Allen

Allen is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, coming from aluinn meaning handsome.^[1] Allen is the 42^nd most common surname in the United Kingdom.^[2] It is reported as 27^th in a list of common surnames in the United States.^[3] In Ireland, Allen is the Anglicization of the Gaelic name Ó h-Ailín.^[4]

A

• Abner P. Allen (1839–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Albert Allen (1867–1899), English footballer
• Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (1841–1908) American Episcopal theologian
• Alfred Allen (disambiguation), various people
• Andrew Allen (Pennsylvania) (1740–1825), representative to the Continental Congress
• Andrew M. Allen (born 1955), American astronaut
• Andy Allen (footballer) (born 1974), former English association footballer
• Anita Allen, American modern pentathlete
• Anthony A. Allen (British entomologist)
• Arnold Allen, American computer scientist
• Arthur Allen, several people
• Asa A. Allen (US Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer)
• Ashley Allen (born 1968), American model and actress

B

• Benjamin Allen (politician), Canadian politician
• Bernadette Allen, U.S. diplomat
• Bernard Allen (Irish politician) (born 1944)
• Bernard Allen (U.S. politician) (1937–2006)
• Bob Allen (born 1958), Representative of District 32 in the state of Florida
• Bob Allen (1960s pitcher), American League pitcher (1961–1967)
• Bob Allen (basketball) (born 1946), American basketball player
• Bob Allen (shortstop) (1867–1943), American baseball player and manager
• Bobby Allen (born 1978), American hockey player
• Bradley Allen (born 1971), English footballer
• Bruce Allen (manager), Canadian manager of musical artists
• Bruce Allen (physicist) (born 1959), American physicist; director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
• Bruce S. Allen (born 1950), American physician; Consul of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Bryan Allen (hang glider) (born 1952)
• Bryan Allen (ice hockey) (born 1980), Canadian hockey player
• Bryn Allen (1921–2005), Welsh international footballer

C

• C.J. Allen, British sculptor
• Carl Meredith Allen (accused), source of the Philadelphia Experiment story
• Charles Allen, several people
• Charles Peter Allen (1861–1930), English politician
• Charlie Allen, several people
• Chris Allen, several people
• Christian Allen, video game designer
• Christopher Allen (born 1944), former English cricketer
• Clarence Allen (geologist), member of the National Academy of Sciences
• Clarence Emir Allen (1852–1932), U.S. Representative from Utah
• Clarence Ray Allen (1930–2006), American prison inmate who was executed by lethal injection
• Clive Allen (born 1961), English footballer
• Corey Allen (born 1934), American film and television director, producer, writer and actor
• Craig Allen (footballer), former footballer from Guernsey
• Craig Allen (meteorologist) (born 1957), American meteorologist

D

• Daevid Allen (born 1938 as Christopher David Allen), Australian musician, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
• Damon E. Allen (1921–2009), Kentucky optometrist
• Dan Allen, several people
• Darina Allen (born 1951), Irish chef
• David Allen, several people
• Dayton Allen (1919–2004), American comedian and voice actor
• Debbie Allen (born 1950), American actress and television director/producer
• Deborah Allen (born 1953), American country music singer
• Dennis Allen (1939–1995), English footballer
• Dick Allen (born 1942), former Major League Baseball first baseman/third baseman
• Donna Allen, American dance pop singer

E

• Ed Allen (1897–1974), American jazz trumpeter
• Eddie Allen (born 1957), American jazz trumpeter
• Edward Allen, several people
• Elizabeth Allen, several people
• Elizabeth Anne Allen (born 1970), American actress
• Eric Allen (born 1965), former American football player
• Ernest Allen, several people
• Ernie Allen (born 1946), American attorney
• Ethan Allen (1738–1789), early American revolutionary
• Ethan Allen (armsmaker) (1806–1871), American armsmaker
• Ethan Allen (baseball) (1904–1993), American baseball player and coach
• Ethan B. Allen (1781-1835), New York politician

F

• Fanny Allen, American nun and nurse
• Fiona Allen, (born 1965), English comedian
• Frances E. Allen, US computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award
• Francis Allen, several people
• Frank Allen, several people
• Fred Allen, several people
• Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and editor
• Floyd Allen, American landowner, later convicted of murder

G

• Gary Allen (1936–1986), American journalist
• Gavin Allen (born 1965), former Australian rugby league footballer
• George Allen, several people
• Gracie Allen (1895–1964), American comedienne

• Glover Morrill Allen (1879-1942), mammalogist
• Gordon P. Allen. American politician from North Carolina
• Graham Allen (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer
• Graham Allen (politician) (born 1953), UK Labour politician
• Grant Allen (1848–1899), Canadian science writer
• Gubby Allen (1902–1989), English cricketer

H

• Hank Allen (born 1940), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Harry Allen, several people
• Harvey A. Allen (c. 1818–1882), United States Army officer, was Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871-1873.
• Harvey Allen (1910–1977), NASA engineer and administrator
• Holless Wilbur Allen (1880–1966), inventor of the compound bow

I

• Ian Allen (American football) (born 1978), former American football player
• Ian Allen (cricketer) (born 1965), former West Indian cricketer
• Ira Allen (1751–1814), politician from Vermont
• Irwin Allen (1916–1991), American film and television procucer

J

• Jack Allen, several people
• James Allen, several people
• Jennifer Allen, American author
• Jermaine Allen (born 1983), English American footballer
• Jimmy Allen (born 1952), former American football player
• Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
• Joan Allen (born 1956), American actress
• Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921), American zoologist
• John Allen, several people
• Joseph Allen, several people

K

• Karen Allen (born 1951), American actress
• Kate Allen, several people
• Keith Allen (born 1953), Welsh comedian, actor and writer
• Kenneth Allen, several people
• Kenton Allen, television producer at BBC
• Kevin Allen, several people
• Kris Allen (born 1985), American singer-songwriter and winner of 'American Idol
• Krista Allen (born 1971), American actress and model

L

• Larry Allen (born 1971), former American footballer
• Laurie Allen, Manitoba judge
• Leo Allen (born 1972), American stand-up comedian
• Leo E. Allen (1898–1973), American politician
• Les Allen (born 1937), English footballer
• Leslie Allen, several people
• Lester Allen (1891–1949), American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director
• Lew Allen (born 1925), former U.S. Air Force general
• Lily Allen (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
• Lou Allen (1924–2008), American footballer

M

• Malcolm Allen (footballer) (born 1967), Welsh footballer
• Malcolm Allen (swimmer) (born 1973), Australian swimmer
• Marcus Allen (born 1960), former American footballer
• Marcus Allen (born 1981), stage name of adult film actor Timothy J, Boham
• Margaret Allen, pseudonym of American science fiction novelist William Thomas Quick
• Martin Allen (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer
• Mary Allen (born 1951), British writer
• Mel Allen (1913–1996), American sportscaster
• Michael Allen, several people
• Mike Allen (broadcaster) (born 1942), British radio broadcaster
• Mike Allen (poet) (born 1969), American writer and poet
• Myron Allen (1854–1924), American baseball player

N

• Nancy Allen (actress) (born 1950), American actress
• Nancy Allen (harpist) (born 1954), American harpist
• Neil Allen (born 1958), former American Major League baseball player
• Nick Allen (1888–1939), American Major League baseball player
• Nicky Allen (1958–1984), New Zealand rugby union player

O

• Oliver Allen (footballer) (born 1986), English footballer
• Orlando Allen (1803–1874), American politician—Buffalo, New York
• Oscar K. Allen (1882–1936), Democratic governor of Louisiana (1932–36)

P

• Patrick Allen (1927–2006), British actor
• Paul Allen, several people
• Paul Allen (born 1953), Microsoft founder
• Paul Allen (footballer) (born 1962), English footballer
• Percival Allen (1917–2008), British geologist
• Percy Allen (writer) (1875–1959), English writer on Shakespeare
• Percy Allen (footballer) (1895–1969), English footballer
• Percy Benjamin Allen (1913–1992), New Zealand politician
• Pete Allen (born 1954), English dixieland jazz clarinetist
• Peter Allen (1944–1992), Australian songwriter and singer
• Peter Allen (US broadcaster) (born 1920), American broadcaster and radio announcer
• Peter Anthony Allen (1911–1964), British convicted murderer
• Peter Lewis Allen (author), American scholar and author
• Phil Allen, English rock musician
• Philip Allen (politician) (1785–1865), American politician
• Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale (1912–2007), British civil servant

R

• Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish chef
• Ralph Allen (1693–1764), post-master, builder, philanthropist
• Ralph Allen (journalist) (1913–1966), Canadian journalist, editor and novelist
• Ralph Allen (painter) (born 1952), Haitian painter
• Ralph Shuttleworth Allen (1817–1887), British Conservative Member of Parliament
• Ray Allen (born 1975), American basketball player
• Ray R. Allen (1920–2010), Alexandria, Louisiana, public official
• Raymond Allen, several people
• Red Allen (c. 1906–1967), American jazz trumpeter
• Red Allen (bluegrass) (1930–1933), American bluegrass singer and guitarist
• Richard Allen, several people
• Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), English rock drummer
• Robert Allen, several people
• Rod Allen (advertising executive) (1929–2007), British advertising executive
• Rod Allen (born 1959), American television baseball commentator
• Roger Allen (politician), Canadian politician
• Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957), American science fiction author
• Ronald Allen, several people
• Rosalind Allen (born 1957), New Zealand actress
• Rose Allen, one of the Colchester Martyrs
• Ryan Allen (Born 1986) Boise State Wrestler, Mavericks Coach, Artist.
• R. G. D. Allen (Roy George Douglas Allen) (1906–1983), English economist and mathematician
• Russell Allen (born 1971), American singer
• Russell Allen (American football) (born 1986), American football player
• Ruth Allen (singer), British cabaret singer

S

• Sam Allen (d. 1946), long serving servant of Swindon Town Footbal Club
• Sam Allen (musician) (1909–1963), American jazz pianist
• Samuel Clesson Allen (1772–1842), American politician from Massachusetts
• Sarah Allen
• Sheila Allen (born 1929), American actress
• Sheila Allen (English actress) (born 1932), English actress
• Shirley Allen, American nurse involved in 1997 "siege"
• Stephen Allen, (1767–1852), Mayor of New York
• Steve Allen, several people
• Sture Allén (born 1928), Swedish academic

T

• Terry Allen, several people
• Tessa Allen (born 1996), an American actress
• Tim Allen (born 1953), American actor
• Timothy Allen (b.1971), English photojournalist
• Timothy F. H. Allen (b.1942), British botanist
• Thomas Allen, several people
• Tom Allen (born 1945), American politician
• Tommy Allen, several people

V

• Vic Allen (born 1922), British academic and economist
• Viola Allen (1887–1948), American silent film and theater actress
• Viv Allen (born 1916), former Canadian ice hockey player

W

• Walter Allen (1911–1995), English literary critic
• Will Allen, several people
• William Allen, several people
• Woody Allen (born 1935), American film actor and director

See also

• Allenby (disambiguation)
• Van Allen (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ Powell, Kimberly. "ALLEN - Surname Meaning". Genealogy Topic Guide. About.com. http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/a/bl_name-ALLEN.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Allen". British Surnames and Surname Profiles. http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/ALLEN. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
3. ^ Powell, Kimberly. "100 Most Common U.S. Surnames - Common Last Name Meanings, Origins, and Family Trees". Genealogy Topic Guide. About.com. http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa_common_surnames.htm. Retrieved 13 August 2011. 
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