Allen (surname)
Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Scotland, and common in Ireland, Wales and England. It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, means both "little rock" and "harmony", or it may also be derived from the Celtic Aluinn, which means "handsome". Variant spellings include Alan, Allan, etc. The noble family of this surname, from which a branch went to Portugal, is descended of one Alanus de Buckenhall.
In Ireland, Allen is the Anglicization of the Gaelic name Ó h-Ailín. Allen is the 41st most common surname in England.
Disambiguation
- Albert Allen
- Alexander Allen
- Alfred Allen
- Andrew Allen
- Anita Allen
- Anthony Allen
- Arthur Allen
- Benjamin Allen
- Bernard Allen
- Bert Allen
- Bill Allen
- Brian Allen
- Bruce Allen
- Bryan Allen
- C. J. Allen
- Charles Allen
- Charlie Allen
- Chris Allen
- Christopher Allen
- Clarence Allen
- Cory Allen
- Craig Allen
- Damon Allen
- Dan Allen
- David Allen
- Denis Allen
- Dennis Allen
- Doug Allen
- Eddie Allen
- Edward Allen
- Elizabeth Allen
- Ernest Allen
- Ethan Allen
- Frances Allen
- Francis Allen
- Frank Allen
- Fred Allen
- George Allen
- Gordon Allen
- Graham Allen
- Harry Allen
- Harvey Allen
- Ian Allen
- Jack Allen
- James Allen
- Jerome Allen
- John Allen
- Joseph Allen
- Josh Allen
- Kate Allen
- Keith Allen
- Kenneth Allen
- Kevin Allen
- Laurie Allen
- Leslie Allen
- Malcolm Allen
- Marcus Allen
- Martin Allen
- Michael Allen
- Nancy Allen
- Oliver Allen
- Patrick Allen
- Paul Allen
- Percy Allen
- Peter Allen
- Philip Allen
- Ralph Allen
- Randy Allen
- Raymond Allen
- Rebecca Allen
- Reginald Allen
- Richard Allen
- Robert Allen
- Roderick Allen
- Rodney Allen
- Roger Allen
- Ronald Allen
- Russell Allen
- Ruth Allen
- Samuel Allen
- Sandra Allen
- Sarah Allen
- Steve Allen
- Terry Allen
- Thomas Allen
- Tommy Allen
- Tony Allen
- Will Allen
- William Allen
- Willie Allen
A
- A Allen, Australian rugby league player
- Abner P. Allen, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Angela Allen, English paedophile convicted in the 2009 Plymouth child abuse case
- Alexander Viets Griswold Allen American Episcopal theologian
- Ann Evelyn Allen, better known as Angela Stevens,, American actress
- Anson Allen, American politician
- Arnold Allen, American computer scientist
- Arthur Augustus Allen, American ornithologist
- Asa A. Allen, American Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer
- Ashley Allen, American model and actress
- Austin Allen, American football player
B
- Bernadette Allen, U.S. diplomat
- Beverly Allen, Australian botanical artist
- Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- Bradley Allen, English footballer
- Bryn Allen, Welsh international footballer
C
- Carl Meredith Allen, source of the "Philadelphia Experiment" story
- Carolyn Blanchard Allen, American politician
- Cecil J. Allen, British railway engineer and writer
- Charles Peter Allen, English politician
- Christian Allen, video game designer
- Clarence Ray Allen, American convicted murderer
- Clive Allen, retired English footballer
- Clive Allen , retired English basketball player and coach
- Corey Allen, American film and television director, producer, writer and actor
D
- Daevid Allen, Australian musician, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
- Dakarai Allen, professional basketball player
- Dakota Allen, American football player
- Damon Allen, Veteran American Canadian Football League quarterback
- Daphne Allen, English artist
- Darina Allen, Irish chef
- David Blanchard, American politician
- Dayton Allen, American comedian and voice actor
- Debbie Allen, American actress and television director-producer
- Deborah Allen, American country music singer
- Devere Allen, American pacifist political activist and writer
- Dick Allen, former Major League Baseball first baseman and third baseman
- Dick Allen , English film editor
- Diogenes Allen, American philosopher and theologian
- Dominique Allen, British basketball player
- Donna Allen, American dance pop singer
- Dwayne Allen, American football player
E
- Ed Allen , American jazz trumpeter
- Edgar Van Nuys Allen, American physician
- Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
- Elsa Guerdrum Allen, American ornithologist and historian of ornithology
- Eric Allen, former American football player
- Ernie Allen, American attorney
- Esther Saville Allen , American author
- Ethan Allen , American baseball player
- Ethel D. Allen, Pennsylvania politician
F
- Fanny Allen, American nun and nurse
- Fiona Allen,, English comedian
- Frances E. Allen, US computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award
- Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and editor
- Floyd Allen, American landowner, later convicted of murder
G
- Gary Allen, American journalist
- Gavin Allen, Australian rugby league footballer
- GG Allin, American Punk Icon
- Gracie Allen, American comedian
- Glover Morrill Allen, mammalogist
- Grant Allen, Canadian science writer
- Gubby Allen, English cricketer
H
- Hank Allen, former Major League Baseball outfielder
- Hannah Allen, British writer
- Harrison Allen, physician and zoologist
- Harvey A. Allen, United States Army officer, was Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871–1873
- Harry Julian Allen, NASA engineer and administrator
- Heidi Allen, Heidi Allen, British politician
- Holless Wilbur Allen, inventor of the compound bow
I
- Isabelle Allen, English actress
- Ira Allen, politician from Vermont
- Irwin Allen, American film and television producer
J
- Jan Allen, Canadian curator
- Jared Allen, American football player
- Jennifer Allen, American author
- Jermaine Allen, English American footballer
- Jim Allen , American automotive author
- Jimmy Allen, former American football player
- Jimmy Allen, member of American rock band Against All Will
- Joan Allen, American actress
- Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
- Joel Asaph Allen, American zoologist
- Jonathan Allen, American football player
- Josh Allen , American football player
- Josh Allen , American football player
- Josh Allen , American football player
K
- Karen Allen, American actress
- Kathleen Allen, British artist
- Keenan Allen, American football player
- Kenton Allen, television producer at BBC
- Kimball Allen, writer, performer
- Kris Allen, American singer-songwriter and winner of American Idol
- Krista Allen, American actress and model
- Kyle Allen, American football player
L
- Larry Allen, former American footballer
- Lavilla Esther Allen, American writer
- Lavoy Allen, American basketball player
- Lee Allen , American tenor saxophonist
- Leo Allen, American stand-up comedian
- Leo E. Allen, American politician
- Les Allen, English footballer
- Lester Allen, American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director
- Lettie Annie Allen, New Zealand public servant, political activist, feminist and local politician
- Lew Allen, former U.S. Air Force general
- Lewis F. Allen, farmer and politician
- Lexi Allen, American gospel singer, actress and television personality
- Lillian B. Allen, Canadian painter and photographer
- Lillian Allen, Canadian dub poet, musician, and writer
- Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter
- Lisa Allen, British chef
- Lou Allen, American footballer
- Louisa Rose Allen, English singer and model known as Foxes
- Lucius Allen, American basketball player
- Lynn Allen, NFL player
M
- Malik Allen, American basketball player
- Margaret Allen, pseudonym of American science fiction novelist William Thomas Quick
- Mary Allen, British writer
- Maryon Pittman Allen, American politician
- Mel Allen, American sportscaster
- Michael Graham Allen, player and maker of Native American flutes
- Mike Allen , American writer and poet
- Myron Allen, American baseball player
- Myrtle Allen, Irish chef
N
- Neil Allen, former American Major League baseball player
- Nellie B. Allen, American landscape designer
- Nick Allen, American Major League baseball player
- Nicky Allen, New Zealand rugby union player
- Norman M. Allen, New York politician
O
- Omari Allen, Montserratian cricketer
- Orlando Allen, American politician—Buffalo, New York
- Oscar K. Allen, Democratic governor of Louisiana
P
- Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist
- Pauline Allen, Australian scholar of early Christianity
- Percival Allen, British geologist
- Percy Allen , New Zealand politician
- Pete Allen , English dixieland jazz clarinetist
- Peter Allen , Australian songwriter and singer
- Peter Allen , American broadcaster and radio announcer
- Peter Anthony Allen, British convicted murderer
- Peter Lewis Allen, American scholar and author
- Philip Allen , American politician
- Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale, British civil servant
- Phog Allen, American athlete, coach, and physician
Q
- Queenie Allen, English badminton player
R
- Rachel Allen, Irish chef
- Ralph Shuttleworth Allen, British Conservative Member of Parliament
- Rashaun Allen, American football player
- Ray Allen, American basketball player
- Rebecca Allen , Australian basketball player
- Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter
- Red Allen , American bluegrass singer and guitarist
- Rex Allen, American actor, singer, songwriter
- Ricca Allen, Canadian stage and film actress
- Rick Allen , English rock drummer
- Ricky Allen, American blues singer
- Rod Allen , British advertising executive
- Rod Allen, American television baseball commentator
- Rosalie Allen, American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host
- Rosalind Allen, New Zealand actress
- Rose Allen, one of the Colchester Martyrs
- Ruth Allen , American economist and academic
- Ryan Allen, American opera singer
- Ryan Allen , American football player in the National Football League
- R. G. D. Allen , English economist and mathematician
S
- Sadie Allen, British artist
- Sarah Addison Allen, American author
- Sheila Allen, American actress
- Sheila Allen , English actress
- Shirley Allen, American nurse involved in 1997 "siege"
- Stephen Allen,, Mayor of New York
- Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, composer, writer
- Sture Allén, Swedish academic
T
- Taylor Allen, English footballer
- Tessa Allen, American actress
- Tim Allen, American actor
- Timothy Allen, English photojournalist
- Timothy F. H. Allen, British botanist
- Tina Allen, American sculptor
- Tom Allen, American politician
- Toussaint Allen, American baseball player in the Negro Leagues
- Travis Allen, California politician
- Tyler Allen, American race engineer
V
- Vic Allen, British Communist; trade unionist; university academic
- Victor M. Allen, New York politician
- Viola Allen, American silent film and theater actress
- Viv Allen, former Canadian ice hockey player
W
- Walter Allen, English literary critic
- Winifred Allen, American actress
- Woody Allen, American film actor and director, although not his birth name
Z
- Zach Allen, American football player
Unknown
- Allen, active 1820s