Allain is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Alexander Allain
Alexander Peter Allain (June 27, 1920 – January 5, 1994) was a lawyer and library advocate known for his work securing the freedom of expression."In memoriam: Alexander Peter Allain 1920-1994", ''Louisiana Libraries'', Winter 2006, 4. His career ...
(1920–1994), American lawyer and library advocate
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Keith Allain
Keith Allain (born September 26, 1958) is an American ice hockey coach. He is currently the head coach of the Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey team. He took over the program following Tim Taylor in 2006. In 2013, he led Yale to its first ever NCA ...
(born 1958), American ice hockey player and coach
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Marcel Allain
Marcel Allain (15 September 1885 – 25 August 1969) was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas.
Career
The son of a bourgeois family, A ...
(1885–1969), French writer
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Pierre Allain
Pierre Allain (7 January 1904 – 19 December 2000) was a French alpinist who began climbing in the 1920s. In the 1930s he was joined by several others at Fontainebleau, where his group of "'Bleausards" developed a love of bouldering that went be ...
(1904–2000), French mountain climber
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Rhett Allain, American physicist
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Raymonde Allain
Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe contest drew international media attention, and her controversial loss to American Ella Van H ...
(1912–2008), French model and actress
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Rick Allain
Rick Allain (born May 20, 1969) is a former Canadian ice hockey coach. Allain's coaching career followed three seasons as a defenceman for the Maine Mariners/Providence Bruins franchise in the American Hockey League.
Coaching career
Allain made ...
(born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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Stephanie Allain
Stephanie Allain (born October 30, 1959) is an American producer of independent movies in Hollywood, California.
Early life
Stephanie Allain was born in New Orleans to an African-American father Dr. Charles Allain, a biochemist, and a white m ...
(born 1959), American film producer
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Tara Allain
Tara Allain (born October 2, 1985) is Miss Maine for 2007. She is a 2008 graduate of Colby College.
Early life
Allain is the daughter of Kathleen and Daniel Allain of Worcester, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Saint Peter-Marian High School ...
(born 1985), American beauty pageant winner
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Theophile T. Allain (1846–1917), American politician
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Valérie Allain
Valérie Allain (born 3 April 1966) is a French actress.
She portrayed " Mireille" in the 1987 instructional television series '' French in Action'', which acquired a cult following largely because of the appeal of the romantic comedic theme of ...
(born 1966), French actress
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William Allain
William Aloysius Allain (February 14, 1928 – December 2, 2013) was an American politician and lawyer who held office as the 59th Governor of Mississippi as a Democrat from 1984 to 1988. Born in Adams County, Mississippi, he attended the U ...
(1928–2013), American politician
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Allain Gaussin
Allain Gaussin (born 6 November 1943) is a noted French composer.
Gaussin was born in Saint-Sever-Calvados, Normandy. He is a laureate of the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) where he studied with Olivier ...
(born 1943), French composer
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Allain Provost
Allain Provost is a French landscape architect. His works include designs for the Parc Floral in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, Parc André Citroën in Paris, the Jardin Diderot at La Défense, La Courneuve Park (1972–2000) in Seine-Saint-Denis, ...
, French landscape architect
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Allain Roy
Allain Roland Roy (born February 6, 1970) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender.
Career
Roy won a silver medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. He went on to play professional roller hockey with the St. Louis Vipers in the RHI from 1994 t ...
(born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player
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Allain Tikko
Allain Tikko (1979 in Kõpu, Viljandimaa – 15 June 2009) was an Estonian warrant officer (veebel) in charge of a jagu (a small military unit) in ESTCOY-8, which had been posted in Afghanistan as a part of United Kingdom's military operations, ...
(1979–2009), Estonian military officer
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Alain (disambiguation) Alain may refer to:
People
* Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Alain (surname)
* "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein
* Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...
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French masculine given names
French-language surnames
Surnames of French origin