Allan (given name)

Allan is both a given name and an English and Scottish surname.

A–F

 * Allan (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
 * Allan (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer
 * Allan Abbass (born 1962), professor and psychiatrist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada
 * Allan Ackerman, American magician who specializes in sleight of hand magic with playing cards
 * Allan Adair (1897–1988), senior officer of the British Army who served in both World Wars
 * Allan Adler (1916–2002), American silversmith
 * Allan Agar (born 1949), English rugby league footballer and coach
 * Allan Ahlberg (born 1938), British children's book writer with his wife Janet Ahlberg as illustrator
 * Allan Alaalatoa (born 1994), Australian rugby union player
 * Allan Alaküla (born 1968), Estonian journalist
 * Allan Albert (1945–1994), American director, producer, and playwright
 * Allan Alcorn (born 1948), American pioneering engineer and computer scientist
 * Allan Alemán (born 1983), Costa Rican professional football player
 * Allan Amato (born 1974), American portrait photographer and film director
 * Allan Amin, Indian action film director
 * Allan Anderson (disambiguation)
 * Allan Andrews (disambiguation)
 * Allan Antliff, anarchist activist, art critic, and author
 * Allan Arbus (1918–2013), American actor and photographer
 * Allan Arkush (born 1948), American film and television director
 * Allan Armitage (born 1946), professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia, United States
 * Allan Ashbolt (1921–2005), Australian journalist and television broadcaster
 * Allan Asher (born 1951), Australian lawyer, consumer advocate, and campaigner
 * Allan Ayala (born 1986), track and field athlete from Guatemala
 * Allan Aynesworth (1864–1959), stage name of British actor Edward Abbot-Anderson
 * Allan Baillie (born 1943), Australian writer
 * Allan Baker, notorious Australian rapist and murderer
 * Allan Bakke (born 1940), in U.S. Supreme Court decision Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
 * Allan Baldwin (1924–2008), Australian rules footballer
 * Allan Ball (1943–2018), English footballer
 * Allan Boesak (born 1946), South African cleric, politician, and anti-apartheid activist
 * Allan B. Calhamer (1931–2013), American mail carrier who invented the board game Diplomacy
 * Allan Campbell (disambiguation)
 * Allan Anthony Costly (born 1954), Honduran footballer
 * Allan Leslie Cox (1927–1996), Canadian politician
 * Allan A. Davidson (fl. 1840–1899), lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
 * Allan de San Miguel (born 1988), Australian professional baseball player
 * Allan Dokossi (born 1999), Central African basketball player
 * Allan Donald (born 1966), South African cricketer
 * Allan Dwan (1885–1981), Canadian-American film director
 * Allan Mackay Findlay, British geographer

G–Z

 * Allan George (born 1999), American football player
 * Allan A. Goldstein (born 1949), American film director and screenwriter
 * Allan Holdsworth (1946–2017), English guitarist and composer
 * Allan Houston (born 1971), American basketball player
 * Allan B. Hubbard (born 1947), American economic advisor to George W. Bush
 * Allan Jay (1931–2023), British world champion épée & foil fencer
 * Allan Jones (cricketer) (born 1947), English cricket umpire and a retired cricketer
 * Allan K. (born 1958), Filipino actor, comedian, and TV host
 * Allan Kerpan (born 1954), Canadian politician
 * Allan Kimbaloula (born 1992), Congolese international footballer
 * Allan Kozinn (born 1954), American music critic
 * Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), American sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
 * Allan A. Lamport (1903–1999), mayor of Toronto, Canada
 * Allan Lane (1909–1973), American film star of cowboy B-movies in the 1940s and 1950s
 * Allan MacMaster (born 1974), Canadian politician
 * Allan B. Magruder (1775–1822), United States Senator from Louisiana
 * Allan McCollum (born 1944), American artist
 * Allan McKinnon (1917–1990), Canadian politician
 * Allan Neil McMillan (born 1951), Canadian politician
 * Allan Morris (born 1940), Australian politician
 * Allan A. Moss (1854–1929), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, United States
 * Allan Alfred Nunweiler (born 1930), Canadian politician, also known as Alf Nunweiler
 * Allan Nyom (born 1988), Cameroonian professional footballer
 * Allan Arenfeldt Olesen (born 1982), Danish professional football player
 * Allan Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian ice hockey administrator
 * Allan Ray (born 1984), American professional basketball player
 * Allan Rowe (1956–2015), Canadian politician
 * Allan Rumbolt, Canadian politician
 * Allan A. Ryan Jr. (1903–1981), American financier and politician from New York
 * Allan A. Schoenherr (1937–2021), Californian author, ecologist, and naturalist
 * Allan Sherman (1924–1973), American comedy writer and singer
 * Allan Morley Spaar (1876–1960), Sri Lankan public servant and politician, served as second Mayor of Kandy
 * Allan "Whitey" Snyder (1914–1994), American Hollywood make-up artist
 * Allan Starski (born 1943), Polish Academy Award-winning production designer and set decorator
 * Allan Leonard Frederick Stevens (1919–2011), Canadian politician
 * Allan Sutter (1914–1988), American Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient
 * Allan A. Swenson (1933–2023), author, literary agent, and master gardener
 * Allan B. Swift (1935–2018), Emmy award-winning broadcaster and American politician
 * Lord Allan Jay Velasco (born 1977), Filipino politician
 * Allan Wallenius (1890–1942), Swedish leftist figure and journalist
 * Allan B. Walsh (1874–1953), American politician from New Jersey
 * Allan Williams (politician) (1922–2011), Canadian politician
 * Allan Arthur Willman (1909–1989), American classical pianist, composer, music pedagog
 * Allan Zebie (born 1993), Canadian soccer player

Fictional characters

 * Allan (Barbie), one of the characters/dolls from the Mattel brand Barbie
 * Allan (mascot), a former mascot of the Baltimore Ravens football team
 * Allan Christie, a character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander book series and its TV adaptation
 * Allan Thompson (comics), a character from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
 * Allan-a-Dale, a variant spelling of Alan-a-Dale, a figure in the Robin Hood legend