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 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 (born 1929), American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer
• 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 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 Reynolds (born 1938), American record producer and songwriter
• Allen Rivkin (1903-1990), American screenwriter
• 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

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