Allen (given name)

People

Lawyers, politicians and government officials

• Allen Bristol Aylesworth, Canadian lawyer and politician
• Allen C. Beach, American lawyer and politician, Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor of New York
• Allen Boyd, American politician
• Allen Bradley, American politician
• Allen Brown , Australian public servant
• Allen D. Candler, American politician, governor of Georgia
• Allen T. Caperton, American and Confederate States politician
• Allen M. Christensen, American politician
• Allen Turner Davidson, Confederate politician
• Allen Dulles, American diplomat and lawyer, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence
• Allen J. Ellender, American politician, senator from Louisiana
• Allen E. Ertel, American politician
• Allen M. Fletcher, American politician, governor of Vermont
• Allen J. Furlow, American politician and lawyer
• Allen Jaggi, American politician
• Allen I. Olson, American politician and attorney, former governor of North Dakota
• Allen Ferdinand Owen, American legislator and lawyer
• Allen Paul , American politician
• Allen Potter, American politician
• Allen Roach, Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2011
• E. Allen Smith, Auditor General of Ceylon
• Allen G. Thurman, American politician, Ohio Supreme Court justice and vice presidential nominee
• Allen T. Treadway, American politician
• Allen Trimble, American politician
• Allen Williamson, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974
• Allen N. Yancy, Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930

  In sports

• Allen Aldridge, American retired National Football League player
• Allen Bailey, American National Football League player
• Allen Barbre, American National Football League player
• Allen Brown, American retired National Football League player
• Allen Christensen , Australian rules footballer
• Allen Coage, American professional wrestler and Olympic judo bronze medalist
• Allen Crabbe, American basketball player
• Allen Cunningham, American poker player
• Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach
• Allen Guevara, Costa Rican football player
• Allen Hopkins , American Hall-of-Fame pool player and color commentator
• Allen Hopkins, American sportscaster
• Allen Hurns, American National Football League player
• Allen Iverson, retired American basketball player
• Allen Jakovich, retired Australian rules football player
• H. Allen Jerkens, American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer
• Allen Lazard, American football player
• Allen Nichols, American football player
• Allen Nono, Gabonese footballer
• Allen Pitts, retired Canadian Football League player
• Allen Reisner, American National Football League player
• Allen Stack, American swimmer, 1948 Olympic champion
• Allen Steck, American mountaineer and rock climber
• Allen Trammel, American football player

  Scientists and academics

• Allen J. Bard, American chemist and professor
• Allen G. Debus, American science historian
• Allen B. DuMont, American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor
• Allen C. Guelzo, American historian and professor
• Allen Hatcher, American topologist, professor and author
• J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer, professor and ufologist
• Allen Lowrie, Australian botanist
• Allen Mawer, English philologist
• Allen Newell, American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology
• Allen Weiner, American legal academic

  In arts and entertainment

• Allen Collins, one of the founding members, guitarist and songwriter for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Allen Coulter, American television and film director
• Allen Curnow, New Zealand poet and journalist
• Allen Daviau, American cinematographer
• Allen Drury, American novelist, writer of Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize
• Allen Ginsberg, American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation and the counterculture
• Allen Lanier, American musician, an original member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult
• Allen Ludden, American television personality, emcee and game show host
• Allen Payne, American actor
• Allen M. Potter, American television soap opera producer
• Allen Neal Jones, Known as AJ Styles, American professional wrestler
• Allen Reynolds, American record producer and songwriter
• Allen Rivkin, American screenwriter
• Allen Toussaint, American musician, songwriter, record producer
• Allen Vizzutti, American trumpeter, composer and music educator
• Douglas Allen Woody, bass guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band

  In the military

• Allen J. Greer, US Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
• Allen R. Schindler, Jr., US Navy seaman murdered for being gay
• Allen H. Turnage, US Marine Corps general

  In religion

• Allen James Babcock, American Roman Catholic bishop
• Allen W. Brown, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, New York
• Allen Francis Gardiner, British Royal Navy officer and missionary
• Allen Johnston, American Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand and bishop
• Allen Henry Vigneron, American Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit and bishop
• Allen Yuan, Chinese Protestant Christian pastor

  Writers and journalists

• Allen Paul, American author, reporter and political speech writer
• Allen Steele, American journalist and science fiction writer
• Allen Young , American journalist, author, editor, publisher and social activist

  Unclassifiable or other

• Allen Apsley
• Allen Edwards
• Allen H. Greenfield, American occultist, writer and bishop of the Gnostic Catholic Church
• Allen Hobbs, American hydrographer, US Navy officer and governor of American Samoa
• Allen Johnson
• Allen Jones
• Allen Lewis
• Allen Miller
• Allen Morris
• Allen Paulson, American businessman and horse breeder
• Allen Rosenberg
• Allen Snyder
• Allen Stanford, American former financier convicted of fraud
• Allen Thompson
• Allen West
• Allen Young, English master mariner and explorer
• Allen Masanja Mboje

  Fictional characters

• Allen, 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