Allen (given name)
Allen is the given name of:
People
Lawyers, politicians and government officials
- Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Allen C. Beach (1825–1918), American lawyer and politician, Secretary of State and Lieutenant Governor of New York
- Allen Boyd (born 1945), American politician
- Allen Bradley (born c. 1952), American politician
- Allen Brown (public servant) (1911–1999), Australian public servant
- Allen D. Candler (1834–1910), American politician, governor of Georgia
- Allen T. Caperton (1810–1876), American and Confederate States politician
- Allen M. Christensen (born 1946), American politician
- Allen Turner Davidson (1819–1905), Confederate politician
- Allen Dulles (1893–1969), American diplomat and lawyer, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence
- Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972), American politician, senator from Louisiana
- Allen E. Ertel (born 1937), American politician
- Allen M. Fletcher (1853–1922), American politician, governor of Vermont
- Allen J. Furlow (1890–1954), American politician and lawyer
- Allen Jaggi (born 1944), American politician
- Allen I. Olson (born 1938), American politician and attorney, former governor of North Dakota
- Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816–1865), American legislator and lawyer
- Allen Paul (politician) (born 1945), American politician
- Allen Potter (1818–1885), American politician
- Allen Roach, Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2011
- E. Allen Smith, Auditor General of Ceylon (1946–1953)
- Allen G. Thurman (1813–1895), American politician, Ohio Supreme Court justice and vice presidential nominee
- Allen T. Treadway (1867–1947), American politician
- Allen Trimble (1783–1870), American politician
- Allen Williamson, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1966 to 1974
- Allen N. Yancy (1881–1941), Vice President of Liberia from 1928 to 1930
In sports
- Allen Aldridge (born 1972), American retired National Football League player
- Allen Bailey (born 1989), American National Football League player
- Allen Barbre (born 1984), American National Football League player
- Allen Brown (born 1943), American retired National Football League player
- Allen Christensen (footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
- Allen Coage (1943–2007), American professional wrestler and Olympic judo bronze medalist
- Allen Crabbe (born 1992), American basketball player
- Allen Cunningham (born 1977), American poker player
- Allen Fox (born 1939), American tennis player and coach
- Allen Guevara (born 1989), Costa Rican football player
- Allen Hopkins (pool player) (born 1951), American Hall-of-Fame pool player and color commentator
- Allen Hopkins (soccer commentator), American sportscaster
- Allen Hurns (born 1991), American National Football League player
- Allen Iverson (born 1975), retired American basketball player
- Allen Jakovich (born 1968), retired Australian rules football player
- H. Allen Jerkens (1929–2015), American Thoroughbred race horse Hall of Fame trainer
- Allen Lazard (born 1995), American football player
- Allen Nichols (1916–1981), American football player
- Allen Nono (born 1992), Gabonese footballer
- Allen Pitts (born 1964), retired Canadian Football League player
- Allen Reisner (born 1988), American National Football League player
- Allen Stack (1928–1999), American swimmer, 1948 Olympic champion
- Allen Steck (born 1926), American mountaineer and rock climber
- Allen Trammel (born 1942), American football player
Scientists and academics
- Allen J. Bard (born 1933), American chemist and professor
- Allen G. Debus (1928–2009), American science historian
- Allen B. DuMont (1901–1965), American electronics engineer, scientist and inventor
- Allen C. Guelzo (born 1953), American historian and professor
- Allen Hatcher (born 1944), American topologist, professor and author
- J. Allen Hynek (1910–1986), American astronomer, professor and ufologist
- Allen Lowrie (born 1948), Australian botanist
- Allen Mawer (1879-1942), English philologist
- Allen Newell (1927–1992), American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology
- Allen Weiner, American legal academic
In arts and entertainment
- Allen Collins (1952–1990), one of the founding members, guitarist and songwriter for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Allen Coulter, American television and film director
- Allen Curnow (1911–2001), New Zealand poet and journalist
- Allen Daviau (born 1942), American cinematographer
- Allen Drury (1918–1998), American novelist, writer of Advise and Consent, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American poet and a leading figure of the Beat Generation and the counterculture
- Allen Lanier (1946–2013), American musician, an original member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult
- Allen Ludden (1917–1981), American television personality, emcee and game show host
- Allen Payne (born 1968), American actor
- Allen M. Potter (1919–1995), American television soap opera producer
- Allen Neal Jones (born 1977), Known as AJ Styles, American professional wrestler
- Allen Reynolds (born 1938), American record producer and songwriter
- Allen Rivkin (1903–1990), American screenwriter
- Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), American musician, songwriter, record producer
- Allen Vizzutti (born 1952), American trumpeter, composer and music educator
- Douglas Allen Woody (1955–2000), bass guitarist of The Allman Brothers Band
In the military
- Allen J. Greer (1878–1964), US Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
- Allen R. Schindler, Jr. (1969–1992), US Navy seaman murdered for being gay
- Allen H. Turnage (1891–1971), US Marine Corps general
In religion
- Allen James Babcock (1898–1969), American Roman Catholic bishop
- Allen W. Brown (1909–1990), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, New York
- Allen Francis Gardiner (1794–1851), British Royal Navy officer and missionary
- Allen Johnston (1912–2002), American Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand and bishop
- Allen Henry Vigneron (born 1948), American Roman Catholic Archbishop of Detroit and bishop
- Allen Yuan (1914–2005), Chinese Protestant Christian pastor
Writers and journalists
- Allen Paul (writer), American author, reporter and political speech writer
- Allen Steele (born 1958), American journalist and science fiction writer
- Allen Young (writer) (born 1941), American journalist, author, editor, publisher and social activist
Unclassifiable or other
- Allen Apsley (disambiguation)
- Allen Edwards (disambiguation)
- Allen H. Greenfield (born 1946), American occultist, writer and bishop of the Gnostic Catholic Church
- Allen Hobbs (1899–1960), American hydrographer, US Navy officer and governor of American Samoa
- Allen Johnson (disambiguation)
- Allen Jones (disambiguation)
- Allen Lewis (disambiguation)
- Allen Miller (disambiguation)
- Allen Morris (disambiguation)
- Allen Paulson (1922–2000), American businessman and horse breeder
- Allen Rosenberg (disambiguation)
- Allen Snyder (disambiguation)
- Allen Stanford (born 1950), American former financier convicted of fraud
- Allen Thompson (disambiguation)
- Allen West (disambiguation)
- Allen Young (1827–1915), English master mariner and explorer
- Allen Masanja Mboje
Fictional characters
- Allen (The Walking Dead), 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
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