Allen (given name)

Allen is the given name of:

Lawyers, politicians and government officials

 * Allen Adams (1946–1990), Scottish politician
 * Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian lawyer and politician
 * Allen H. Bagg (1867–1942), American politician
 * Allen E. Barrow (1914–1979), American judge
 * Allen S. Baker (1842–1916), American politician
 * Allen J. Bartunek (1928–1997), American politician
 * Allen C. Beach (1825–1918), American lawyer and politician, Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor of New York
 * Allen Biehler, American Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation from 2003 to 2011
 * Allen J. Bloomfield (1883–1932), American businessman and politician
 * Allen Boyd (born 1945), American politician
 * Allen Alexander Bradford (1815–1888), American delegate
 * Allen T. Brinsmade (1837–1913), American politician
 * Allen Brown (public servant) (1911–1999), Australian public servant
 * Allen Buansi, American politician
 * Allen R. Bushnell (1833–1909), American attorney and politician
 * Allen G. Campbell (1834–1902), American miner, politician, and philanthropist
 * 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 T. Compton (1938–2008), American judge
 * Allen Foster Cooper (1862–1917), American politician
 * Allen Turner Davidson (1819–1905), Confederate politician
 * Allen Dulles (1893–1969), American diplomat and lawyer, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence
 * Allen Craig Eiland (born 1962), American politician
 * Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972), American politician, senator from Louisiana
 * Allen Engel (born 1932), Canadian farmer and politician
 * Allen E. Ertel (1937–2015), American politician
 * Allen V. Evans (born 1939), American politician
 * Allen J. Flannigan (1909–1965), American politician
 * Allen M. Fletcher (1853–1922), American politician, governor of Vermont
 * Allen C. Fuller (1822–1901), American politician
 * Allen J. Furlow (1890–1954), American politician and lawyer
 * Allen Thomson Gunnell (1848–1960), American lawyer, judge, and state legislator
 * Allen Hamiter (1867–1933), American politician
 * Allen Burroughs Hannay (1892–1983), American judge
 * Allen Hobbs (1899–1960), governor of American Samoa and US Navy hydrographer
 * Allen Jaggi (born 1944), American politician
 * Allen Johnson (activist), leader in the Civil Rights Movement
 * Allen F. Johnson, American businessman and government official
 * Allen C. Kelley (1937–2017), American economist
 * Allen Kerr (politician) (born 1956), American politician and insurance agency owner
 * Allen T. Klots (1889–1965), American lawyer
 * Allen Kolstad (1931–2008), American farmer and politician
 * Allen Kukovich (born 1947), American politician
 * Allen P. Lovejoy (1825–1904), American lumber merchant and manufacturer and politician
 * Allen T. Lucas (1917–1973), American lawyer and politician
 * Allen S. Matthews (1845–1915), American merchant and politician
 * Allen G. Mitchell (1894–1953), American politician
 * Allen F. Moore (1869–1945), American politician
 * Allen B. Morse (1837–1921), American diplomat, jurist, and politician
 * Allen J. Oliver (1903–1953), 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 Russell Patrick (1910–1995), Canadian politician
 * Allen Paul (politician) (born 1945), American politician
 * Allen J. Payton (1861–1917), American farmer and politician
 * Allen Potter (1818–1885), American politician
 * Allen Quist (born 1944), American politician
 * Allen Roach, Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2011
 * Allen Rothenberg, American lawyer and President of COLPA
 * Allen F. Rush (1902–1980), American politician
 * Allen G. Rushlight (1874–1930), American politician, businessman, and plumber
 * Allen G. Schwartz (1934–2003), American judge
 * Allen D. Scott (1831–1897), American lawyer and politician
 * E. Allen Smith, Auditor General of Ceylon (1946–1953)
 * Allen Snyder (born 1946), American lawyer and politician
 * Allen E. Stebbins (1872–1941), American politician
 * Allen R. Sturtevant (1879–1966), American attorney and judge
 * Allen M. Thomas (born 1969), American politician
 * Allen C. Thompson (1906–1980), American politician
 * Allen G. Thurman (1813–1895), American politician, Ohio Supreme Court justice and vice presidential nominee
 * Allen W. Thurman (1847–1922), American politician
 * Allen Treadaway (born 1961), American politician
 * Allen T. Treadway (1867–1947), American politician
 * Allen Trimble (1783–1870), American politician
 * Allen Trovillion (1926–2020), American politician
 * Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), American politician
 * Allen F. Warden (1852–1927), American newspaper editor and politician
 * Allen Weh (born 1942), American business executive, politician, and U.S. Marine colonel
 * Allen Wellons (born 1949), American attorney and politician
 * Allen West (born 1961), American politician and U.S. Army lieutenant colonel
 * Allen S. Whiting (1926–2018), American political scientist and government official
 * Allen T. Wikoff (1825–1902), American politician
 * Allen W. Wilder (1843–18??), American state legislator, teacher, and lawyer
 * Allen Williamson, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974
 * Allen C. Winsor (born 1976), American judge
 * Allen N. Yancy (1881–1941), Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930
 * Allen Zoll, American political activist

Businessmen

 * Allen Chao (born 1944), Taiwanese-American businessman
 * Allen Lloyd (born 1949), British businessman, founder of LloydsPharmacy
 * Allen B. Morgan Jr., American businessman
 * Allen Paulson (1922–2000), American businessman and horse breeder
 * Allen Questrom (born 1941), American businessman
 * Allen Rosenshine (born 1939), American advertising executive and CEO
 * Allen Stanford (born 1950), American financier convicted of fraud
 * Allen Weisselberg (born 1947), American businessman

Athletes

 * Allen Aldridge (defensive end) (1944–2015), American football player
 * Allen Aldridge (born 1972), American retired National Football League player
 * Allen Aylett (1934–2022), Australian football player
 * Allen Bailey (born 1989), American National Football League player
 * Allen Barbre (born 1984), American National Football League player
 * Allen Battle (born 1968), American baseball player
 * Allen W. Benson (1905–1999), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Berg (born 1961), Canadian racing driver
 * Allen P. Berkstresser (1885–1956), American football and basketball coach and college athletic administrator
 * Allen Bradford (American football) (born 1988), American football player
 * Allen Brown (1943–2020), American retired National Football League player
 * Allen Bryant (1918–1992), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Carter (born 1952), American football player
 * Allen Chapman (born 1974), American soccer referee
 * Allen Chapman (American football) (born 1991), American football player
 * Allen Christensen (footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
 * Allen Coage (1943–2007), American professional wrestler and Olympic judo bronze medalist
 * Allen Conkwright (1896–1991), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Córdoba (born 1995), Panamanian baseball player
 * Allen Crabbe (born 1992), American basketball player
 * Allen Craig (born 1984), American baseball player
 * Allen Crowe (1928–1963), American racing driver
 * Allen Doyle (born 1948), American golfer
 * Allen Durham (born 1988), American basketball player
 * Allen Elliott (1897–1979), American baseball player
 * Allen Flanigan (born 2001), American basketball player
 * Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player and coach
 * Allen Gavilanes (born 1999), American footballer
 * Allen Green (1938–2023), American football punter
 * Allen Greene (born 1977), American athletic director
 * Allen Guevara (born 1989), Costa Rican footballer
 * Allen Harvin (born 1959), American 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 Jacobs (1941–2014), American football player
 * Allen Jakovich (born 1968), retired Australian rules football player
 * Allen Jeardeau (1866–1900), American football and baseball coach
 * H. Allen Jerkens (1929–2015), American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer
 * Allen Johnson (born 1971), American hurdler
 * Allen Kelley (1932–2016), American basketball player
 * Allen Larue (born 1981), Seychelles footballer
 * Allen Lazard (born 1995), American football player
 * Allen Leavell (born 1957), American basketball player
 * Allen Levrault (born 1977), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Lyday (born 1960), American football player
 * Allen Lynch (footballer) (1938–2021), Australian footballer
 * Allen MacDonald (1896–19??), American football player
 * Allen May (born 1969), American racing driver
 * Allen McDill (born 1971), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen McDonough (1804–1888), Irish jockey
 * Allen Murphy (born 1952), American basketball player
 * Allen Nichols (1916–1981), American football player
 * Allen Njie (born 1999), Liberian footballer
 * Allen Nono (born 1992), Gabonese footballer
 * Allen Oliver (1924–2024), English footballer
 * Allen Ong (born 1979), Malaysian swimmer
 * Allen Patrick (born 1984), American football player
 * Allen Pedersen (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Allen Pitts (born 1964), retired Canadian Football League player
 * Allen Pinkett (born 1964), American football player
 * Allen Reisner (born 1988), American National Football League player
 * Allen Rice (born 1962), American football player
 * Allen Ripley (1952–2014), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Robinson (born 1993), American football player
 * Allen Rosenberg (1931–2013), American rowing coxswain and coach
 * Allen Rossum (born 1975), American football player
 * Allen Russell (1893–1972), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Snyder, American football player and football, basketball, and baseball coach
 * Allen Stack (1928–1999), American swimmer, 1948 Olympic champion
 * Allen Steck (born 1926), American mountaineer and rock climber
 * Allen Steckle (1872–1938), American football player and coach
 * Allen Steen, American martial arts practitioner, teacher, and promoter
 * Allen Tankard (born 1969), English footballer
 * Allan Tolmich (1918–2012), American world record hurdler
 * Allen Trammell (born 1942), American football player
 * Allen Watson (born 1970), American baseball pitcher and coach
 * Allen Webster (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
 * Allen Yanes (born 1997), Guatemalan footballer
 * Allen York (born 1989), Canadian hockey goaltender
 * Allen H. Zikmund (1922–2018), American football player and coach

Scientists, engineers, and academics

 * Allen Abraham (1865–1922), Ceylon Tamil academic and astronomer
 * Allen V. Astin (1904–1984), American physicist
 * Allen Baker (1852–1918), Canadian-British engineer
 * Allen J. Bard (born 1933), American chemist and professor
 * Allen Bergin (born 1934), American clinical psychologist
 * Allen Boothroyd (1943–2020), British industrial designer
 * Allen Buchanan (born 1948), American philosopher
 * Allen G. Debus (1928–2009), American science historian
 * Allen F. Donovan (1914–1995), American aerospace engineer and systems engineer
 * Allen B. Downey (born 1967), American computer scientist
 * Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965), American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor
 * Allen Dyer, American psychiatrist and professor
 * Allen C. Eaves (born 1941), Canadian scientist
 * Allen Frances (born 1942), American psychiatrist
 * Allen James Fromherz (born 1980), American historian
 * Allen O. Gamble (1910–2001), American industrial psychologist
 * Allen J. Greenough (1905–1974), American engineer
 * Allen C. Guelzo (born 1953), American historian and professor
 * Allen Hatcher (born 1944), American topologist, professor and author
 * Allen Hawley (1893–1978), American fundraising administrator
 * Allen J. Hubin (born 1936), American historian and biographer
 * J. Allen Hynek (1910–1986), American astronomer, professor and ufologist
 * Allen Johnson (historian) (1870–1931), American historian, teacher, biographer, and editor
 * Allen Klein (author) (born 1938), American gelotogist and author
 * Allen Lane (1902–1970), British publisher, founder of Penguin Books
 * Allen S. Lee, American researcher
 * Allen Lowrie (1948–2021), Australian botanist
 * Allen Mawer (1879–1942), English philologist
 * Allen Meadors (born 1947), American professor and university administrator
 * Allen R. Miller (1942–2010), American mathematician
 * Allen J. Moore (born 1958), American researcher
 * Allen Newell (1927–1992), American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology
 * Allen George Packwood, British archivist
 * Allen B. Rosenstein (1920–2018), American systems engineer
 * Allen J. Scott (born 1938), English geographer
 * Allen Sessoms (born 1946), American physicist, diplomat, and academic advisor
 * Allen Shenstone (1893–1980), Canadian physicist
 * Allen Shields (1927–1989), American mathematician
 * Allen C. Skorepa (1941–1998), American lichenologist
 * Allen Steere, American rheumatologist
 * Allen W. Trelease, American historian and professor
 * Allen Weiner, American legal academic
 * Allen B. Wilson (1823–1888), American inventor
 * Allen W. Wood (born 1942), American philosopher

Artists and entertainers

 * Allen Bickford, Australian actor
 * Allen Case (1934–1986), American actor
 * 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 Covert (born 1964), American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
 * Allen Curnow (1911–2001), New Zealand poet and journalist
 * Allen Danzinger (born 1942), American actor
 * Allen M. Davey (1894–1946), American cinematographer
 * Allen Daviau (1942–2020), American cinematographer
 * Allen Drury (1918–1998), American novelist, writer of Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize
 * Allen Edward Everitt (1824–1882), English architectural artist and illustrator
 * Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation and the counterculture
 * Allen Grubman, American entertainment lawyer
 * Allen Holubar (1890–1923), American actor, film director, and screenwriter
 * Allen Hulsey (born 1985), American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and visual artist
 * Allen Jones (born 1937), British pop artist
 * Allen Jones (1940–1987), American record producer and songwriter
 * Allen Neal Jones (born 1977), Known as AJ Styles, American professional wrestler
 * Allen Kim (born 1990), South Korean idol singer, actor, dancer, and television host
 * Allen Lanier (1946–2013), American musician, an original member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult
 * Allen Leech (born 1981), Irish actor
 * 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 Reynolds (born 1938), American record producer and songwriter
 * Allen Ritter (born 1988), American record producer, songwriter, singer, and pianist
 * Allen Rivkin (1903–1990), American screenwriter
 * Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), American conceptual artist
 * Allen Saalburg (1899–1987), American painter, illustrator, and screen printer
 * Allen W. Seaby (1867–1953), English painter and printmaker
 * Allen Shearer (born 1943), American composer and baritone
 * Allen G. Siegler (1892–1960), American cinematographer
 * Allen Smith Jr. (1810–1890), American portrait painter
 * Allen Stone (born 1987), American musician
 * Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), American musician, songwriter, record producer
 * Allen Vizzutti (born 1952), American trumpeter, composer and music educator
 * Allen K. Wood (1898–1977), American assistant director and production manager
 * Douglas Allen Woody (1955–2000), bass guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band

Soldiers

 * Allen D. Beemer (1842–1909), American Civil War veteran and businessman
 * Allen Buchanan (1876–1940), US Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Allen M. Burdett Jr. (1921–1980), US Army lieutenant general
 * Allen S. Cutts (1826–1896), American soldier
 * Allen J. Greer (1878–1964), US Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Allen W. Gullion (1880–1946), US Army officer
 * Allen Hobbs (1899–1960), US Navy hydrographer and governor of American Samoa
 * Allen J. Jamerson (born 1961), US Air Force officer
 * Allen Johnson (Indian Army officer) (1829–1907), British Indian Army officer
 * Allen James Lynch (born 1945), U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Allen K. Ono (1933–2016), US Army lieutenant general
 * Allen T. Paredes (born 1965), Filipino Air Force general
 * Allen Lawrence Pope (1928–2020), American military and paramilitary aviator
 * Allen B. Reed (1884–1965), US Navy officer
 * Allen R. Schindler Jr. (1969–1992), US Navy seaman murdered for being gay
 * Allen L. Seaman (1916–1944), US Navy aviator
 * Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), US Marine Corps general
 * Allen Wheeler (1903–1984), English Royal Air Force officer and pilot
 * Allen B. Worley, 10th US Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent

Clergy

 * Allen James Babcock (1898–1969), American Roman Catholic bishop
 * Allen L. Bartlett (born 1929), American Episcopal priest
 * 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 J. Miller (1901–1991), 5th Bishop of Easton
 * Allen Secher (born 1935), American rabbi, civil and human rights activist, radio host, television producer, actor, author, and public speaker
 * Allen K. Shin, Korean-American 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 Adler (1916–1964), American writer
 * Allen Barra, American journalist and author
 * Allen M. Hornblum, American author, journalist, criminal justice official, and political organizer
 * Allen Hunt (born 1964), American author, speaker, and pastor
 * Allen Paul (writer), American author, reporter, and political speech writer
 * Allen Rucker (born 1945), American writer and author
 * Allen Say (born 1937), Japanese-American writer and illustrator
 * Allen Steele (born 1958), American journalist and science fiction writer
 * Allen Young (writer) (born 1941), American journalist, author, editor, publisher, and social activist

Other

 * Allen Apsley (disambiguation)
 * Allen Aaron Cook (1832–1899), American architect
 * Allen Cunningham (born 1977), American poker player
 * Allen Edwards (disambiguation)
 * Allen Frantzen (born 1947 or 1948), American medievalist
 * Allen Johnson (disambiguation)
 * Allen Jones (disambiguation)
 * Allen B. Kanavel (1874–1938), American surgeon
 * Allen V. Kneese (1930–2001), American pioneer
 * Allen Lewis (disambiguation)
 * Allen McClure (1935–2007), American sailor
 * Allen Miller (disambiguation)
 * Allen Morris (disambiguation)
 * Allen Rosenberg (disambiguation)
 * Allen Snyder (disambiguation)
 * Allen Thompson (disambiguation)
 * Allen West (disambiguation)
 * Allen Whipple (1881–1963), American surgeon
 * Allen Young (1827–1915), English master mariner and explorer

Fictional characters

 * Allen (Ninjago), character in Ninjago
 * Allen (The Walking Dead), in The Walking Dead comic book series and television series
 * Allen Adam, alter ego of the DC Comics superhero Captain Atom
 * Allen Avadonia, a character portrayed by Kagamine Len in a Vocaloid multimedia series known as "The Evillious Chronicles"
 * Allen Walker, the protagonist in the D.Gray-man manga and anime series