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) (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) (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) (died 1847), American soldier; first mayor of Galveston, Texas * John Allen (Irish nationalist) (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), United States Air Force general

Politics and law

New Zealand

* John Southgate Allen (1883–1955), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * John Manchester Allen (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 chi ...

(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 peer and politician. He was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Joshua Allen, and educated at Trinity College Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the s ...

(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 (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 Conservativ ...

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

United States

* John Allen (Connecticut politician) (1763–1812), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * John J. Allen (judge) (1797–1871), American jurist and U.S. Representative from Virginia * John W. Allen (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) (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), 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) (1871–1935), Canadian politician; mayor of Ottawa

Religion

* John Allin (Puritan minister) (1596–1671), or Allen, English born Puritan cleric in Massachusetts * John Allen (minister) (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 A grammar school i ...

(1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer * John Allen (archdeacon of Chester) (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 f ...

(1932–2015), English Anglican Provost of Wakefield Cathedral * John L. Allen Jr. (born 1965), American religion journalist

Science and medicine

* John Allen (engineer) (born 1928), English engineer and plasma physicist * John Allen (physician) (c. 1660–1741), English physician and inventor * John F. Allen (biochemist) (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 usi ...

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

(1847–1907), British archaeologist *

John T. Allen John Terrence Allen is an Australian atmospheric scientist and leading contributor to research on severe thunderstorm and tornado environments, particularly in the context of climate change, including seasonal prediction of hail and tornadoes. ...

, 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 as a radio o ...

(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) (born 1955), English hurling player and manager * John Allen (footballer, born 1964), English footballer for Chester City and Mansfield Town * John Allen (American football) (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) (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 1 ...

(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), 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 ...