David Allen

David Allen, Dave Allen, David Allan, or Dave Allan may refer to:

Acting, entertainment and broadcasting

• Dave Allen (comedian) (1936–2005), Irish comedian
• Dave Allen (actor) (born 1958), American television and film actor
• David Allan (broadcaster) (born 1940), British television announcer and radio presenter
• David W. Allen (1944–1999), film and television stop motion animator
• David Allen, DJ on BBC Radio Solent
• David Allen, creator of Micro Live
• David Allen (special effects artist), American 1940s special effects artist

Music

• Daevid Allen (1938–2015), Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
• David Allan Coe (born 1939), American country music singer
• David Clark Allen, Mexican-American founding member and lead singer for the band Carmen
• Dave Allen (English musician) (born 1955), bassist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four
• Dave Allen, American former bassist for the hardcore band Glassjaw
• Dave Allen, lead singer and guitar player of the Irish band Hal
• Dave Allen (died 1986), guitarist/vocalist for NOFX
• Davie Allan, American rock guitarist
• David M. Allen (born 1953), British record producer
• Rockin' Dave Allen (1941–1985), Texas blues guitarist and singer

Sport

• David Allan (footballer) (1863–1930), Scottish international footballer
• David Allen (cricketer) (1935–2014), Gloucestershire cricketer
• David Allan (cricketer) (born 1937), West Indian cricketer
• David Allen (canoeist) (born 1943), British slalom canoer
• David Allan (cyclist) (1951–1989), Australian cyclist
• David Allen (American football) (born 1978), American football running back
• David Allen (rugby league) (born 1985), Irish rugby league player
• Dave Allen (football executive), British sports businessman
• Dave Allan (racing driver) (1965–2012), British auto racing driver
• Dave Allen (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1980s
• Dave Allen (boxer) (born 1992), British boxer

Other

• David Allan (painter) (1744–1796), Scottish painter
• David Oliver Allen (1800–1863), American missionary
• David Allan (police officer) (1879–1961), British police officer
• William Edward David Allen (1901–1973), Irish-born English scholar, diplomat, politician and businessman
• David Allen (Royal Navy officer) (1933–1994), British Royal Navy officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1988 to 1991
• David Allen (playwright) (born 1936), Australian playwright
• David Rayvern Allen (1938–2014), cricket writer and historian
• David Allen (author) (born 1945), productivity trainer and consultant, best known for "Getting Things Done"
• David W. Allan (born 1936), American atomic clock physicist
• David Allen (game designer) (born 1972), video game designer, entrepreneur and author
• David Allen (politician) (1937–2011), Irish politician

See also

• Scott-David Allen (born 1973), American musician
• Alan David (disambiguation)
• Allen (surname)