Allen (given name)
Allen, a variant spelling of Alan, is the given name of:
People
Artists and entertainers
- Allen Ansay, Filipino actor, model, and singer
- Allen Bickford, Australian actor
- Allen Case, American actor
- 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 Covert, American comedian, actor, writer, and producer
- Allen Curnow, New Zealand poet and journalist
- Allen Danzinger, American actor
- Allen M. Davey, American cinematographer
- Allen Daviau, American cinematographer
- Allen Dizon, Filipino actor
- Allen Drury, American novelist, writer of Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize
- Allen Edward Everitt, English architectural artist and illustrator
- Allen Ginsberg, American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation and the counterculture
- Allen Grubman, American entertainment lawyer
- Allen Holubar, American actor, film director, and screenwriter
- Allen Hulsey, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and visual artist
- Allen Jones, British pop artist
- Allen Jones, American record producer and songwriter
- Allen Neal Jones, Known as AJ Styles, American professional wrestler
- Allen Kim, South Korean idol singer, actor, dancer, and television host
- Allen Lanier, American musician, an original member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult
- Allen Leech, Irish actor
- Allen Ludden, American television personality, emcee and game show host
- Allen Payne, American actor
- Allen M. Potter, American television soap opera producer
- Allen Reynolds, American record producer and songwriter
- Allen Ritter, American record producer, songwriter, singer, and pianist
- Allen Rivkin, American screenwriter
- Allen Ruppersberg, American conceptual artist
- Allen Saalburg, American painter, illustrator, and screen printer
- Allen W. Seaby, English painter and printmaker
- Allen Shearer, American composer and baritone
- Allen G. Siegler, American cinematographer
- Allen Smith Jr., American portrait painter
- Allen Stone, American musician
- Allen Toussaint, American musician, songwriter, record producer
- Allen Vizzutti, American trumpeter, composer and music educator
- Allen K. Wood, American assistant director and production manager
- Douglas Allen Woody, bass guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band
Athletes
- Allen Aldridge (defensive end), American football player
- Allen Aldridge, American retired National Football League player
- Allen Aylett, Australian football player
- Allen Bailey, American National Football League player
- Allen Barbre, American National Football League player
- Allen Battle, American baseball player
- Allen W. Benson, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Berg, Canadian racing driver
- Allen P. Berkstresser, American football and basketball coach and college athletic administrator
- Allen Bradford (American football), American football player
- Allen Brown, American retired National Football League player
- Allen Bryant, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Carter, American football player
- Allen Chapman, American soccer referee
- Allen Chapman (American football), American football player
- Allen Christensen (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Allen Coage, American professional wrestler and Olympic judo bronze medalist
- Allen Conkwright, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Córdoba, Panamanian baseball player
- Allen Crabbe, American basketball player
- Allen Craig, American baseball player
- Allen Crowe, American racing driver
- Allen Doyle, American golfer
- Allen Durham, American basketball player
- Allen Elliott, American baseball player
- Allen Flanigan, American basketball player
- Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach
- Allen Green, American football punter
- Allen Greene, American athletic director
- Allen Guevara, Costa Rican footballer
- Allen Harvin, American football player
- Allen Hopkins (pool player), American Hall-of-Fame pool player and color commentator
- Allen Hopkins (soccer commentator), American sportscaster
- Allen Hurns, American National Football League player
- Allen Iverson, retired American basketball player
- Allen Jacobs, American football player
- Allen Jakovich, retired Australian rules football player
- Allen Jeardeau, American football and baseball coach
- H. Allen Jerkens, American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer
- Allen Johnson, American hurdler
- Allen Kelley, American basketball player
- Allen Larue, Seychelles footballer
- Allen Lazard, American football player
- Allen Leavell, American basketball player
- Allen Levrault, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Lyday, American football player
- Allen Lynch (footballer), Australian footballer
- Allen MacDonald, American football player
- Allen May, American racing driver
- Allen McDill, American baseball pitcher
- Allen McDonough, Irish jockey
- Allen Murphy, American basketball player
- Allen Nichols, American football player
- Allen Njie, Liberian footballer
- Allen Nono, Gabonese footballer
- Allen Oliver, English footballer
- Allen Ong, Malaysian swimmer
- Allen Patrick, American football player
- Allen Pedersen, Canadian ice hockey player
- Allen Pitts, retired Canadian Football League player
- Allen Pinkett, American football player
- Allen Reisner, American National Football League player
- Allen Rice, American football player
- Allen Ripley, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Robinson, American football player
- Allen Rosenberg, American rowing coxswain and coach
- Allen Rossum, American football player
- Allen Russell, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Snyder, American football player and football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Allen Stack, American swimmer, 1948 Olympic champion
- Allen Steck, American mountaineer and rock climber
- Allen Steckle, American football player and coach
- Allen Steen, American martial arts practitioner, teacher, and promoter
- Allen Tankard, English footballer
- Allan Tolmich, American world record hurdler
- Allen Trammell, American football player
- Allen Watson, American baseball pitcher and coach
- Allen Webster, American baseball pitcher
- Allen Yanes, Guatemalan footballer
- Allen York, Canadian hockey goaltender
- Allen H. Zikmund, American football player and coach
Businessmen
- Allen Chao, Taiwanese-American businessman
- Allen Lloyd, British businessman, founder of LloydsPharmacy
- Allen B. Morgan Jr., American businessman
- Allen Paulson, American businessman and horse breeder
- Allen Questrom, American businessman
- Allen Rosenshine, American advertising executive and CEO
- Allen Stanford, American financier convicted of fraud
- Allen Weisselberg, American businessman
Clergy
- Allen James Babcock, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Allen L. Bartlett, American Episcopal priest
- 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 J. Miller, 5th Bishop of Easton
- Allen Secher, 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, American Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit and bishop
- Allen Yuan, Chinese Protestant Christian pastor
Lawyers, politicians and government officials
- Allen Adams, Scottish politician
- Allen Bristol Aylesworth, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Allen H. Bagg, American politician
- Allen E. Barrow, American judge
- Allen S. Baker, American politician
- Allen J. Bartunek, American politician
- Allen C. Beach, 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, American businessman and politician
- Allen Boyd, American politician
- Allen Alexander Bradford, American delegate
- Allen T. Brinsmade, American politician
- Allen Brown (public servant), Australian public servant
- Allen Buansi, American politician
- Allen R. Bushnell, American attorney and politician
- Allen G. Campbell, American miner, politician, and philanthropist
- Allen D. Candler, American politician, governor of Georgia
- Allen T. Caperton, American and Confederate States politician
- Allen M. Christensen, American politician
- Allen T. Compton, American judge
- Allen Foster Cooper, American politician
- Allen Turner Davidson, Confederate politician
- Allen Dulles, American diplomat and lawyer, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence
- Allen Craig Eiland, American politician
- Allen J. Ellender, American politician, senator from Louisiana
- Allen Engel, Canadian farmer and politician
- Allen E. Ertel, American politician
- Allen V. Evans, American politician
- Allen J. Flannigan, American politician
- Allen M. Fletcher, American politician, governor of Vermont
- Allen C. Fuller, American politician
- Allen J. Furlow, American politician and lawyer
- Allen Thomson Gunnell, American lawyer, judge, and state legislator
- Allen Hamiter, American politician
- Allen Burroughs Hannay, American judge
- Allen Hobbs, governor of American Samoa and US Navy hydrographer
- Allen Jaggi, American politician
- Allen Johnson (activist), leader in the Civil Rights Movement
- Allen F. Johnson, American businessman and government official
- Allen C. Kelley, American economist
- Allen Kerr (politician), American politician and insurance agency owner
- Allen T. Klots, American lawyer
- Allen Kolstad, American farmer and politician
- Allen Kukovich, American politician
- Allen P. Lovejoy, American lumber merchant and manufacturer and politician
- Allen T. Lucas, American lawyer and politician
- Allen S. Matthews, American merchant and politician
- Allen G. Mitchell, American politician
- Allen F. Moore, American politician
- Allen B. Morse, American diplomat, jurist, and politician
- Allen J. Oliver, American politician
- Allen I. Olson, American politician and attorney, former governor of North Dakota
- Allen Ferdinand Owen, American legislator and lawyer
- Allen Russell Patrick, Canadian politician
- Allen Paul (politician), American politician
- Allen J. Payton, American farmer and politician
- Allen Potter, American politician
- Allen Quist, 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, American politician
- Allen G. Rushlight, American politician, businessman, and plumber
- Allen G. Schwartz, American judge
- Allen D. Scott, American lawyer and politician
- E. Allen Smith, Auditor General of Ceylon
- Allen Snyder, American lawyer and politician
- Allen E. Stebbins, American politician
- Allen R. Sturtevant, American attorney and judge
- Allen C. Thompson, American politician
- Allen G. Thurman, American politician, Ohio Supreme Court justice and vice presidential nominee
- Allen W. Thurman, American politician
- Allen Treadaway, American politician
- Allen T. Treadway, American politician
- Allen Trimble, American politician
- Allen Trovillion, American politician
- Allen H. Turnage, American politician
- Allen F. Warden, American newspaper editor and politician
- Allen Weh, American business executive, politician, and U.S. Marine colonel
- Allen Wellons, American attorney and politician
- Allen West, American politician and U.S. Army lieutenant colonel
- Allen S. Whiting, American political scientist and government official
- Allen T. Wikoff, American politician
- Allen W. Wilder, American state legislator, teacher, and lawyer
- Allen Williamson, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974
- Allen C. Winsor, American judge
- Allen N. Yancy, Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930
- Allen Zoll, American political activist
Scientists, engineers, and academics
- Allen Abraham, Ceylon Tamil academic and astronomer
- Allen V. Astin, American physicist
- Allen Baker, Canadian-British engineer
- Allen J. Bard, American chemist and professor
- Allen Bergin, American clinical psychologist
- Allen Boothroyd, British industrial designer
- Allen Buchanan, American philosopher
- Allen G. Debus, American science historian
- Allen F. Donovan, American aerospace engineer and systems engineer
- Allen B. Downey, American computer scientist
- Allen B. DuMont, American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor
- Allen Dyer, American psychiatrist and professor
- Allen C. Eaves, Canadian scientist
- Allen Frances, American psychiatrist
- Allen James Fromherz, American historian
- Allen O. Gamble, American industrial psychologist
- Allen J. Greenough, American engineer
- Allen C. Guelzo, American historian and professor
- Allen Hatcher, American topologist, professor and author
- Allen Hawley, American fundraising administrator
- Allen J. Hubin, American historian and biographer
- J. Allen Hynek, American astronomer, professor and ufologist
- Allen Johnson (historian), American historian, teacher, biographer, and editor
- Allen Klein (author), American gelotogist and author
- Allen Lane, British publisher, founder of Penguin Books
- Allen S. Lee, American researcher
- Allen Lowrie, Australian botanist
- Allen Mawer, English philologist
- Allen Meadors, American professor and university administrator
- Allen R. Miller, American mathematician
- Allen J. Moore, American researcher
- Allen Newell, American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology
- Allen George Packwood, British archivist
- Allen B. Rosenstein, American systems engineer
- Allen J. Scott, English geographer
- Allen Sessoms, American physicist, diplomat, and academic advisor
- Allen Shenstone, Canadian physicist
- Allen Shields, American mathematician
- Allen C. Skorepa, American lichenologist
- Allen Steere, American rheumatologist
- Allen W. Trelease, American historian and professor
- Allen Weiner, American legal academic
- Allen B. Wilson, American inventor
- Allen W. Wood, American philosopher
Soldiers
- Allen D. Beemer, American Civil War veteran and businessman
- Allen Buchanan, US Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- Allen M. Burdett Jr., US Army lieutenant general
- Allen S. Cutts, American soldier
- Allen J. Greer, US Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
- Allen W. Gullion, US Army officer
- Allen Hobbs, US Navy hydrographer and governor of American Samoa
- Allen J. Jamerson, US Air Force officer
- Allen Johnson (Indian Army officer), British Indian Army officer
- Allen James Lynch, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Allen K. Ono, US Army lieutenant general
- Allen T. Paredes, Filipino Air Force general
- Allen Lawrence Pope, American military and paramilitary aviator
- Allen B. Reed, US Navy officer
- Allen R. Schindler Jr., US Navy seaman murdered for being gay
- Allen L. Seaman, US Navy aviator
- Allen H. Turnage, US Marine Corps general
- Allen Wheeler, English Royal Air Force officer and pilot
- Allen B. Worley, 10th US Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent
Writers and journalists
- Allen Adler, American writer
- Allen Barra, American journalist and author
- Allen M. Hornblum, American author, journalist, criminal justice official, and political organizer
- Allen Hunt, American author, speaker, and pastor
- Allen Paul (writer), American author, reporter, and political speech writer
- Allen Rucker, American writer and author
- Allen Say, Japanese-American writer and illustrator
- Allen Steele, American journalist and science fiction writer
- Allen Young (writer), American journalist, author, editor, publisher, and social activist
Other
- Allen Apsley (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Aaron Cook, American architect
- Allen Cunningham, American poker player
- Allen Edwards (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Frantzen, American medievalist
- Allen Johnson (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Jones (disambiguation), several people
- Allen B. Kanavel, American surgeon
- Allen V. Kneese, American pioneer
- Allen Lewis (disambiguation), several people
- Allen McClure, American sailor
- Allen Miller (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Morris (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Rosenberg (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Snyder (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Thompson (disambiguation), several people
- Allen West (disambiguation), several people
- Allen Whipple, American surgeon
- Allen Young, 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
- Allen the Alien, character in Image Comics’ Invincible comic book series and television series
- Allen the Magic Goose, from the Canadian adult animated show Kevin Spencer