Richard, Rick, or Dick Allen may refer to:

Artists

* Dick Allen (poet) (1939–2017), American poet, literary critic and academic * Richard Allen (abstract artist) (1933–1999), British painter *

James Moffat (author) James Moffat (27 January 1922 – 8 November 1993) was a Canadian-born British writer who wrote at least 290 novels in several genres under at least 45 pseudonyms". Moffat produced many pulp novels for the United Kingdom publishing house N ...

(1922–1993), Canadian-British novelist, wrote as Richard Allen, among other pseudonyms *

Richard J. Allen (writer) Richard J. Allen (born November 13, 1959 in New York, New York, United States, USA) is an American television soap opera writer. He is professor and former chair of the department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University ...

(born 1959), American television writer *

Richard James Allen Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer, actor and filmmaker. The former artistic director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival, Allen was co-artistic director with Kar ...

(born 1960), Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker

Sportspeople

* Dick Allen (1942–2020), American baseball player *

Dick Allen (footballer) Richard Ambrose Allen (22 December 1921 – 14 August 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Au ...

(1921–1977), Australian footballer for Collingwood *

Dick Allen (bowler) Richard “Dick” Allen (born 1978) is a right-handed Americans, American professional Ten-pin bowling, ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA). He competes in events on the PBA Tour and has competed internationall ...

, American ten-pin bowler *

Richard Allen (field hockey) Richard James Allen (4 June 1902 – 1969) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1928, 1932, and 1936. He was born in Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter ...

(1902–1969), Indian field hockey player

Musicians

Richard "Pistol" Allen Howard Richard "Pistol" Allen (August 13, 1932 – June 30, 2002) was an American musician, most notable as a Motown session drummer with The Funk Brothers. History Allen was the primary recording session drummer for Motown Records' in-hous ...

(1932–2002), American musician, drummer for the Funk Brothers on Motown Records * Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard *

Rick Allen (keyboardist) The Box Tops is an American rock band formed in Memphis in 1967. They are best known for the hits " The Letter", "Cry Like a Baby", "Choo Choo Train," and " Soul Deep" and are considered a major blue-eyed soul group of the period. They perform ...

(born 1946), American musician with The Box Tops * Rick Allen (organist) (born 1940s), American blues, rock and R&B organist and pianist * Richard Allen (born 1963), American musician, conductor, composer, performer *Richie Allen, a name used for recordings in the 1960s by

Richard Podolor Richard Allen Podolor (January 7, 1936 – March 9, 2022) was an American musician, record producer and songwriter. His career started as a session musician in the 1950s, and he was best known as the producer of Three Dog Night. Life and career ...

(1936–2022), American guitarist and record producer

Politicians

Richard Allen (Canadian politician) Richard Alexander Allen (February 10, 1929 – March 5, 2019) was an historian and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He sat as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1982 to 1995, and was a cabinet minister ...

(born 1929), historian and politician in Ontario, Canada * Richard Allen (Irish politician), member of parliament for Harristown *

Richard Allen (Texas politician) Richard Allen (June 10, 1830 – May 16, 1909) was a carpenter, contractor, businessman and, after the Civil War, a Republican politician in Texas. He was elected to two terms in the Texas House of Representatives. In 1878, he was the first ...

(1830–1909), Texas politician and civic leader *

Richard V. Allen Richard Vincent Allen (born January 1, 1936) was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982, having been Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977. He has been a fellow of the Hoover Institutio ...

(born 1936), American National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan *

Rick W. Allen Richard Wayne Allen (born November 7, 1951) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Career Allen attended Auburn University and earned a degree in building c ...

(born 1951), American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia *

Richard D. Allen Richard D. Allen (March 7, 1938 – June 20, 2009) was a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the ru ...

(1938–2009), member of the Michigan House of Representatives * Richard J. Allen (politician) (born 1933), member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature

Other

Dick Allen (film editor) Dick Allen (21 March 1944 – 6 February 2007) was a film editor who worked both as a freelancer and for the BBC. During his career he received two British Academy awards ( BAFTA) for best film editor; one for his work on the TV film adaptati ...

(1944–2007), English film editor *

Richard Allen (abolitionist) Richard Allen (1803–1886) was a draper, a philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin. Allen raised £20,000 to help the Irish famine by writing letters to America. Life Allen was born to Edward and Ellen Allen at Harold's Cross near Dublin. He ...

(1803–1886), draper, philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin *

Richard Allen (bishop) Richard Allen (February 14, 1760March 26, 1831) was a minister, educator, writer, and one of America's most active and influential Black leaders. In 1794, he founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent Black den ...

(1760–1831), African-American bishop, founder of AME Church *

Richard L. Allen Richard Lamb Allen (October 20, 1803 – September 22, 1869) was an American writer on agriculture. Early life Allen was born on October 20, 1803 near Westfield, Massachusetts. He was the fourth son of Samuel and Ruth (née Falley) Allen. H ...

(1803–1869), United States agricultural writer *

Richard Allen (publisher) Richard Allen (1814 - 16 February 1884) was a stationer and publisher in Nottingham. Background He was born on 29 December 1814, the son of Edward Allen (1788-1863) of Leicester and Sarah Townsend (1792-1941). He married firstly Catherine Mor ...

(1814–1884), publisher in Nottingham *

Richard William Allen Sir Richard William Allen (1 February 1867 – 17 July 1955) was a Welsh mechanical engineer. Allen was born in Cardiff, the son of William Henry Allen, and was educated at Christ College, Finchley. He received a private technical educatio ...

(1867–1955), English mechanical engineer *

Rick Allen (sportscaster) Richard Allen Schwieger, known professionally as Rick Allen (born June 17, 1969), is an American television personality, play-by-play announcer, and voice-over artist. He currently is at NBC Sports as the play-by-play commentator for NASCAR's Cu ...

(born 1969), American motorsports announcer *

Richard K. Allen Richard K. Allen is an American attorney who served as district attorney of Anchorage, Alaska. He was appointed to the position in October 2017, replacing Clint Campion, who resigned on October 6, 2017, citing personal reasons. Early life and e ...

(born c. 1974), Anchorage district attorney *

Richard Knapp Allen Richard Knapp "Dick" Allen (April 21, 1925 - August 7, 1992) was an American invertebrate zoologist and entomologist. He was academically trained in Utah and specialised in entomology, in particular mayflies. Later, after moving to Los Angeles ...

(1925–1992), American entomologist and marine zoologist

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