David Allen
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David Allen, Dave Allen, David Allan, or Dave Allan may refer to:
Acting, entertainment and broadcasting
- Dave Allen (comedian)Dave Allen (comedian)David Tynan O'Mahoney , better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, very popular in Great Britain, Australia, and Canada in the 1960s and 1970s. He also became known in the United States through repeats of his shows on public television. His career had a major resurgence during the late...
(1936–2005), Irish comedian - Dave Allen (actor) (born 1958), American television and film actor
- David Allan (broadcaster)David Allan (broadcaster)David Allan is a British television continuity announcer and radio presenter.-Radio career:...
(born 1940), British television announcer and radio presenter - David W. AllenDavid W. AllenDavid W. Allen was a film and television stop-motion model animator.Considered among the finest stop-motion model animators, Dave Allen has contributed some of the best stop-motion sequences to many feature films, rivaling the work of other premier model animators Ray Harryhausen and Jim...
(1944–1999), film and television animator - David Allen (radio DJ), DJ on BBC Radio Solent
- David Allen (television producer), creator of Micro Live
Music
- Daevid AllenDaevid AllenDaevid 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), Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist - David Allan CoeDavid Allan CoeDavid Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...
(born 1939), American country music singer - Dave Allen (producer/bassist)Dave Allen (producer/bassist)Dave Allen was the bass guitarist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four. In 1981, he left Gang of Four to found Shriekback....
(born 1955), bassist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four - Dave Allen (bassist), American former bassist for the hardcore band Glassjaw
- Dave Allen (singer/guitarist), lead singer and guitar player of the Irish band Hal
- Dave Allen (vocalist) (died 1986), vocalist for NOFX
- Davie AllanDavie AllanDavie Allan is a guitarist best known for his work on soundtracks to various teen and biker movies in the 1960s. Allan's backing band is almost always the Arrows , although the Arrows have never been a stable lineup....
, American rock guitarist - David M. AllenDavid M. AllenDavid M. Allen is a British record producer, engineer and mixer. He is mostly known for his work with new wave, synth pop and goth rock bands including The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, The Chameleons, Depeche Mode, The Associates, The Human League, Clan of Xymox, Gianna Nannini, Shelleyan Orphan and...
, British record producer - Rockin' Dave AllenRockin' Dave AllenDavid Allen Stich, a.k.a. Rockin’ Dave Allen, a.k.a. Dave Allen, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Allen performed live throughout Texas and the Gulf Coast area from the late 1950s through the early 1980s...
(1941–1985), Texas blues guitarist and singer
Sport
- David Allan (footballer)David Allan (footballer)David Steel Allan was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park and the Scotland national team.He was born in Irvine, North Ayrshire and learned his football at Ayr Academy and, on moving to Glasgow to begin his career as a stockbroker, he joined Queen's Park in 1880...
(1863–1930), Scottish international footballer - David Allen (cricketer)David Allen (cricketer)David Arthur Allen is a former English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1953 and 1972. He also played 39 Test matches for England.-Life and career:...
(born 1935), Gloucestershire cricketer - David Allan (cricketer)David Allan (cricketer)David Walter Allan is a former West Indian cricketer who played in five Tests from 1962 to 1966. He was wicket-keeper in all five Tests....
(born 1937), West Indian cricketer - David Allen (American football) (born 1978), American football running back
- David Allen (rugby league) (born 1985), Irish rugby league player
- Dave Allen (football chairman)Dave Allen (football chairman)Dave Allen is a Sheffield based businessman and ex-chairman of football team Sheffield Wednesday. Allen owns a 99.9% share of the A & S Leisure Group which runs Napoleons Casinos across England, as well as the greyhound racing track at Owlerton Stadium in Sheffield.Allen joined the Sheffield...
, British sports businessman - David Allen (canoer)David Allen (canoer)David Allen is a British slalom canoer who competed in the early 1970s. He finished 15th in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:*...
(born 1943), British slalom canoer
Other
- David Allan (painter) (1744–1796), Scottish painter
- David Oliver AllenDavid Oliver AllenDavid Oliver Allen was an American missionary, born at Barre, Massachusetts.He graduated at Amherst College in 1823, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1827 went to Bombay, India as a missionary. In 1844 he took charge of the Bombay printing establishment. He wrote tracts in Mahratta,...
(1800–1863), American missionary - David Allan (police officer) (1879–1961), British police officer
- William Edward David AllenWilliam Edward David AllenWilliam Edward David Allen was a British scholar, Foreign Service officer, politician and businessman, best known as a historian of South Caucasus. He was closely involved in the politics of Northern Ireland, and had fascist tendencies.-Early career:Born in London, he was educated at Eton College...
(1901–1973), Irish-born English scholar, diplomat, politician and businessman - David Allen (playwright)David Allen (playwright)David Allen is an Australian playwright. He is notable for his play Cheapside, which has been shown at the Warehouse Theatre and the White Barn Theatre....
(born 1936), Australian playwright - David Allen (author)David Allen (author)David Allen is a productivity consultant who is best known as the creator of the time management method known as "Getting Things Done" .He grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana where he acted and won a state championship in debate...
(born 1945), productivity trainer and consultant, best known for "Getting Things Done" - David Allen (game designer)David Allen (game designer)David Allen is a Video Game Designer and Entrepreneur who is most recently known as the creator of Alganon a fantasy based MMORPG developed by Quest Online, a company he co-founded in 2006.- Game Designer, Developer and Entrepreneur :...
(born 1972), creator of a number of popular niche-games - David Allen (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1934–1994)
See also
- Alan DavidAlan DavidAlan David is a Welsh television actor. Living in London, he is married with two sons.David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. He has had many television credits ranging from Coronation Street in 1973 to Virtual Murder , Honey for Tea and "The Unquiet Dead", an episode of Doctor Who in 2005...
(born 1947), Welsh television actor - Scott-David AllenScott-David AllenScott-David Allen is the founder, singer and song-writer of the one-man, Synthpop/Darkwave project, A Covenant of Thorns....
(born 1973), American musician