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"little rock", "harmony" and "handsome" Scotland, Ireland, England |
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.
Abner P. Allen (1839-1905), American Medal of Honor recipient
Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (1841–1908) American Episcopal theologian
Anson Allen (1838-1880), American politician
Arnold Allen, American computer scientist
Arthur A. Allen (1885–1964), American ornithologist
Asa A. Allen (1911-1970), American Pentecostal evangelist and faith healer
Ashley Allen (born 1968), American model and actress
Bernadette Allen, U.S. diplomat
Bobby Allen (born 1978), American ice hockey player
Bradley Allen (born 1971), English footballer
Bryn Allen (1921–2005), Welsh international footballer
Carl Meredith Allen (accused), source of the "Philadelphia Experiment" story
Cecil J. Allen (1886–1973), British railway engineer and writer
Charles Peter Allen (1861–1930), English politician
Christian Allen, 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
Corey Allen (born 1934), American film and television director, producer, writer and actor
Daevid Allen (born 1938 as Christopher David Allen), Australian musician, founder of Soft Machine and Gong
Damon E. Allen (1921–2009), Kentucky optometrist
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 (born 1942), former 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
Dominique Allen (born 1989), British basketball player
Donna Allen, American dance pop singer
Dwayne Allen (born 1990), American football player
Ed Allen (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
Ethan Allen (baseball) (1904–1993), American baseball player
Ethel D. Allen (1929–1981), Pennsylvania politician
Fanny Allen, American nun and nurse
Fiona Allen, (born 1965), 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
Gary Allen (1936–1986), American journalist
Gavin Allen (born 1965), former Australian rugby league footballer
GG Allin (1956–1993), American Punk Icon
Gracie Allen (1895–1964), American comedian
Glover Morrill Allen (1879-1942), mammalogist
Grant Allen (1848–1899), Canadian science writer
Gubby Allen (1902–1989), English cricketer
Hank Allen (born 1940), former Major League Baseball outfielder
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
Holless Wilbur Allen (1880–1966), inventor of the compound bow
Isabelle Allen (born 2002), English actress
Ira Allen (1751–1814), politician from Vermont
Irwin Allen (1916–1991), American film and television procucer
Jared Allen (born 1982), American football player
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
Joe Allen (born 1990), Welsh football (soccer) player
Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921), American zoologist
Josh Allen (born 1991), American football player
Karen Allen (born 1951), American actress
Kathleen Allen (1906-1983), British artist
Keenan Allen (born 1992), American football player
Kenton Allen, television producer at BBC
Kimball Allen (born 1982), writer, performer
Kris Allen (born 1985), American singer-songwriter and winner of American Idol
Krista Allen (born 1971), American actress and model
Larry Allen (born 1971), former American footballer
Lavoy Allen (born 1989), American basketball player
Leo Allen (born 1972), American stand-up comedian
Leo E. Allen (1898-1973), American politician
Les Allen (born 1937), English footballer
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 (born 1925), former U.S. Air Force general
Lewis F. Allen (1800-1890), farmer and politician
Lexi Allen (born 1967), American gospel singer, actress and television personality
Lily Allen (born 1985), English singer-songwriter
Lou Allen (1924–2008), American footballer
Lucius Allen (born 1947), American basketball player
Lynn Allen (1891-1958), NFL player
Malik Allen (born 1978), American basketball player
Margaret Allen, pseudonym of American science fiction novelist William Thomas Quick
Mary Allen (born 1951), British writer
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
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
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)
Percival Allen (1917–2008), British geologist
Percy Benjamin Allen (1913–1992), New Zealand politician
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
Phil Allen, English rock musician
Philip Allen (politician) (1785–1865), American politician
Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale (1912–2007), British civil servant
Phog Allen (1885–1974), American athlete, coach, and physician
Rachel Allen (born 1972), Irish chef
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen (1817–1887), British Conservative Member of Parliament
Rashaun Allen (born 1990), American football player
Ray Allen (born 1975), American basketball player
Ray R. Allen (1920–2010), Alexandria, Louisiana, public official
Rebecca Allen (born 1992), Australian basketball player
Red Allen (c. 1906–1967), American jazz trumpeter
Red Allen (bluegrass) (1930–1933), American bluegrass singer and guitarist
Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), English rock drummer
Rod Allen (advertising executive) (1929–2007), British advertising executive
Rod Allen (born 1959), American television baseball commentator
Roger Allen (disambiguation)
Rosalind Allen (born 1957), New Zealand actress
Rose Allen, one of the Colchester Martyrs
Ryan Allen, 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
Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times Bestselling author
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
Sture Allén (born 1928), Swedish academic
Tessa Allen (born 1996), American actress
Tim Allen (born 1953), American actor
Timothy Allen (born 1971), English photojournalist
Timothy F. H. Allen (born 1942), British botanist
Tina Allen (1949–2008), American sculptor
Tom Allen (born 1945), American politician
Toussaint Allen (1896-1960), American baseball player in the Negro Leagues
Vic Allen (1923-2014), British Communist; trade unionist; university academic
Victor M. Allen (1870–1916), New York politician
Viola Allen (1887–1948), American silent film and theater actress
Viv Allen (born 1916), former Canadian ice hockey player
Walter Allen (1911–1995), English literary critic
Woody Allen (born 1935), American film actor and director, although not his birth name
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