Allen (surname)

Allen

Origin
Word/name	Insular Celtic
Meaning	"little rock", "harmony" "great" and "handsome"
Region of origin	Scotland, Ireland, England
Other names
Variant form(s)	Alan, Allan, MacAllen

Allen is a Celtic surname, originating in Ireland, and common in Scotland, Wales and England. It is a variation of the surname MacAllen and may be derived from two separate sources: Ailin, in Irish and Scottish 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.^[1] Allen is the 41st most common surname in England.^[2]

Pages listing several people with the same name[]

A[]

• Abner P. Allen (1839–1905), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Angela Allen, English paedophile convicted in the 2009 Plymouth child abuse case
• Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (1841–1908) American Episcopal theologian
• Ann Evelyn Allen, better known as Angela Stevens, (1925–2016), American actress
• Anson Allen (1838–1880), American politician
• Arnold Allen, (1994-), English mixed martial arts fighter
• Arnold Allen (mathematician), American computer scientist
• Arthur Augustus Allen (1885–1964), American ornithologist
• Asa A. Allen (1911–1970), American Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer
• Ashley Allen (born 1968), American model and actress
• Austin Allen (born 1994), American baseball player

B[]

• Barry Allen (1945–2020), Canadian rock musician and record producer
• Bernadette Allen (born 1956), U.S. diplomat
• Bert Allen (1883–1911), English footballer
• Beverly Allen (born 1945), Australian botanical artist
• Bobby Allen (born 1943), American racing driver
• Bobby Allen (born 1978), former American ice hockey player
• Bradley Allen (born 1971), former English footballer
• Bryn Allen (1921–2005), Welsh international footballer
• Bryon Allen (born 1992), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

C[]

• Carl Meredith Allen (accused), source of the "Philadelphia Experiment" story
• Carolyn Blanchard Allen (1921–2018), American politician
• Carson Allen American Musician former founding member of Escape The Fate
• Cecil J. Allen (1886–1973), British railway engineer and writer
• Cheryl Allen (born 1972), retired Canadian sprinter
• Christian Allen, American video game designer
• Clarence Ray Allen (1930–2006), American convicted murderer
• Clive Allen (born 1961), retired English footballer
• Clive Allen (basketball) (born 1961), retired English basketball player and coach
• Cody Allen (born 1988), American baseball player
• Collins B. Allen (1866–1953), President of the New Jersey Senate
• Conor Allen (born 1990), American ice hockey player
• Corey Allen (1934–2010), American film and television director, producer, writer and actor

D[]

• Daevid Allen (1938–2015 as Christopher David Allen), Australian musician, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
• Dakarai Allen (born 1995), American professional basketball player
• Dakota Allen (born 1995), American football player
• Damon Allen (born 1963), Veteran American Canadian Football League quarterback
• Damon Allen (figure skater), American figure skater
• Daphne Allen (1899–1985), English artist
• Darina Allen (born 1951), Irish chef
• 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
• Devere Allen (1891–1955), American pacifist political activist and writer
• Dick Allen (1942–2020), Major League Baseball first baseman and third baseman
• Dick Allen (film editor) (1944–2007), English film editor
• Diogenes Allen (1932–2013), American philosopher and theologian
• Dominic Allen (born 1980), Australian film director and producer
• Dominique Allen (born 1989), British basketball player
• Donna Allen (singer), American dance pop singer
• Dwayne Allen (born 1990), American football player

E[]

• Ed Allen (musician) (1897–1974), American jazz trumpeter
• Edgar Van Nuys Allen (1900–1961), American physician
• Elizabeth Anne Allen (born 1970), American actress
• Elsa Guerdrum Allen (1888–1969), American ornithologist and historian of ornithology
• Eric Allen (born 1965), former American football player
• Ernie Allen (born 1946), American attorney
• Esther Saville Allen (1837–1913; pen name, "Winnie Woodbine"), American author
• Ethan Allen (baseball) (1904–1993), American baseball player
• Ethel D. Allen (1929–1981), Pennsylvania politician

F[]

• Fabian Allen, Jamaican cricketer
• Fanny Allen (1784–1819), American nun and nurse
• Fay Allen (1939–2021), British-Jamaican police officer, the first black woman police constable in the United Kingdom
• Fay Allen (teacher), American teacher
• Finnley Allen, New Zealand cricketer
• Fiona Allen, (born 1965), English actress
• Floyd Allen (1856–1913), American landowner, later convicted of murder
• Frances E. Allen (1932–2020), US computer scientist, recipient of the Turing Award
• Frederick Lewis Allen (1890–1954), American historian and editor

G[]

• Gabrielle Allen, British and American astrophysicist
• Gary Allen (1936–1986), American journalist
• Gavin Allen (born 1965), Australian rugby league footballer
• Gareth Allen (born 1988), former Welsh professional snooker player
• Geoffrey Freeman Allen (1922–1995), English author specialising in the field of railways
• Georgia Allen (1919–2014), American actress
• GG Allin (1956–1993), American Punk Icon
• Glenn Allen Jr. (born 1970), American racing driver and team owner
• Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942), mammalogist
• Gracie Allen (1895–1964), American comedian
• Grant Allen (1848–1899), Canadian science writer
• Gubby Allen (1902–1989), English cricketer

H[]

• Hank Allen (born 1940), former Major League Baseball outfielder
• Hannah Allen (1638–?), British writer
• Harrison Allen (1841–1897), physician and zoologist
• Harvey A. Allen (c. 1818 – 1882), United States Army officer, was Commander of the Department of Alaska 1871–1873
• Harry Julian Allen (1910–1977), NASA engineer and administrator
• Heidi Allen (born 1975), former British politician
• Holless Wilbur Allen (1880–1966), inventor of the compound bow
• Howard Allen (1949–2020), American serial killer

I[]

• Isabelle Allen (born 2002), English actress
• Ira Allen (1751–1814), politician from Vermont
• Irwin Allen (1916–1991), American film and television producer

J[]

• Jackie Allen (born 1959), American jazz vocalist and composer
• Jake Allen (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• James Allen (born 1996), Australian racing driver
• Jan Allen (born 1952), Canadian curator
• Jared Allen (born 1982), American football player
• Jennifer Allen (born 1961), American author
• Jermaine Allen (born 1983), English American footballer
• Jim Allen (4x4 writer) (born 1954), American automotive author
• Jimmy Allen (1952–2019), American football player
• Jimmy Allen (musician), member of American rock band Against All Will
• Joan Allen (born 1956), American actress
• Joe Allen (born 1990), Welsh footballer
• Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921), American zoologist
• Johnny Allen (born 1934), American racing driver
• Jonathan Allen (born 1966), British visual artist, writer, and magician
• Jonathan Allen (born 1995), American football player
• Jordan Allen (born 1995), former American professional soccer player
• Josh Allen (linebacker) (born 1997), American football player
• Josh Allen (offensive lineman) (born 1991), American football player
• Josh Allen (quarterback) (born 1996), American football player
• Jules Verne Allen (1883–1945), American country music singer-songwriter, writer, and cowboy

K[]

• Kadeem Allen (born 1993), American basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Karen Allen (born 1951), American actress
• Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), British artist
• Keegan Allen (born 1989), American actor, photographer, author and musician
• Keenan Allen (born 1993), American football player
• Kenny Allen (born 1956), American racing driver
• Kenton Allen (born 1965), British television producer
• Kevin Allen (born 1965), American racing driver
• Kevin Scott Allen (born 1957), American actor
• Kiera Allen (born 1997), American actress
• Kimball Allen (born 1982), American actor and writer
• Kris Allen (born 1985), American musician, singer and songwriter
• Krista Allen (born 1971), American actress and model
• Kristin Allen (born 1992), American acrobatic gymnast
• Kyle Allen (born 1996), American football player

L[]

• Larry Allen (born 1971), former American footballer
• Laura Allen (born 1974), American actress
• Lavilla Esther Allen (1834–1903), American writer
• Lavoy Allen (born 1989), American basketball player
• Lee Allen (musician) (1927–1994), American tenor saxophonist
• Leopold Allen (born 1972), American stand-up comedian
• Leo E. Allen (1898–1973), American politician
• Les Allen (born 1937), former English footballer
• Leslie Allen (1892–1946), American racing driver
• Lester Allen (1891–1949), American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director
• Lettie Annie Allen (1901–1980), New Zealand public servant, political activist, feminist and local politician
• Lew Allen (1925–2010), U.S. Air Force general
• Lewis F. Allen (1800–1890), farmer and politician
• Lexi Allen (born 1967), American gospel singer, actress and television personality
• Lillian B. Allen (1904–1995), Canadian painter and photographer
• Lillian Allen (born 1951), Canadian dub poet, musician, and writer
• Lily Allen (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
• Lisa Allen (born 1981), British chef
• Lou Allen (1924–2008), American footballer
• Louisa Rose Allen (born 1989), English singer and model known as Foxes
• Loy Allen Jr. (born 1966), American racing driver
• Lucius Allen (born 1947), American basketball player
• Luke Allen (born 1978), former American baseball player
• Lynn Allen (1891–1958), NFL player

M[]

• Malik Allen (born 1978), American basketball player
• Margaret Allen, pseudonym of American science fiction novelist William Thomas Quick
• Mark Allen (born 1958), American Triathlete
• Mary Allen (born 1951), British writer
• Maryon Pittman Allen (1925–2018), American politician
• Matt Allen (born 1977), former American football player
• Mel Allen (1913–1996), American sportscaster
• Michael Graham Allen (born 1950), player and maker of Native American flutes
• Mike Allen (poet) (born 1969), American writer and poet
• Myron Allen (1854–1924), American baseball player
• Myrtle Allen (1924–2018), Irish chef

N[]

• Neil Allen (born 1958), former American Major League baseball player
• Nellie B. Allen (1874–1961), American landscape designer
• Nick Allen (1888–1939), American Major League baseball player
• Nicky Allen (1958–1984), New Zealand rugby union player
• Norman M. Allen (1828–1909), New York politician

O[]

• Omari Allen (born 1990), Montserratian cricketer
• Orlando Allen (1803–1874), American politician—Buffalo, New York
• Oscar K. Allen (1882–1936), Democratic governor of Louisiana (1932–36)

P[]

• Paul Allen (1953–2018), co-founder of Microsoft, philanthropist
• Pauline Allen (born 1948), Australian scholar of early Christianity
• Percival Allen (1917–2008), British geologist
• Percy Allen (politician) (1913–1992), New Zealand politician
• Percy Stafford Allen (1869–1933), British classical scholar
• Pete Allen (musician) (born 1954), English dixieland jazz clarinetist
• Peter Allen (musician) (1944–1992), Australian songwriter and singer
• Peter Allen (US broadcaster) (1920–2016), American broadcaster and radio announcer
• Peter Anthony Allen (1911–1964), British convicted murderer
• Peter Lewis Allen (born 1957), American scholar and author
• Philip Allen (politician) (1785–1865), American politician
• Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale (1912–2007), British civil servant
• Pierre Allen, (born 1987), former American football player
• Phog Allen (1885–1974), American athlete, coach, and physician

Q[]

• Queenie Allen (1911–2007), English badminton player
• Quincy Allen (born 1979), American serial killer

R[]

• Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish chef
• Ralph Shuttleworth Allen (1817–1887), British Conservative Member of Parliament
• Rance Allen (1948–2020), American Bishop, Minister, and gospel musician
• Rashaun Allen (born 1990), American football player
• Rebecca Allen (basketball) (born 1992), Australian basketball player
• Red Allen (1908–1967), American jazz trumpeter
• Red Allen (bluegrass) (1930–1993), American bluegrass singer and guitarist
• Rex Allen (1920–1999), American actor, singer, songwriter
• Ricca Allen (1863–1949), Canadian stage and film actress
• Richard Knapp Allen (1925–1992), American entomologist and marine zoologist
• Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), English rock drummer
• Ricky Allen (1935–2005), American blues singer
• River Allen (born 1995), English footballer
• Rod Allen (advertising executive) (1929–2007), British advertising executive
• Rod Allen (born 1959), American television baseball commentator
• Rosalie Allen (1924–2003), American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host
• Rosalind Allen (born 1957), New Zealand-born American actress
• Rose Allen, one of the Colchester Martyrs
• Ruth Allen (economist) (1889–1979), American economist and academic
• Ryan Allen (1943–2018), American opera singer
• Ryan Allen (American football) (born 1990), American football player in the National Football League
• R. G. D. Allen (Roy George Douglas Allen) (1906–1983), English economist and mathematician

S[]

• Sadie Allen (1930–2017), British artist
• Sarah Addison Allen, American author
• Shaun Allen (born 1965), former English professional rugby union player
• Sheila Matthews Allen (1929–2013), American actress
• Sheila Allen (English actress) (1932–2011), English actress
• Shirley Allen, American nurse involved in 1997 "siege"
• Simon Allen (born 1983), New Zealand cricketer
• Sonny Allen (1938–2020), American college basketball coach
• Stephen Allen, (1767–1852), Mayor of New York
• Steve Allen (1921–2000), American actor, comedian, composer, writer

T[]

• Taylor Allen (born 2000), English footballer
• Tim Allen (born 1953), American actor
• Timothy Allen (born 1971), English photographer
• Timothy F. H. Allen (born 1942), British botanist
• Tina Allen (1949–2008), American sculptor
• Tom Allen (born 1964), Canadian radio host
• Toussaint Allen (1896–1960), American baseball player in the Negro leagues
• Travis Allen (born 1973), American politician
• Trevon Allen (born 1998), American basketball player
• Tyler Allen (born 1987), American race engineer

V[]

• Vic Allen (1923–2014), British Communist; trade unionist; university academic
• Victor M. Allen (1870–1916), New York politician
• Vince Allen (born 1955), former American-Canadian football player
• Viola Allen (1887–1948), American silent film and theater actress
• Viv Allen (1916–1995), Canadian ice hockey player

W[]

• Walter Allen (1911–1995), English literary critic
• Walter Allen (born 1975), former American basketball player
• Willard H. Allen (1893–1957), American state secretary of agriculture
• William Allen (1866–1947), Northern Irish unionist politician
• Willie Allen (born 1980), American racing driver
• Winifred Allen (1896–1943), American actress
• Woody Allen (born 1935), American film actor and director, although not his birth name

Z[]

• Zach Allen (born 1997), American football player

Fictional characters[]

• Barry Allen, identity of the DC Comics hero, The Flash

Unknown[]

• Allen (Cambridge University cricketer), active 1820s

See also[]

• Alan (given name), including variants Allan and Allen
• Alan (surname)
• Allan (name)
• Allenby (disambiguation)
• Van Allen, a surname
• Sture Allén (born 1928), Swedish academic

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