence Emir Allen was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in Girard Township Pennsylvania, Allen attended the district school and Girard Academy....
  
   (1852–1932), U.S. Representative from Utah
• Clarence Ray Allen
  Clarence Ray Allen
  Clarence Ray Allen was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in California for the murders of three people. At age 76 in 2006, he became the second-oldest inmate to be executed in the United States since 1976, after John B. Nixon of Mississippi who...
  
   (1930–2006), American prison inmate who was executed by lethal injection
• Clive Allen
  Clive Allen
  Clive Darren Allen is a retired English footballer, a prolific scorer for a number of clubs.Allen is the son of ex-Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Allen, who was a member of the legendary team which won the First Division title and FA Cup "double" in 1961...
  
   (born 1961), English footballer
• Corey Allen
  Corey Allen
  Corey Allen was an American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor. He began his career as an actor but eventually became a television director. He may be best known for playing the character Buzz Gunderson in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause...
  
   (born 1934), American film and television director, producer, writer and actor
• Craig Allen (footballer)
  Craig Allen (footballer)
  Craig Allen is a former Guernsey association football striker who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.-Professional:...
  
  , former footballer from Guernsey
• Craig Allen (meteorologist) (born 1957), American meteorologist

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• Daevid Allen
  Daevid Allen
  Daevid Allen , sometimes credited as Divided Alien, an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist is co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine and Gong .-Biography:In 1960, inspired by the Beat Generation writers he had discovered...
  
   (born 1938 as Christopher David Allen), Australian musician, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
• Damon E. Allen
  Damon E. Allen
  Damon Earl Allen, Sr., was an optometrist from Campbellsville in central Kentucky, who as a three-term president of the Kentucky Optometric Association led the campaign to procure passage in the Kentucky State Legislature of a bill permitting optometrists to prescribe medication for their...
  
   (1921–2009), Kentucky optometrist
• Dan Allen, several people
• Darina Allen (born 1951), Irish chef
• David Allen, several people
• Dayton Allen
  Dayton Allen
  Dayton Allen was a comedian and voice actor. He was one of the "men in the street" on the '"The Steve Allen Show."' His catchphrase was "Why not, Bubbe?"...
  
   (1919–2004), American comedian and voice actor
• Debbie Allen
  Debbie Allen
  Deborrah Kaye “Debbie” Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities...
  
   (born 1950), American actress and television director/producer
• Deborah Allen
  Deborah Allen
  Deborah Allen is an American country music singer. Since 1976, Allen has issued 12 albums and charted 14 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, most notably the 1983 crossover hit "Baby I Lied" which reached #4 on the country charts and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allen has also...
  
   (born 1953), American country music singer
• Dennis Allen
  Dennis Allen
  Dennis Allen was a Melbourne based drug dealer who was reported to have murdered many victims. He was the oldest son of criminal matriarch Kath Pettingill. He died of heart disease in 1987 in prison custody awaiting trial for murder....
  
   (1939–1995), English footballer
• Dick Allen
  Dick Allen
  Richard Anthony Allen is a former Major League Baseball player and R&B singer. He played first and third base and outfield in Major League Baseball and ranked among his sport's top offensive producers of the 1960s and early 1970s...
  
   (born 1942), former Major League Baseball first baseman/third baseman
• Donna Allen
  Donna Allen
  Donna Allen is an American dance pop singer, born in Key West, Florida, and raised in Tampa. At one point a cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, she got her start performing in the bands Hi-Octane and Trama before launching a solo career. She also sang backup on tour for Gloria Estefan for...
  
  , American dance pop singer

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• Ed Allen
  Ed Allen (musician)
  Ed Allen was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist.Allen's family moved to St. Louis, Missouri when he was seven; he began playing piano at age ten and settled on cornet soon after. He worked as a truck driver in his teens and played in military bands...
  
   (1897–1974), American jazz trumpeter
• Eddie Allen
  Eddie Allen
  Eddie Allen is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist from Milwaukee. He has worked with Muhal Richard Abrams, Lester Bowie, Art Blakey, Benny Carter, Chico Freeman, and Dizzy Gillespie. He has used several variants of his name on CDs including: E.J. Allen, Eddie E.J. Allen, and E.J. "Eddie" Allen.He...
  
   (born 1957), American jazz trumpeter
• Edward Allen, several people
• Elizabeth Allen, several people
• Elizabeth Anne Allen
  Elizabeth Anne Allen
  Elizabeth Anne Allen is an American actress. Allen is best known for her recurring role as the witch Amy Madison on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer....
  
   (born 1970), American actress
• Eric Allen
  Eric Allen
  Eric Andre Allen is a former professional American football cornerback who played in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, and Oakland Raiders from 1988 to 2001....
  
   (born 1965), former American football player
• Ernest Allen, several people
• Ernie Allen
  Ernie Allen
  Ernie Allen is an attorney serving as the President & CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and a former Director of Public Health & Safety for the City of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau...
  
   (born 1946), American attorney
• Ethan Allen
  Ethan Allen
  Ethan Allen was a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S...
  
   (1738–1789), early American revolutionary
• Ethan Allen (armsmaker)
  Ethan Allen (armsmaker)
  Ethan Allen was a major American armsmaker from Massachusetts. He is believed to be unrelated to the revolutionary Ethan Allen. His first firearm, the "Pocket Rifle" was developed in 1836, and his first patent was granted in 1837....
  
   (1806–1871), American armsmaker
• Ethan Allen (baseball)
  Ethan Allen (baseball)
  Ethan Nathan Allen was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball from to . He played for the Cincinnati Reds , New York Giants , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies , Chicago Cubs , and St...
  
   (1904–1993), American baseball player and coach
• Ethan B. Allen
  Ethan B. Allen
  Ethan Benjamin Allen was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Benjamin Allen and Hannah Allen...
  
   (1781-1835), New York politician

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• Fanny Allen
  Fanny Allen
  Frances Margaret Allen was the first New England woman to become a Catholic nun. The daughter of Revolutionary War General Ethan Allen, she converted to Catholicism and entered the convent of the Religious Hospitallers of St...
  
  , American nun and nurse
• Fiona Allen
  Fiona Allen
  Fiona Allen is an English comedienne and actress.-Career:Allen has appeared in many sketch shows, including Smack the Pony, Goodness Gracious Me and The All Star Comedy Show...
  
  , (born 1965), English comedian
• Frances E. Allen
  Frances E. Allen
  Frances Elizabeth "Fran" Allen is an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, code optimization, and parallelization...
  
  , US computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award
• Francis Allen, several people
• Frank Allen, several people
• Fred Allen
  Fred Allen (disambiguation)
  Fred Allen was an American comedian.Fred Allen may also refer to:*Fred Allen , rugby player and coach from New Zealand*Fred Hovey Allen , American theologian...
  
  , several people
• Frederick Lewis Allen
  Frederick Lewis Allen
  Frederick Lewis Allen was the editor of Harper's Magazine and also notable as an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century. His specialty was writing about what was at the time recent and popular history...
  
  , American historian and editor
• Floyd Allen
  Floyd Allen
  Floyd Allen was an American landowner and patriarch of the Allen clan of Carroll County, Virginia. He was convicted and executed for murder in 1913 after a sensational courthouse shootout that left a judge, prosecutor, sheriff, and two others dead, although doubt has been expressed about the...
  
  , American landowner, later convicted of murder

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• Gary Allen
  Gary Allen
  Gary Allen was an American conservative journalist.-Background:As a student, Allen was majoring in history at Stanford University and studied at California State University, Long Beach. He was a prominent member of the John Birch Society, of which he was a spokesman...
  
   (1936–1986), American journalist
• Gavin Allen
  Gavin Allen
  Gavin Allen is an Australian former rugby league player of the 1980s and 90s. He played club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Fortitude Valley and in the NSWRL premiership for the St...
  
   (born 1965), former Australian rugby league footballer
• George Allen
  George Allen (disambiguation)
  George Allen may refer to:* George Allen , American college and professional football player* George Allen , American football coach...
  
  , several people
• Gracie Allen
  Gracie Allen
  Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen , known as Gracie Allen, was an American comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns...
  
   (1895–1964), American comedienne

• Glover Morrill Allen
  Glover Morrill Allen
  Glover Morrill Allen was an American zoologist.He was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann Allen, and studied at Harvard University,...
  
   (1879-1942), mammalogist
• Gordon P. Allen
  Gordon P. Allen
  Gordon Phillip "Joe" Allen was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly and an insurance professional from Roxboro, North Carolina....
  
  . American politician from North Carolina
• Graham Allen (footballer)
  Graham Allen (footballer)
  Graham Allen born 8 April 1977 in Bolton is a former professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Bradford Park Avenue.Graham started his career at Everton making his debut against Middlesbrough on the 26 December 1996, He played 6 times for Everton before signing for Tranmere Rovers...
  
   (born 1977), English footballer
• Graham Allen (politician) (born 1953), UK Labour politician
• Grant Allen
  Grant Allen
  Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution.-Biography:...
  
   (1848–1899), Canadian science writer
• Gubby Allen
  Gubby Allen
  Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, CBE was a cricketer who played for Middlesex, Cambridge University, MCC and England. Australian-born, Allen was a fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, who captained England in eleven Test matches...
  
   (1902–1989), English cricketer

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• Hank Allen
  Hank Allen
  Harold Andrew "Hank" Allen is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators , Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox ....
  
   (born 1940), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Harry Allen
  Harry Allen (disambiguation)
  Harry Allen may refer to:* Harry Allen , hangman, one of the last British executioners* Harry Allen , jazz tenor saxophonist...
  
  , several people
• Harvey A. Allen
  Harvey A. Allen
  Harvey A. Allen was an officer in the United States Army who served as the fourth commander of the Department of Alaska, from September 20, 1871 to January 3, 1873....
  
   (c. 1818–1882), United States Army
  United States Army
  The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
  
   officer, was Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871-1873.
• Harvey Allen
  Harry Julian Allen
  Harry Julian Allen , also known as Harvey Allen, was an aeronautical engineer and a Director of the NASA Ames Research Center, most noted for his "Blunt Body Theory" of re-entry aerodynamics which permitted successful recovery of orbiting spacecraft. His technique is still used to this...
  
   (1910–1977), NASA engineer and administrator
• Holless Wilbur Allen
  Holless Wilbur Allen
  Holless Wilbur Allen, Jr. was the inventor of the compound bow.Inventor. H. W. Allen, Jr. revolutionized the archery industry worldwide with the invention and patent of the compound bow in the 1960's....
  
   (1880–1966), inventor of the compound bow

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• Ian Allen (American football) (born 1978), former American football player
• Ian Allen (cricketer) (born 1965), former West Indian cricketer
• Ira Allen
  Ira Allen
  Ira Allen was one of the founders of Vermont, and leaders of the Green Mountain Boys; and was the brother of Ethan Allen.-Biography:...
  
   (1751–1814), politician from Vermont
• Irwin Allen
  Irwin Allen
  Irwin Allen was a television and film director and producer nicknamed "The Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film genre. He was also notable for creating a number of television series.- Biography :...
  
   (1916–1991), American film and television procucer

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• Jack Allen, several people
• James Allen, several people
• Jennifer Allen
  Jennifer Allen
  Jennifer Allen is an American author, commentator, and daughter of football coach George Allen.-Family:Jennifer Allen grew up the only daughter of a professional football coach who was known for total commitment to his team and sport....
  
  , American author
• Jermaine Allen
  Jermaine Allen
  Jermaine Allen is an American Football running back who is active for the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes since December 2009. He was signed by the London Olympians in 2005...
  
   (born 1983), English American footballer
• Jimmy Allen
  Jimmy Allen
  James Allen is a former American football player who was drafted in the 4th round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1974 NFL Draft. A 1970 graduate of Los Angeles High School, Allen played college football at Pierce College and UCLA. Allen was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in their...
  
   (born 1952), former American football player
• Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
• Joan Allen
  Joan Allen
  Joan Allen is an American actress. She worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989.She has received three Academy Award nominations;...
  
   (born 1956), American actress
• Joel Asaph Allen
  Joel Asaph Allen
  Joel Asaph Allen was an American zoologist and ornithologist, born in Springfield, Massachusetts.He studied at Harvard University under Louis Agassiz...
  
   (1838–1921), American zoologist
• John Allen, several people
• Joseph Allen, several people

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• Karen Allen
  Karen Allen
  Karen Jane Allen is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...
  
   (born 1951), American actress
• Kate Allen, several people
• Keith Allen (born 1953), Welsh comedian, actor and writer
• Kenneth Allen, several people
• Kenton Allen
  Kenton Allen
  Kenton Allen is Chief Executive of Big Talk Productions. He is a multi-award–winning programme maker with programmes such as the BAFTA Award–winning The Royle Family and the Oscar Award–winning film Six Shooter ....
  
  , television producer at BBC
• Kevin Allen, several people
• Kris Allen
  Kris Allen
  Kristopher Neil "Kris" Allen is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, and the winner of the eighth season of American Idol...
  
   (born 1985), American singer-songwriter and winner of 'American Idol
• Krista Allen
  Krista Allen
  Krista Allen is an American actress. She is best known for her work in the television series Days of Our Lives, Baywatch Hawaii, and What About Brian; and in the Hollywood films Liar Liar, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and The Final Destination...
  
   (born 1971), American actress and model

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• Larry Allen
  Larry Allen
  Larry Christopher Allen, Sr. is a former American football guard of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft...
  
   (born 1971), former American footballer
• Laurie Allen
  Laurie Allen
  Laurie Patricia Allen, Q.C. was appointed a judge of the Family Division of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench on October 7, 1998. She replaced Mr. Justice John A. Menzies who was appointed to the court's General Division....
  
  , Manitoba judge
• Leo Allen
  Leo Allen
  Leopold Rufus "Leo" Allen is an American stand-up comedian and writer from Detroit, Michigan, known as one half of the comedy team Slovin and Allen.- Career :Allen has been performing stand-up comedy since the late '90s...
  
   (born 1972), American stand-up comedian
• Leo E. Allen
  Leo E. Allen
  Leo Elwood Allen , American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for fourteen terms, 1933–1961, representing the 13th District of Illinois 1933–1949, and the 16th District of Illinois 1949–1961. He was born in Elizabeth, Illinois and...
  
   (1898–1973), American politician
• Les Allen
  Les Allen
  Leslie William Allen is a former English footballer and manager.As a player, 16 year-old Les Allen made his senior football debut in February 1953 for Briggs Sports in an unforgettable FA Amateur cup quarter final tie at Victoria Road, Dagenham against the holders Pegasus, the great amateur team...
  
   (born 1937), English footballer
• Leslie Allen, several people
• Lester Allen
  Lester Allen
  Lester Allen was a screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director. In vaudeville, he appeared in a double act with Nellie Breen and also emceed at the Palace Theatre.-Selected filmography:...
  
   (1891–1949), American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director
• Lew Allen
  Lew Allen
  Lew Allen, Jr. was a United States Air Force four-star General who served as the tenth Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force...
  
   (born 1925), former U.S. Air Force general
• Lily Allen
  Lily Allen
  Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper , better known as Lily Allen, is an English recording artist and fashion designer. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative...
  
   (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
• Lou Allen
  Lou Allen
  Louis Eugene Allen in Gadsden, Alabama) was a professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League.-External links:*...
  
   (1924–2008), American footballer

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• Malcolm Allen (footballer)
  Malcolm Allen (footballer)
  Malcolm Allen is a Welsh former professional footballer who played for Watford, Aston Villa, Norwich City, Millwall, Newcastle United and Stevenage Borough. Allen played 14 times for Wales between 1986 and 1993....
  
   (born 1967), Welsh footballer
• Malcolm Allen (swimmer) (born 1973), Australian swimmer
• Marcus Allen
  Marcus Allen
  Marcus LeMarr Allen is a former American football player and, until recently, was affiliated with CBS as a game analyst. As a professional, Allen ran for 12,243 yards and caught 587 passes for 5,412 yards during his career for both the Los Angeles Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1982 to 1997...
  
   (born 1960), former American footballer
• Marcus Allen
  Timothy J. Boham
  Timothy John Boham also known as Marcus Allen , is a former adult film star who was convicted of the first-degree shooting death of 43-year-old Denver businessman John Paul "J P" Kelso.-Porn career as "Marcus Allen":...
  
   (born 1981), stage name of adult film actor Timothy J, Boham
• Margaret Allen
  William Thomas Quick
  William Thomas "Bill" Quick, who sometimes writes under the pseudonym Margaret Allan, is a science fiction author and self-described libertarian conservative blogger...
  
  , pseudonym of American science fiction novelist William Thomas Quick
• Martin Allen (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer
• Mary Allen
  Mary Allen
  Mary Allen is a British writer, broadcaster, arts administrator and management consultant best known for her controversial and turbulent period as Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House.-Early career:...
  
   (born 1951), British writer
• Mel Allen
  Mel Allen
  Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions...
  
   (1913–1996), American sportscaster
• Michael Allen, several people
• Mike Allen (broadcaster)
  Mike Allen (broadcaster)
  Mike Allen is a British radio presenter, who was last on the air hosting an evening show on 102.2 Smooth Radio in London. He left in December 2008....
  
   (born 1942), British radio broadcaster
• Mike Allen (poet)
  Mike Allen (poet)
  Mike Allen is an American editor and writer of speculative fiction and poetry. He currently lives in Roanoke, Virginia.His short story "," published in the October 2007 issue of Helix SF, was a finalist for the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.The Philadelphia Inquirer has described Allen as...
  
   (born 1969), American writer and poet
• Myron Allen
  Myron Allen
  Myron Smith Allen was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for four seasons. He played for the New York Gothams in 1883, the Boston Beaneaters in 1886, the Cleveland Blues in 1887, and the Kansas City Cowboys in 1888....
  
   (1854–1924), American baseball player

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• Nancy Allen (actress)
  Nancy Allen (actress)
  Nancy Anne Allen is a Golden Globe nominated American actress and cancer activist.Allen began an acting and modelling career as a child, and from the mid-1970s appeared in small film roles, most notably the anchor of Robert Zemeckis's ensemble comedy I Wanna Hold Your Hand...
  
   (born 1950), American actress
• Nancy Allen (harpist)
  Nancy Allen (harpist)
  Nancy Allen is a prominent harpist from the United States.The daughter of a public school music teacher in the Carmel, New York district, she won numerous international competitions starting at a young age. In 1973 she won first prize at the Fifth International Harp Competition in Israel, which is...
  
   (born 1954), American harpist
• Neil Allen
  Neil Allen
  Neil Patrick Allen is a former Major League Baseball pitcher currently serving as pitching coach for the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Durham Bulls.-New York Mets:...
  
   (born 1958), former American Major League baseball player
• Nick Allen
  Nick Allen
  Artemus Ward "Nick" Allen was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Buffalo Buffeds/Blues, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds. Allen became a minor league baseball manager after his playing career was over and earned the nickname "Roarin' Nick" for his altercations with umpires...
  
   (1888–1939), American Major League baseball player
• Nicky Allen
  Nicky Allen
  Nicholas Houghton Allen . He played nine matches including two tests for the All Blacks in 1980. He died from head injuries in rugby match in 1984.-External links:...
  
   (1958–1984), New Zealand rugby union player

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• Oliver Allen (footballer) (born 1986), English footballer
• Orlando Allen
  Orlando Allen
  Orlando Allen was a New York State Assemblyman and the 18th Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York. Allen began his political career as City Treasurer, followed by two separate terms as Second Ward Alderman. He served an extended single term as Mayor after being appointed in January 1848...
  
   (1803–1874), American politician—Buffalo, New York
• Oscar K. Allen
  Oscar K. Allen
  Oscar Kelly Allen, Sr. , also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936. He was a key lieutenant in the political machine of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., that dominated the state during the first half of the 1930s...
  
   (1882–1936), Democratic governor of Louisiana (1932–36)

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• Patrick Allen
  Patrick Allen
  John Keith Patrick Allen was a British film, television and voice actor.-Life and career:Allen was born in Nyasaland , where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during World War II where he remained to finish his education at McGill...
  
   (1927–2006), British actor
• Paul Allen
  Paul Allen (disambiguation)
  Paul Allen is a co-founder of Microsoft.Paul Allen may also refer to:* Paul S. Allen , British business magnate* Paul Allen , American editor and author* Paul H. Allen , American botanist...
  
  , several people
• Paul Allen
  Paul Allen
  Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates...
  
   (born 1953), Microsoft founder
• Paul Allen (footballer)
  Paul Allen (footballer)
  Paul Kevin Allen is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Luton Town, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Bristol City and Millwall in the 1980s and 1990s...
  
   (born 1962), English footballer
• Percival Allen
  Percival Allen
  Percival Allen FRS was a British geologist.In Mar, 1973 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His applicaton citation read: "Distinguished for his investigations of Lower Cretaceous sedimentation in north-western Europe...
  
   (1917–2008), British geologist
• Percy Allen (writer)
  Percy Allen (writer)
  Percy Allen was an English journalist, writer and lecturer most notable for his advocacy of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, and particularly for his creation of Prince Tudor theory, which claimed that the Earl of Oxford fathered a child with Queen Elizabeth I.-Early writings:Allen...
  
   (1875–1959), English writer on Shakespeare
• Percy Allen (footballer) (1895–1969), English footballer
• Percy Benjamin Allen
  Percy Benjamin Allen
  Percy Benjamin Allen was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate in Parliament from 1957, when he won the 1957 by-election after the resignation of William Sullivan, until 1975, when he retired....
  
   (1913–1992), New Zealand politician
• Pete Allen
  Pete Allen
  Pete Allen is an English dixieland jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, bandleader and vocalist known for his work with Kenny Ball, Terry Lightfoot, Beryl Bryden, Tommy Burton, Ian-Hunter Randall, Chris Hodgkins, Mick Cooke and John Armatage.He presented his own jazz programme for BBC...
  
   (born 1954), English dixieland jazz clarinetist
• Peter Allen
  Peter Allen
  Peter Allen was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, Arthur's Theme, winning an Academy Award in 1981...
  
   (1944–1992), Australian songwriter and singer
• Peter Allen (US broadcaster) (born 1920), American broadcaster and radio announcer
• Peter Anthony Allen (1911–1964), British convicted murderer
• Peter Lewis Allen (author)
  Peter Lewis Allen (author)
  Peter Lewis Allen is a scholar, author, and educator. He earned a B.A. in classics and English from Haverford College, a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School....
  
  , American scholar and author
• Phil Allen
  Phil Allen
  Phil Allen was a drummer in Liverpool new wave bands. He is the brother of Enrico Cadillac Jr. , the frontman of Deaf School...
  
  , English rock musician
• Philip Allen (politician) (1785–1865), American politician
• Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale
  Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale
  Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale, GCB was a British civil servant.-Education and early life:...
  
   (1912–2007), British civil servant

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• Rachel Allen
  Rachel Allen
  Rachel Allen is an Irish celebrity chef, known most widely for her work on television and as a writer.-Career as chef:...
  
   (born 1972), Irish chef
• Ralph Allen
  Ralph Allen
  Ralph Allen was an entrepreneur and philanthropist, and was notable for his reforms to the British postal system. He was baptised at St Columb Major, Cornwall on 24 July 1693. As a teenager he worked at the Post Office. He moved in 1710 to Bath, where he became a post office clerk, and at the age...
  
   (1693–1764), post-master, builder, philanthropist
• Ralph Allen (journalist)
  Ralph Allen (journalist)
  Ralph Allen was a Canadian journalist, editor, and novelist.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was raised in Oxbow, Saskatchewan. At sixteen he became a sports reporter for The Winnipeg Tribune, before moving to Toronto's renowned The Globe and Mail where he served as a war correspondent during the...
  
   (1913–1966), Canadian journalist, editor and novelist
• Ralph Allen (painter)
  Ralph Allen (painter)
  Ralph Allen is a Haitian painter. Born in Port-au-Prince, Allen was awarded a scholarship to the National Academy of Design's School of Fine Arts in New York City. His paintings have been exhibited at the Loeb Center at New York University, the National Audubon Society, and at his alma mater, the...
  
   (born 1952), Haitian painter
• Ralph Shuttleworth Allen
  Ralph Shuttleworth Allen
  Ralph Shuttleworth Allen was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for East Somerset at the 1868 general election, was re-elected unopposed in 1874, and held his seat in the House of Commons until he resigned on 10 March 1879 by becoming Steward of the...
  
   (1817–1887), British Conservative Member of Parliament
• Ray Allen
  Ray Allen
  Walter Ray Allen is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. He has played professionally for the Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics, and the Boston Celtics; and collegiately for the University of...
  
   (born 1975), American basketball player
• Ray R. Allen
  Ray R. Allen
  Ray Robert Allen was a municipal public official and banker in Alexandria, Louisiana, who served in 1977 as secretary-treasurer and then finance director when his city converted from the commissioner to the mayor-council form of government.-Background:Allen was born in Yell County near Danville in...
  
   (1920–2010), Alexandria
  Alexandria, Louisiana
  Alexandria is a city in and the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the south bank of the Red River in almost the exact geographic center of the state. It is the principal city of the Alexandria metropolitan area which encompasses all of Rapides and Grant parishes....
  
  , Louisiana
  Louisiana
  Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
  
  , public official
• Raymond Allen, several people
• Red Allen
  Red Allen
  Henry James "Red" Allen was a jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style has been claimed to be the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong.-Life and career:...
  
   (c. 1906–1967), American jazz trumpeter
• Red Allen (bluegrass)
  Red Allen (bluegrass)
  Harley Allen , better known as Red Allen, was an American bluegrass singer and guitarist known for his powerful tenor voice.-Biography:...
  
   (1930–1933), American bluegrass singer and guitarist
• Richard Allen, several people
• Rick Allen (drummer)
  Rick Allen (drummer)
  Richard John Cyril "Rick" Allen is the drummer for the English hard rock band Def Leppard. He is famous for overcoming the complete amputation of his left arm and continuing to play with the band, which subsequently went on to its greatest popular success worldwide...
  
   (born 1963), English rock drummer
• Robert Allen, several people
• Rod Allen (advertising executive)
  Rod Allen (advertising executive)
  Roderick Howard Allen was a British advertising executive who wrote many well known advertising slogans and jingles used in the United Kingdom. He was nicknamed the "jingle king"....
  
   (1929–2007), British advertising executive
• Rod Allen
  Rod Allen
  Roderick Bernet "Rod" Allen is a baseball analyst, currently for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit. He also analyzes for other games on Fox Saturday Baseball when the Tigers don't play on Fox Sports Detroit...
  
   (born 1959), American television baseball commentator
• Roger Allen (politician)
  Roger Allen (politician)
  Roger T. Allen is a former territorial level politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Allen was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election. He defeated future Commissioner Glenna Hansen to win the new Inuvik Twin Lakes electoral...
  
  , Canadian politician
• Roger MacBride Allen
  Roger MacBride Allen
  Roger MacBride Allen is an American science fiction author. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in Washington, D.C., graduating from Boston University in 1979. His father is American historian and author Thomas B...
  
   (born 1957), American science fiction author
• Ronald Allen
  Ronald Allen (disambiguation)
  Ronald, Ronnie, or Ron Allen may refer to:*Ronald Allen , English character actor*Ronnie Allen , English football player and manager*Ron Allen...
  
  , several people
• Rosalind Allen
  Rosalind Allen
  Rosalind Allen is a New Zealand-born actress best known for her portrayal Doctor Wendy Smith on seaQuest DSV's second season.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1957), New Zealand actress
• Rose Allen, one of the Colchester Martyrs
  Colchester Martyrs
  The Colchester Martyrs were William Bongeor, Thomas Benhote, William Purchase, Agnes Silverside, Helen Ewring, Elizabeth Folk, William Munt, John Johnson, Alice Munt and Rose Allen...
  
  
• R. G. D. Allen
  R. G. D. Allen
  Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA was an English economist, mathematician and statistician.Allen was born in Worcester and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, from which he won a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge...
  
   (Roy George Douglas Allen) (1906–1983), English economist and mathematician
• Russell Allen
  Russell Allen
  Russell Allen is the singer of the American progressive metal band Symphony X.-Biography:Before working with a rock band, he was a jouster at a Medieval Times Dinner Theater. He was introduced to the band Symphony X by former singer Rod Tyler...
  
   (born 1971), American singer
• Russell Allen (American football)
  Russell Allen (American football)
  Russell Allen is an American football player who plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Russell was born in Oceanside, California on May 5, 1986. He played linebacker for San Diego State University. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars on April 26, 2009...
  
   (born 1986), American football player
• Ruth Allen (singer), British cabaret singer

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• Sam Allen
  Sam Allen
  Sam Allen was a long serving servant of Swindon Town football club.A Swindon stalwart, Allen originally joined the club in 1895 as a member of the club's committee. Two years later, he joined the board of directors, before he took control of team affairs prior to the 1902-03 season, becoming the...
  
   (d. 1946), long serving servant of Swindon Town Footbal Club
• Sam Allen (musician)
  Sam Allen (musician)
  Sam Allen was an American jazz pianist.Allen accompanied silent films in movie palaces from age ten. In 1928 he moved to New York City where he joined Herbert Cowans's band at the Rockland Palace. Soon after he moved back to Ohio, where he played with Alex Jackson in 1930. Soon after this he...
  
   (1909–1963), American jazz pianist
• Samuel Clesson Allen
  Samuel Clesson Allen
  Samuel Clesson Allen was a U.S. politician from Massachusetts during the first third of the 19th century. He began his career as a member of the Federalist Party, but later became a staunch supporter of Democratic presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.Allen was born in Bernardston,...
  
   (1772–1842), American politician from Massachusetts
• Sarah Allen
  Sarah Allen
  Sarah Allen is a Canadian actress. She studied acting at Canada's National Theatre School and graduated in 2002.-Filmography:*Student Seduction Jenna*Wall of Secrets Carrie*Il Duce canadese Colleen Kelly...
  
  
• Sheila Allen
  Sheila Allen
  Sheila Allen is an American actress.Sheila Ann Mathews was born in New York City. She was married to producer Irwin Allen until his death in 1991. She appeared in several of her husband's TV series and movies through 1986....
  
   (born 1929), American actress
• Sheila Allen (English actress)
  Sheila Allen (English actress)
  Sheila Allen was an English actress, who was best known to the wider public for her role on television as Cassie Manson in Bouquet Of Barbed Wire and its sequel Another Bouquet...
  
   (born 1932), English actress
• Shirley Allen
  Shirley Allen
  Shirley Allen, of Roby, Illinois, is a former nurse whose family's 1997 attempt to have her involuntarily committed led to a 39-day standoff with Illinois State Police and other law-enforcement agencies....
  
  , American nurse involved in 1997 "siege"
• Stephen Allen
  Stephen Allen
  Stephen Allen was the Mayor of New York for three terms from December 1821 through 1824.Under the new constitution the Mayor was appointed by the Common Council, as opposed to the governor, leading to Allen being the first elected Mayor.Feb 1824 Allen declined a directorship on New York and Sharon...
  
  , (1767–1852), Mayor of New York
• Steve Allen, several people
• Sture Allén
  Sture Allén
  Sture Allén is a Swedish retired professor of computational linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, who was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. He was elected to chair 3 of the Swedish Academy in 1980. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and...
  
   (born 1928), Swedish academic

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• Terry Allen, several people
• Tessa Allen
  Tessa Allen
  Tessa Allen is an American teen actress who made her motion picture debut in Enough starring as Gracie, the young daughter of Jennifer Lopez's character. Before Enough, Allen appeared in many commercials, the first of which when she was only 4 months old in a Maytag commercial...
  
   (born 1996), an American actress
• Tim Allen
  Tim Allen
  Tim Allen is an American comedian, actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer, known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement...
  
   (born 1953), American actor
• Timothy Allen
  Timothy Allen
  Timothy Allen is an English photographer best known for his work with indigenous peoples and isolated communities around the world.- Early life :...
  
   (b.1971), English photojournalist
• Timothy F. H. Allen
  Timothy F. H. Allen
  Timothy F. H. Allen is a British botanist and Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies at the Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Allen is a leader in the fields of hierarchy theory, systems theory, and complexity....
  
   (b.1942), British botanist
• Thomas Allen, several people
• Tom Allen
  Tom Allen
  Thomas Hodge "Tom" Allen is a former member of the United States House of Representatives representing , and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins .Allen was first elected in 1996, defeating Republican...
  
   (born 1945), American politician
• Tommy Allen, several people

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• Vic Allen
  Vic Allen
  Vic Allen is a British academic who is a former Professor of Economics at Leeds University who was revealed to have been an "agent of influence" for the East German Stasi secret police....
  
   (born 1922), British academic and economist
• Viola Allen
  Viola Allen
  Viola Emily Allen was an American stage actress who played leading roles in Shakespere and other plays, including many original plays. She starred in over two dozen Broadway productions from 1885 to 1916...
  
   (1887–1948), American silent film and theater actress
• Viv Allen
  Viv Allen
  Vivian Mariner "Squee" Allen was an ice hockey right winger who played for several teams over a 12 year career....
  
   (born 1916), former Canadian ice hockey player

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• Walter Allen
  Walter Allen
  Walter Ernest Allen was an English literary critic and novelist. He is best known for his classic study The English Novel: a Short Critical History ....
  
   (1911–1995), English literary critic
• Will Allen, several people
• William Allen, several people
• Woody Allen
  Woody Allen
  Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
  
  (born 1935), American film actor and director