John Allen may refer to:

Academia

John Allen (historian) John Allen (3 February 1771 – 10 April 1843) was a prominent eighteenth and nineteenth century political and historical writer, and Master of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich (then colloquially called "Dulwich College").Brian Harrison (ed), ...

(1771–1843), Scottish historian and political writer *

John Allen (bookseller) John Allen (1789–1829) was an English bookseller and antiquary, notable for his work on the history of Herefordshire. Allen was the son of a Hereford man, who as far back as 1775 was the leading bookseller in the county. Besides attending to ...

(1789–1829), English bookseller and antiquary * John S. Allen (1907–1982), American university president

Business and industry

John Allen (miner) John Allen (born 7 May 1775; date of death unknown) was a lead miner, notable as a junior member of the party of naturalists that accompanied the 1801–1803 voyage of HMS ''Investigator'' under Matthew Flinders. Early life Born in Ashover, De ...

(1775–?), English lead miner aboard HMS ''Investigator'' *

John Allen (trade unionist) John Allen (14 September 1804 – September/October 1888) was a British trade union leader. Born at Lower Glanmere, in County Cork in Ireland, Allen moved to Bristol with his parents at an early age. He later emigrated to the United States, ...

(1804–1888), Irish trade union leader * John Allen (saloon keeper) (1823–1870), American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City

Military

John Allen (soldier) John Allen (December 30, 1771 – January 22, 1813) was a United States politician and army officer who was killed in the War of 1812. Allen was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, and moved with his father to Kentucky in 1779. He went to schoo ...

(1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812 *

John M. Allen (soldier) John M. Allen (? – February 12, 1847) was a soldier and the first mayor of Galveston. He was born in Kentucky. He fought in support of the Greek independence from Turkey as a volunteer in the United States Navy. Lord Byron died in Missolonghi ...

(died 1847), American soldier; first mayor of Galveston, Texas *

John Allen (Irish nationalist) John Allen (c. 1780–1855) was a United Irishman, committed to an independent Irish republic. After a failed attempt with Robert Emmet in 1803 to renew the United Irish insurrection crushed five years before, he went into French exile and serve ...

(died 1855), Irish nationalist and colonel in the French army *

John R. Allen Jr. John R. Allen Jr. (born 1935) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) brigadier general. Allen served on active duty for 31 years, until his retirement in 1990. He is a highly decorated command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours on B-47 Stra ...

(born 1935), United States Air Force general * John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general *

John J. Allen (general) John J. Allen Jr. is a United States Air Force Major general (United States), major general who serves as the commander of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center. He previously commanded the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. Refe ...

, United States Air Force general

Politics and law

New Zealand

John Southgate Allen John Southgate Allen (3 January 1883 – 11 November 1955) of Tirau was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 27 July 1950. He was appointed as a member of the suicide squad nominated by the First National Government The A ...

(1883–1955), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council *

John Manchester Allen John Manchester Allen (3 August 1901 – 28 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He also served in the Second World War and commanded the 21st Battalion from May 1941 until he was killed in action in Libya. Biogr ...

(1901–1941), New Zealand politician * John Allen (diplomat) (fl. 2009–2011), Administrator of Tokelau

United Kingdom

John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen Captain John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen, (13 February 1660 – 8 November 1726), was an Irish peerage, Irish peer and politician. He was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Joshua Allen, and educated at Trinity College Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a re ...

(1660–1726), Irish peer and politician *

John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (11 June 1713 – 25 May 1745), was an Irish peer and politician. He was the son of Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen. Allen was a member of parliament (MP) for Carysfort from 1733 until 1742, when he succeeded his ...

(1713–1745), Irish peer and politician *

John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen Captain John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen (b. bef. 1726 – 10 November 1753), was an Irish peer and politician. He was the son of Hon. Richard A. Allen and Dorothy Green, and grandson of John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen. Allen sat as member of parli ...

(died 1753), Irish peer and politician * John Hensleigh Allen (1769–1843), English politician; Member of Parliament for Pembroke *Sir John Sandeman Allen (Liverpool West Derby MP) (1865–1935), British politician; Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby *

John Sandeman Allen (Birkenhead West MP) John Sandeman Allen (30 May 1892 – 29 September 1949) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead West from 1931 to 1945. At the 1945 general election he stood in the previously Conservative- ...

(1892–1949), British politician; Member of Parliament for Birkenhead West

United States

John Allen (Connecticut politician) John Allen (June 12, 1763 – July 31, 1812) was an eighteenth-century lawyer and politician. He served as a United States representative from Connecticut and as a member of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors. ...

(1763–1812), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * John J. Allen (judge) (1797–1871), American jurist and U.S. Representative from Virginia *

John W. Allen John William Allen (August 24, 1802October 5, 1887) was an American lawyer and politician from Ohio. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1841 and also served as the fourth Mayor of Cleveland. Early life ...

(1802–1887), American politician; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio *

John Kirby Allen John Kirby Allen (1810 – August 15, 1838), was a co-founder of the city of Houston and a former member of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives. He was born in Canaseraga Village, New York (the present day hamlet of Sullivan in the ...

(1810–1838), American politician in the Texas House of Representatives; founder of Houston *

John J. Allen (New York politician) John Johnson Allen (August 4, 1842 – January 20, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Allen was born on August 4, 1842, in Utica, New York, the son of Joseph Dona Allen and Eliza R. Johnson. His father was chief engi ...

(1842–1926), American politician in the New York State Assembly * John Howard Allen (1845–?), American politician; mayor of Orlando, Florida *

John B. Allen John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...

(1845–1903), American politician; first U.S. Senator from Washington *

John Mills Allen John Mills Allen (July 8, 1846 – October 30, 1917), known as "Private John" Allen, was an American lawyer and Confederate soldier during the Civil War. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives for eight consecutive ...

(1846–1917), U.S. Representative from Mississippi *

John Clayton Allen John Clayton Allen (February 14, 1860 – January 12, 1939) was an American politician who represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1925-1933. Allen was born in Hinesburg, Vermont in 1860. He attended the common s ...

(1860–1939), U.S. Representative from Illinois *

John J. Allen Jr. John Joseph Allen Jr. (November 27, 1899 – March 7, 1995) was the U.S. representative from California's 7th congressional district from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1959. He is the last Republican to represent Oakland and Berkeley in Congres ...

(1899–1995), U.S. Representative from California *

John Allen (Arizona politician) John M. Allen (born in Long Island, New York (state), New York) is an American politician and a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 15 since January 14, 2013. Allen pre ...

, American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives

Other countries

John Campbell Allen Sir John Campbell Allen (October 1, 1817 – September 27, 1898) was from 1865–1896 a justice of the colonial and then provincial Supreme Court of New Brunswick, serving as Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1875 to 1896. He was born ...

(1817–1898), Canadian justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court *

John J. Allen (Canadian politician) John J. Allen (August 2, 1871 – June 7, 1935) was mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1931 to 1933. He was born in Dungannon, Ontario, Dungannon in Huron County, Ontario in 1871. In 1900, he came to Ottawa and opened a drug store; eventually ...

(1871–1935), Canadian politician; mayor of Ottawa

Religion

John Allin (Puritan minister) John Allin, or John Allen (1596–1671), was an English-born Puritan cleric and one of the patriarchs of New England associated with History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1792, the foundation of Dedham, Massachusetts. Biography Allen was born i ...

(1596–1671), or Allen, English born Puritan cleric in Massachusetts *

John Allen (minister) Baptist minister John Allen (ca. 1741/2 – sometime in the 1780s), although not well-connected with colonial patriots in British North America, had an enormous impact on re-igniting the tensions within the Empire in 1772 when he mentioned the Gasp� ...

(1741/2–1780s), English Baptist minister who supported the independence of America * John Allen (religious writer) (1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer *

John Allen (archdeacon of Chester) John Allen was an Anglican priest. Thane was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Archdeacon of Chester from 12 April 1686 until his death on 17 April 1695. He was also Chaplain to Thomas Pearson (bishop), Bishop Thomas Pearson."History ...

(died 1695) * John Allen (archdeacon of Salop) (1810–1886), Welsh cleric * John Allen (provost of Wakefield) (1932–2015), English Anglican Provost of Wakefield Cathedral *

John L. Allen Jr. John L. Allen Jr. (born January 20, 1965) is an American journalist and author who serves as editor of the Catholic news website ''Crux'', formerly hosted by ''The Boston Globe'' and now independently funded. Before moving to ''The Boston Globe ...

(born 1965), American religion journalist

Science and medicine

John Allen (engineer) John Edward Allen DEng, DSc, FIEE, FIEEE, FInstP (born 6 December 1928, Devonport, Plymouth, Devonport, England) is a British engineer and plasma physicist. In particular, he has directly contributed to international dusty plasma experiments in ...

(born 1928), English engineer and plasma physicist *

John Allen (physician) John Allen, or John Alleyn (1660? – 1741), was an English physician and inventor, mainly remembered for writing medical text books. Biography Allen, the date of whose birth is not positively known, was an M.D., but of what university does not ...

(c. 1660–1741), English physician and inventor *

John F. Allen (biochemist) John Allen (born 23 June 1950) is a British biochemist. He is an honorary professor at the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at the University College London in the United Kingdom. Background and education Allen attendeLliswerr ...

(born 1950), British biochemist *

John F. Allen (physicist) John Frank Allen, FRS FRSE (May 5, 1908 – April 22, 2001) was a Canadian-born physicist. At the same time as Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa in Moscow, Don Misener and Allen independently discovered the superfluid phase of matter in 1937 using l ...

(Jack Allen, 1908–2001), Canadian physicist who worked on superfluid helium *

John P. Allen John Polk Allen (born May 6, 1929, Carnegie, Oklahoma) is a systems ecologist, engineer, metallurgist, adventurer, and writer. Allen is a proponent of the science of biospherics and a pioneer in sustainable co-evolutionary development. He is the ...

(born 1929), American ecologist and engineer; co-founder of the Biosphere 2 Center * John R. L. Allen (born 1932), British geologist *

John Romilly Allen John Romilly Allen FSA FSAScot (9 June 1847 – 5 July 1907) was a British archaeologist. Life Allen was the son of George Baugh Allen. He was educated at King's College School, Rugby and King's College London. In 1867 he was articled to Georg ...

(1847–1907), British archaeologist * John T. Allen, Australian atmospheric scientist

Sports

* John Allen (baseball) (1890–1967), American baseball player * Hap Allen (John Francis Allen Jr., 1900–1988), American baseball player * John Allen (athlete) (1926–2006), American Olympic athlete * John Allen (rugby union) (1942–2022), English rugby union player *

John Allen (footballer, born 1955) John Allen (born 24 April 1955) is an English former footballer who played for Hinckley Athletic, Leicester City, Port Vale, and Hinckley Athletic. Career Allen played for Hinckley Athletic and Leicester City, before joining Fourth Divisi ...

, English footballer *

John Allen (hurler) John Allen (born 1955) is an Irish former Hurling, hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a forward in both codes for the Cork GAA, Cork senior teams. A dual player at the highest level, Allen spent three season with the Cork senior hurling ...

(born 1955), English hurling player and manager *

John Allen (footballer, born 1964) John Allen (born 14 November 1964) is a Welsh-Finnish football player and coach. He is the head coach of the Under-19 squad of Finnish club TPS. Playing career Allen started playing football at his local club Chester City. After a brief vis ...

, English footballer for Chester City and Mansfield Town *

John Allen (American football) John Allen is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator for the UConn Huskies football team, a position he assumed in November 2021. He was the head football coach at Lock H ...

(fl. 1970s), American football coach *

John Allen (sportsman, born 1974) John Aubrey Allen (born 19 July 1974) is an Australian teacher, rugby player and cricketer. Allen was born in Windsor, New South Wales. He attended Bede Polding College in South Windsor, before graduating with a BA in human movement studies ...

, Australian rugby union player and cricketer *

John Allen (basketball) John Allen (born November 1, 1982) is an American professional basketball player. College career Allen hails from Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and played college basketball at Seton Hall University from 2001–2005. Allen is currently 15th all ti ...

(born 1982), American basketball player * John Allen (coach) (fl. 2000s–2010s), American football coach

Others

John Allen (pioneer) John Allen (died March 11, 1851) was an American pioneer and a co-founder, along with Elisha Rumsey, of the U.S. city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Early life John Allen, the son of a wealthy farmer, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, on May 17, 179 ...

(1796–1851), American pioneer and co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan * John C. Allen (1907–1979), American roller coaster designer *

John Whitby Allen John Whitby Allen (July 2, 1913 – January 6, 1973) was an American model railroader who created the HO scale Gorre & Daphetid model railroad in Monterey, California, and wrote numerous magazine articles on model railroading starting in the 194 ...

(1913–1973), American pioneering model railroader *

John Allen (murderer) Anthony John Allen (11 June 1934 – 8 August 2015), born Anthony John Angel, was a British criminal who was convicted in 2002 of having murdered his wife and children in 1975. He was a serial offender who had faked his own death in 1967 to escap ...

(1934–2015), English criminal who murdered his wife and children *

John P. Allen (musician) John P. Allen is a Canadian country, rock and bluegrass fiddler. Allen was a member of the rock band Great Speckled Bird (band), Great Speckled Bird in the 1970s, and played with bluegrass bands the The Good Brothers, Good Brothers, Big Redd Ford a ...

, Canadian country, rock and bluegrass fiddler * John Allen (guitarist), member of

The Nashville Teens The Nashville Teens are a British rock band, formed in Surrey in 1962. They are best known for their 1964 hit single "Tobacco Road", a top 10 UK hit and a top 20 hit in the United States. Early membership Art Sharp (born Arthur Sharp, 26 May 1 ...