William Allen may refer to:

Politicians

United States

William Allen (congressman) William Allen (August 13, 1827 – July 6, 1881) was a United States Representative from Ohio during the early part of the American Civil War, serving two terms from 1859 to 1863. Early life and career Allen was born near Hamilton, Ohio, where ...

(1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio * William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio * William Allen (loyalist) (1704–1780), wealthy merchant, chief justice of Pennsylvania's provincial Supreme Court, and founder of

Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 United ...

* William Allen (Montana politician) (1871–1953), member of the Montana House of Representatives and lieutenant governor * William C. Allen (politician) (1814–1887), American businessman and politician in Wisconsin * William F. Allen (Delaware politician) (1883–1946), American businessman and politician *

William F. Allen (New York politician) William Fitch Allen (July 28, 1808 – June 3, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician. Life He was born on July 28, 1808, in Windham County, Connecticut, the eldest son of Abner Harvey Allen and Cynthia Palmer, a sister of the mother of San ...

(1808–1878), American judge and politician *

William Fessenden Allen William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906) was an American businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii. Life William Fessenden Allen was born December 19, 1831 in Bangor, Maine. His mother was Sarah Elizabeth Fessenden. His father was p ...

(1831–1906), American businessman and royal advisor in the Kingdom of Hawaii * William H. Allen (politician), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1880s *

William J. Allen William Joshua Allen (June 9, 1829 – January 26, 1901), frequently known as W. J. Allen, was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. He served as a United States representative from Illinois and a United States district judge of the United ...

(1829–1901), congressman from Illinois and federal judge *

William P. Allen (politician) William Potter Allen (July 21, 1818 – September 1, 1901) was an American politician who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1854. Biography Allen was born on July 21, 1818, in New York. He died on September 1, 1901, in Sharo ...

(1818–1901), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

William S. Allen William Sylvester Allen (August 26, 1857 – December 6, 1926) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Hillsboro, Henry County, Iowa, Allen went to the Hillsboro Public Schools. He then graduated from University of Iowa and was adm ...

(1857–1926), Iowa Secretary of State, 1913–1918 *

William V. Allen William Vincent Allen (January 28, 1847January 12, 1924) was an American jurist and twice a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Early life Allen was born in Midway, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Iowa in 1857, where he attend ...

(1847–1924), U.S. Senator from Nebraska * William W. Allen (Pennsylvania politician) (1908–1992), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives *

William Allen (Massachusetts judge) William Allen may refer to: Politicians United States *William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio *William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio *William ...

(died 1891), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Other

* William Allen (National Liberal politician) (1870–1945), British politician *

William Allen (Armagh MP) Lt Col Sir William James Allen KBE DSO (15 October 1866 – 20 December 1947) was a Northern Irish unionist politician, soldier and businessman. Early life The son of Joseph and Catherine Allen, Allen was educated at Lurgan College. His f ...

(1866–1947), Northern Irish unionist politician * William Allen (Canadian politician) (1919–1985), from Toronto * William Bell Allen (1812–1869), Australian politician from New South Wales * William Edward David Allen (1901–1973), British politician and historian * William Johnston Allen (1835–1915), Australian politician from New South Wales * William Shepherd Allen (1831–1915), English Liberal politician

Artists, architects, writers, and scholars

* William Allen (actor) (died 1647), English actor in the Caroline era *

William Allen (biographer) William Allen (January 2, 1784 – July 16, 1868) was an American biographer, scholar and academic. He served as president of both Dartmouth University and Bowdoin College. Biography William Allen was born at Pittsfield, Massachusetts in ...

(1784–1868), American evangelical Congregationalist *

William Allen (Utah architect) William Robert Allen (January 1, 1849 – October 11, 1928) was an early 20th-century architect in Utah. His most important work, the Davis County Courthouse, is no longer extant, yet a number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register ...

(1849–1928), American architect in Utah * William H. Allen (architect) (1858–1936), architect of New Haven, Connecticut * William B. Allen (born 1944), American political scientist *

William Francis Allen William Francis Allen (September 5, 1830December 9, 1889) was an American classical scholar and an editor of the first book of American slave songs, '' Slave Songs of the United States.'' Allen was born in Northborough, Massachusetts in 1830, the ...

(1830–1889), American classical scholar *

William Henry Allen (academician) William Henry Allen (March 27, 1808 – August 29, 1882) was an American professor and academic administrator. A graduate of Bowdoin College, he served as acting president of Dickinson College from 1847 until 1848, and later was selected as t ...

(1808–1882), American professor *

W. H. Allen (artist) William Herbert Allen (1863–1943) was an English landscape watercolour artist whose career spanned more than 50 years from the 1880s to the 1940s. He was invariably referred to as "W. H." rather than by his given name. Born 14 September 1863 ...

(William Herbert Allen, 1863–1943), English landscape watercolour artist *

William Rodney Allen William Rodney Allen is an American author and former Professor of English at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. He received his PhD from Duke University, and was a faculty member at LSMSA from the time the school first open ...

, American author and professor of English * William Sheridan Allen (1932–2013), American author and historian * W. Sidney Allen (1918–2004), English linguist and philologist * William T. Allen (born 1948), professor of corporate law at New York University law school

Military personnel

William Allen (Royal Navy officer) Rear-Admiral William Allen FRS (25 November 1792 – 23 January 1864) was an English naval officer and explorer. Biography Allen was born in Weymouth in November 1792. He entered the navy as a volunteer in 1805, and, as midshipman, was present ...

(1792–1864), English naval officer and explorer * William Allen (soldier) (1845–1882), American recipient of Medal of Honor *

William Allen (VC 1879) William Wilson Allen, VC ( – 12 March 1890) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that can ...

(1843–1890), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

William Barnsley Allen William Barnsley Allen (8 June 1892 – 27 August 1933) was a British Army medical officer who was decorated for gallantry four times during the First World War, including an award of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the f ...

(1892–1933), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * William Henry Allen (1784–1813), American naval officer *

William Howard Allen William Howard Allen (July 8, 1790 – November 9, 1822) was a United States naval officer. He was born in Hudson, New York in 1790 to Howard Allen and Lydia Hussey. His sister was Harriet Allen, wife of New York lawyer and U.S. attorney general Be ...

(1790–1822), American naval officer * William W. Allen (1835–1894), Confederate general

Scientists

William Allan (geneticist) William Allan (1881–1943) was an American physician and geneticist who made pioneering studies in human genetics and hereditary diseases. He established the first course in human genetics, at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, which is now ...

(1881–1943), American physician and geneticist * William Allen (English Quaker) (1770–1843), English Quaker, scientist and philanthropist * William Douglas Allen (1914–2008), British/Australian physicist and electrical engineer

Sports people

* William Allen (sailor) (born 1947), American sailor and Olympic champion *William

Reginald Allen (English cricketer) William Reginald Allen (14 April 1893 – 14 October 1950) In this publication he is listed as W. R. Allen is an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1921 and 1925. All of his first-class games w ...

(1893–1950), English cricketer * William L. Allen (died 1907), American football player and coach *

William D. Allen William Drury "Doc" Allen (February 13, 1886 – December 27, 1979) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Minot State Teacher's College—now known as Minot State University—in Minot, North D ...

(1886–1979), American football and basketball coach

Clergy and philanthropists

William Allen (cardinal) William Allen (153216 October 1594), also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus, was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an ordained priest, but was never a bishop. His main role was setting up colleges to train En ...

(1532–1594), English Roman Catholic cardinal priest * William Allen (English Quaker) (1770–1843), English Quaker, scientist and philanthropist *

William Allen (Quaker minister) William Allen (April 2, 1821May 21, 1898) was an American Quaker Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Member ...

(1821–1898), American Quaker minister, also active in Canada * William Allen (philanthropist) (1790–1856), English-Australian philanthropist *

William Allen (Congregationalist) Rev. William Allen (4 November 1847 – 1919) was an English-born Australian Congregational clergyman. Allen was born in Betchworth, Surrey, and was taken to Victoria in 1852. He was educated at the Scotch and Congregational colleges in Melbourne, ...

(1847–1919), English-born, Australian Congregational clergyman

Others

William Allen (banker) William Allen (1736–1792) was an English banker who was a co-founder of the first bank to be opened in Manchester and was also the father of a future bishop. Early personal life William Allen was the youngest of six sons. His mother passed aw ...

(1736–1792), English banker *

William E. Allen William Ellam Allen (1880-1960) was an acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation (BOI) during 1919. The BOI was a predecessor of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). A former assistant in war matters to the chief of the Bureau of ...

(1880–1960), director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation *

William G. Allen William Gustavus Allen (c. 1820 – 1 May 1888) was an African-American academic, intellectual, and lecturer. For a time he co-edited ''The National Watchman,'' an abolitionist newspaper. While studying law in Boston he lectured widely on abolitio ...

(1820–1888), American professor and abolitionist * William McPherson Allen (1900–1985), American aircraft businessman and President of Boeing *

William (Orgain) Allen William Allen ( William Griffin Orgain (1828/1829–1875) was an American planter. At age two, he inherited the Claremont Estate on the James River in Virginia from his granduncle, Colonel William Allen (1768–1831). To satisfy the terms o ...

(1829–1875), American landowner and financier from Virginia *

William P. Allen (trade unionist) William Philip Allen (11 November 1888 – 4 May 1958) was a British trade unionist. Born in Islington, Allen worked for the Great Northern Railway from 1907, initially as an engine cleaner. He became active in the Associated Society of L ...

(1888–1958), British trade unionist *

William R. Allen (economist) William Richard Allen (April 3, 1924 – January 15, 2021) was an American economist, professor and author. He was known for his authorship of economic literature alongside frequent co-author Armen Alchian. Career Allen obtained his A.B. (B ...

(born 1924), American economist, professor and author