John Allen may refer to:

Academia

John Allen (historian) John Allen (3 February 1771 – 10 April 1843) was an 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), (2004), ...

(1771–1843), Scottish historian and political writer * John Allen (bookseller) (1789–1829), English bookseller and antiquary * John S. Allen (1907–1982), American university president *

John A. Allen John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(1946–2025), UK Emeritus Professor

Business and industry

John Allen (miner) John Allen (born 7 May 1775; date of death unknown) was a lead mining, miner, notable as a junior member of the party of naturalists that accompanied the 1801–1803 voyage of HMS Investigator, HMS ''Investigator'' under Matthew Flinders. Early l ...

(1775–?), English lead miner aboard HMS ''Investigator'' *

John Allen (trade unionist) John Allen (14 September 1804 – September/October 1888) was a British trade union leader. Born at Lower Glanmere, in County Cork in Ireland, Allen moved to Bristol with his parents at an early age. He later emigrated to the United States, ...

(1804–1888), Irish trade union leader *

John Allen (saloon keeper) John Allen (c. 1823–1870) was an American saloon keeper and underworld figure in New York City during the early-to mid-19th century. A former religious student, Allen was considered one of the most notorious criminals in the city and was known ...

(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 an American 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 school in ...

(1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812 *

John Melville Allen John Melville Allen ( – February 12, 1847) was an American soldier and the first List of mayors of Galveston, Texas, Mayor of Galveston, Texas. John Melville Allen was born in Kentucky. He enlisted in the United States Navy at an early age. He ...

(–1847), American soldier; ''philhellene''; first mayor of Galveston, Texas * John Allen (Irish nationalist) (c. 1780–1855), Irish nationalist and colonel in the French army * John Allen (RAF officer) (1916–1940), British flying ace of the Second World War * John R. Allen Jr. (born 1935), United States Air Force general * John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general * John J. Allen (general), United States Air Force general

Politics and law

New Zealand

John Southgate Allen John Southgate Allen (3 January 1883 – 11 November 1955) of Tirau was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 27 July 1950. He was appointed as a member of the suicide squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervilla ...

(1883–1955), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * John Manchester Allen (1901–1941), New Zealand politician *

John Allen (diplomat) John Richard 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 (New Zealand), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was the acting Administrators of ...

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

(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 h ...

(1713–1745), Irish peer and politician *

John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen Captain John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen (b. bef. 1726 – 10 November 1753), was an Irish peerage, Irish peer and politician. He was the son of Hon. Richard A. Allen and Dorothy Green, and grandson of John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen. Allen sat as ...

(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) John Allen (June 12, 1763 – July 31, 1812) was an eighteenth-century lawyer and politician. He served as a United States representative from Connecticut and as a member of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors. Early life and career Allen ...

(1763–1812), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * John J. Allen (judge) (1797–1871), American jurist and U.S. Representative from Virginia *

John W. Allen John William Allen (August 24, 1802October 5, 1887) was an American lawyer and politician from Ohio. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1837 to 1841 and also served as the fourth Mayor of Cleveland. Early lif ...

(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 To ...

(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 John Howard Allen was an American politician who served as the second mayor of Orlando, Florida, from 1877 to 1878. References Mayors of Orlando, Florida 1840s births 1942 deaths {{Florida-mayor-stub ...

(1845–1942), 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 te ...

(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 to 1933. Allen was born in Hinesburg, Vermont, in 1860. He attended the comm ...

(1860–1939), U.S. Representative from Illinois * John E. Allen (judge) (1873–1945), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court *

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) John M. Allen (born in Long Island, New York) is an American politician and who currently serves as the County Treasurer for Maricopa County. A Republican, Allen was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 15 fro ...

, American politician and member of the Arizona House of Representatives *

John Allen (New Jersey politician) John Allen is an American attorney and Democratic Party politician serving as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 32nd legislative district, having taken office on January 9, 2024. He is also an adjunct professor at the Stevens ...

, member of the New Jersey General Assembly

Other countries

John Campbell Allen Sir John Campbell Allen (October 1, 1817 – September 27, 1898) was from 1865–1896 a justice of the colonial and then provincial Supreme Court of New Brunswick, serving as Chief Justice of New Brunswick from 1875 to 1896. He was born ...

(1817–1898), Canadian justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court * John J. Allen (Canadian politician) (1871–1935), Canadian politician; mayor of Ottawa * William John Allen, Canadian politician

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) (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) (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) John Allen, or John Alleyn (1660? – 1741), was an English physician and inventor, mainly remembered for writing medical text books. Biography Allen, the date of whose birth is not positively known, was an M.D., but of what university does not ...

(c. 1660–1741), English physician and inventor * John F. Allen (biochemist) (born 1950), British biochemist * John F. Allen (physicist) (Jack Allen, 1908–2001), Canadian physicist who worked on superfluid helium *

John P. Allen John Polk Allen (born May 6, 1929, Carnegie, Oklahoma) is a systems ecologist, engineer, metallurgist, adventurer, and writer. Allen is a proponent of the science of biospherics and a pioneer in sustainable co-evolutionary development. He is the ...

(born 1929), American ecologist and engineer; co-founder of the Biosphere 2 Center * John R. L. Allen (1932–2020), 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 Geo ...

(1847–1907), British archaeologist * John T. Allen, 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) (1926–2006), American Olympic athlete * John Allen (rugby union) (1942–2022), English rugby union player * John Allen (footballer, born 1955), English footballer * John Allen (hurler) (born 1955), English hurling player and manager *

John Allen (footballer, born 1964) John Allen (born 14 November 1964) is a Welsh-Finnish football player and coach. He is the head coach of the Under-19 squad of Finnish club TPS. Playing career Allen started playing football at his local club Chester City. After a brief visi ...

, 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) (born 1982), American basketball player * John Allen (American football coach, SAGU) (born c. 1962), American football coach (SAGU 1996–1997)

Others

* John Allen (settler) (1806–1879), English settler in the colony of Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) *

John Allen (pioneer) John Allen (May 17, 1797 – March 11, 1851) was an American pioneer and a co-founder, along with Elisha Rumsey, of the American city of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Early life John Allen, the son of a wealthy farmer, was born in Augusta County, Virgin ...

(1796–1851), American pioneer and co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan *John Allen, Welsh paedophile at the centre of the

North Wales child abuse scandal The North Wales child abuse scandal was the subject of a three-year, £13 million investigation into the physical and sexual abuse of children in care homes in the counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd, in North Wales, including the Bryn Estyn chil ...

* John C. Allen (1907–1979), American roller coaster designer * John Whitby Allen (1913–1973), American pioneering model railroader * John Allen (murderer) (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 an English rock band, formed in Surrey in 1962. They are best known for their 1964 hit single " Tobacco Road", a Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom and Canada, and a Top 20 hit in the United States. Career While playing ...