John Allen may refer to:

Academia

* John Allen (historian) (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 John Stuart Allen (May 13, 1907 – December 27, 1982) was an American astronomer, university professor and university president. He was a native of Indiana, and pursued a career as a professor of astronomy after receiving his bachelor's, ma ...

(1907–1982), American university president

Business and industry

* John Allen (miner) (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) John Allen (1823–1870) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City during the early-to mid-19th century. A former religious student, Allen was considered one of the most notorious criminals in the city and was known as ...

(1823–1870), American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City

Military

* John Allen (soldier) (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 John Rutherford Allen (born December 15, 1953) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general, and former commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan (USFOR-A). On September 13, 2014, ...

(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) John Allen is a New Zealand public servant. From 2009 to 2014 he served as chief executive of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was the acting Administrator of Tokelau from 2009 until 2011. Allen had previous worked as chie ...

(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 (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 John Hensleigh Allen (29 August 1769 – 12 April 1843) was the Whig member of parliament for Pembroke elected at the 1818 United Kingdom general election until the 1826 United Kingdom general election. He was the son of John Bartlett 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-h ...

(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) John James Allen (September 25, 1797 – September 18, 1871) was a Virginia slave owner, lawyer, judge and politician. He served in the Virginia Senate, the 23rd United States Congress, and for 25 years as judge and President of the Virginia Supr ...

(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 (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 John Howard Allen was a U.S. politician, who was the second Mayor of Orlando The city of Orlando, Florida, was incorporated in 1875. The first mayor, William Jackson Brack, took office in 1875. The Orlando mayor is officially a nonpartisan ...

(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 (1846–1917), U.S. Representative from Mississippi * John Clayton Allen (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 (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) John Allen (1771–1839) was an English dissenting layman and religious writer. Life and work Allen was born at Truro in 1771 and educated there by a Dr Cardue. He afterwards kept an academy, the Madras House grammar school, for 30 years in Hack ...

(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) John Edward Allen (9 June 1932 – 9 September 2015) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century. He was Provost of Wakefield from 1982 to 1997. Early life Allen was born on 9 June 1932 in Rusholme, Lancashire (now in Greater Manchester). His ...

(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) (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 John Robert Lawrence Allen, (25 October 1932 - 18 October 2020) was a British geologist who made substantial contributions to sedimentology and archeology. He took a 1st class degree in geology at the University of Sheffield in 1955 and then pr ...

(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) John William Allen (January 15, 1926 – September 16, 2006) was an American racewalker. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Allen also served in the United States Navy during World War II Wo ...

(1926–2006), American Olympic athlete *

John Allen (rugby union) John Albert Allen (29 July 1942 – 10 December 2022) was an English rugby union player and administrator for Leicester Tigers. In a 14-year career Allen played 457 games for Leicester, the 3rd most of all time, his position in all games was s ...

(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), Australian rugby union player and cricketer * John Allen (basketball) (born 1982), American basketball player * John Allen (coach) (fl. 2000s–2010s), American football coach

Others

* John Allen (pioneer) (1796–1851), American pioneer and co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan *

John C. Allen John C. Allen (May 21, 1907 – August 17, 1979) was a roller coaster designer who was responsible for the revival of wooden roller coasters which began in the 1960s. He attended Drexel University. He started working for the Philadelphia Tobogga ...

(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