John Allen

John Allen may refer to:

Politicians

• John Allen (died 1554), Member of Parliament (MP) for Stamford
• John Allen (Connecticut) (1763–1812), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• John Allen (Arizona politician), American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives
• John B. Allen (1845–1903), first U.S. Senator from Washington
• John Clayton Allen (1860–1939), U.S. Representative from Illinois
• John J. Allen (Canadian politician) (1871–1935), mayor of Ottawa from 1931 to 1933
• John J. Allen (judge) (1797–1871), jurist and U.S. Representative from Virginia
• John J. Allen Jr. (1899–1995), U.S. Representative from California
• John Manchester Allen (1901–1941), New Zealand politician
• John Mills Allen (1846–1917), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
• John W. Allen (1802–1887), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1841
• Sir John Sandeman Allen (Liverpool West Derby MP) (1865–1935), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby, 1924–1935
• John Sandeman Allen (Birkenhead West MP) (1892–1949), British Conservative Member of Parliament Birkenhead West, 1931–1945
• John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (1713–1745), Irish peer and politician
• John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen (1660–1726), Irish peer and politician
• John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen (died 1753), Irish peer and politician
• John Howard Allen (1845–?), U.S. politician, mayor of Orlando, 1877–1878
• John Southgate Allen (1883–1955), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
• John Hensleigh Allen (1769–1843), Whig Member of Parliament for Pembroke

Scientists and academics

• John Allen (historian) (1771–1843), historian and political writer painted in 1836 by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
• John F. Allen (Jack Allen, 1908–2001), Canadian physicist who worked on superfluid helium
• John P. Allen (born 1929), co-founder of the Biosphere 2 Center
• John R. L. Allen, British geologist
• John S. Allen (1907–1982), interim president of the University of Florida, 1953–1955, first president of the University of South Florida, 1957–1970
• John T. Allen, Australian atmospheric scientist and leading contributor on climate variability of high-impact weather events

Sports figures

• John Allen (athlete) (1926-2006), American Olympic athlete
• John Allen (baseball) (1890–1967), American professional baseball player
• John Allen (basketball) (born 1982), American basketball player
• John Allen (footballer, born 1955), English former footballer
• John Allen (footballer, born 1964), football midfielder for Chester City and Mansfield Town, head coach of RoPS in Finland's Veikkausliiga
• John Allen (hurler) (born 1955), former Cork hurling player and manager
• John Allen (cricketer, born 1850) (1850–1897), New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago
• John Allen (cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1961), New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago
• John Allen (Irish cricketer) (1921–1987), former Irish cricketer
• John Allen (Oxford University cricketer) (born 1974), Australian-born English first-class cricketer
• John Allen (American football), NFL Europa coach
• John Allen (coach), American college football coach
• John Allen (rugby union) (born 1942), English rugby union player

Military figures

• John Allen (Irish nationalist) (died 1855), Irish nationalist, later a colonel in the French army
• John Allen (soldier) (1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812
• John M. Allen (soldier) (?–1847), American and Texas soldier, and first mayor of Galveston, Texas
• John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general
• John R. Allen, Jr. (born 1935), United States Air Force general

Other people

• John Allen (bookseller) (1789–1829), English bookseller and antiquary interested in Herefordshire
• John Allen (minister) (1741/2–1780s), Baptist minister who supported the independence of America
• John Allen (murderer) (1934–2015), English criminal who murdered his wife and children
• John Allen (pioneer) (1796–1851), American pioneer and a co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan
• John Allen (physician) (c. 1660–1741), English physician and inventor
• John Allen (priest) (1932–2015), Anglican Provost of Wakefield Cathedral
• John Allen (puritan) (1596–1671), or John Allin, patriarch of New England and Dedham, Massachusetts
• John Allen (religious writer) (1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer
• John Allen (trade unionist) (1804–1888), Irish trade union leader
• John C. Allen (1907–1979), roller coaster designer
• John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), founder of Houston, Texas
• John L. Allen Jr. (born 1965), journalist working for CNN and the Boston Globe, covering news about the Catholic Church
• John Whitby Allen (1913–1973), pioneering model railroader
• John Allen (saloon keeper) (1823–1870), underworld figure in New York City, the "Wickedest Man in New York"
• John Campbell Allen (1817–1898), Supreme court justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court
• John Allen (miner) (1775–?), lead miner
• John Allen (diplomat),acting Administrator of Tokelau, 2009–2011
• John Romilly Allen (1847–1907), British archaeologist
• John P. Allen (musician), Canadian country, rock and bluegrass fiddler
• John Allen (Archdeacon of Salop) (1810–1886)
• John Allen (guitarist), member of The Nashville Teens

See also

• Jack Allen (disambiguation)
• Johnny Allen (disambiguation)
• John Allan (disambiguation)
• Jon Allen (disambiguation)
• John Alen (1476–1534), English canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin, and Chancellor of Ireland
• John Alleyn (died 1686), London surgeon and Master at Dulwich College
• John Alleyn (MP) (1621–1663), British barrister and MP for Mitchell
• Allen (surname)