Richard, Rick, or Dick Allen may refer to:

Artists

Dick Allen (poet) Richard Stanley Allen (August 8, 1939 – December 26, 2017) was an American poet, literary critic and academic. Early life The son of Richard Sanders Allen, a writer and historian, and Doris (née Bishop), a postmaster, Allen was educated at ...

(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) (born 1959), American television writer * Richard James Allen (born 1960), Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker

Sportspeople

Dick Allen Richard Anthony Allen (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. During his fifteen-year-long Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played as a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder, most notably ...

(1942–2020), American baseball player * Dick Allen (footballer) (1921–1977), Australian footballer for Collingwood * Dick Allen (bowler), American ten-pin bowler * Richard Allen (field hockey) (1902–1969), Indian field hockey player

Musicians

* Richard "Pistol" Allen (1932–2002), American musician, drummer for the Funk Brothers on Motown Records *

Rick Allen (drummer) Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer who has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978. He overcame the amputation of his left arm in January 1985 and continued to play with the band, which went on to ...

(born 1963), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard * Rick Allen (keyboardist) (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 caree ...

(1936–2022), American guitarist and record producer

Politicians

* R. G. Allen (1833–1886), California and Idaho Territory legislator *

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 minist ...

(born 1929), historian and politician in Ontario, Canada *

Richard Allen (Irish politician) Richard Allen (died 22 January 1800) was an Irish politician. Allen was the Member of Parliament for Harristown in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1 ...

, 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 (born 1936), American National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan * Rick W. Allen (born 1951), American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia * Richard D. Allen (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) (1760–1831), African-American bishop, founder of AME Church * Richard L. Allen (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 (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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