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Tony Allen (musician) Tony Oladipo Allen (20 July 1940 – 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian/Ghanaian drummer, composer, and songwriter who lived and worked in Paris, France. Allen was the drummer and musical director of Fela Kuti's band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, ...

(1940–2020), Nigerian drummer with Fela Kuti and one of the founders of Afrobeat * Tony Allen, member of American doo-wop group The Furys * Tony Allen, Irish singer, member of Irish duo

Foster and Allen Foster and Allen are a musical duo from Ireland consisting of Mick Foster and Tony Allen. In their 49-year career, they have released over 52 albums, many of which entered the UK Albums Chart. Along with " A Bunch of Thyme" (entering the Irish ...

with Mick Foster * Tony Allen, recording alias of

J.W. Hodkinson John William Hodkinson (29 December 1942 – 9 June 2013), also known as J.W. Hodkinson or J.W. Hodgkinson, was a British rock vocalist. Hodkinson was born in Leigh, Lancashire, now in Greater Manchester, England. After performing as Johnny Go ...

(1942–2013), English rock singer

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Tony Allen (footballer) Anthony Allen (27 November 1939 – 2 December 2022) was an English footballer who played most of his club career as a left-back for Stoke City between 1957 and 1970. He also made three appearances for England in 1959, before his twentieth bir ...

(1939–2022), English footballer *

Tony Allen (basketball) Anthony Allen (born January 11, 1982), nicknamed "the Grindfather," is an American former professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), primarily for the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzli ...

(born 1982), American former basketball player *

Tony Allen (comedian) Anthony Lawrence Allen (4 March 1945 – 1 December 2023) was an English comedian and writer. Known as the "godfather of alternative comedy", Allen was one of the original alternative comedians. In May 1979, following notoriety at Speakers' C ...

(1945–2023), English comedian and writer *

Tony Allen (academic administrator) Tony Allen is an American academic administrator working as the president of the Delaware State University since 2020. Early life and education Allen was born to R. Leatha Allen. He moved to Delaware at the age of 3. Allen completed an undergr ...

, president of the Delaware State University

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