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John Allen may refer to:
[edit] Politicians
- John Allen (Connecticut) (1763–1812), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- John B. Allen (1845–1903), first U.S. Senator from Washington
- John Clayton Allen (1860–1939), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- John J. Allen (1871–1935), mayor of Ottawa from 1931 to 1933
- John J. Allen (jurist) (1797–1871), jurist and U.S. Representative from Virginia
- John J. Allen, Jr. (1899–1995), U.S. Representative from California
- John Manchester Allen (1901–1941), New Zealand politician
- John Mills Allen (1846–1917), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
- John W. Allen (1802–1887), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1841
- Sir John Sandeman Allen (1865–1935), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby, 1924–1935
- John Sandeman Allen (1892–1949), British Conservative Member of Parliament Birkenhead West, 1931–1945
- John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (1713–1745), Irish peer and politician
- John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen (1660–1726), Irish peer and politician
- John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen (died 1753), Irish peer and politician
- John Howard Allen (1845–?), U.S. politician, mayor of Orlando, 1877–1878
- John Southgate Allen (1883–1955), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
[edit] Scientists and academics
- John Allen (historian) (1771–1843), historian and political writer painted in 1836 by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
- John F. Allen (physicist) (Jack Allen, 1908–2001), Canadian physicist who worked on superfluid helium
- John P. Allen (born 1929), co-founder of the Biosphere 2 Center
- John R. L. Allen, British geologist
- John S. Allen (1907–1982), interim president of the University of Florida, 1953–1955, first president of the University of South Florida, 1957–1970
[edit] Sports figures
- John Allen (baseball) (1890–1967), American professional baseball player
- John Allen (basketball) (born 1982), German professional
- John Allen (footballer) (born 1955), English professional soccer player
- John Allen (hurler) (born 1955), former Cork hurling player and manager
- John Allen (Irish cricketer) (1921–1987), former Irish cricketer
- John Allen (English cricketer) (born 1974), English first class cricketer
- John Allen (American football), NFL Europa coach
- John Allen (coach), American college football coach
- John Allen (Welsh footballer) (born 1964), head coach of RoPS in Finland's Veikkausliiga
- John Allen (cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1961), New Zealand cricketer
[edit] Other people
- John Allen (bookseller) (1789–1831), English bookseller and antiquary interested in Herefordshire
- John Allen (Irish nationalist) (died 1855), Irish nationalist, later a colonel in the French army
- John Allen (minister) (1741/2–1780s), Baptist minister who supported the independence of America
- John Allen (soldier) (1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812
- John Allen (pioneer) (1796–1851), American pioneer and a co-founder of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- John Allen (physician) (c. 1660–1741), English physician and inventor
- John Allen (priest) (born 1932), Anglican Provost of Wakefield Cathedral
- John Allen (puritan) (1596–1671), or John Allin, patriarch of New England and Dedham, Massachusetts
- John Allen (religious writer) (1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer
- John C. Allen (1907–1979), roller coaster designer
- John Kirby Allen (1810–1838), founder of Houston, Texas
- John L. Allen, Jr. (born 1965), reporter working for CNN and the National Catholic Reporter
- John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general
- John R. Allen, Jr. (born 1935), United States Air Force general
- John Whitby Allen (1913–1973), pioneering model railroader
- John Allen (saloon keeper) (1823–1870), underworld figure in New York City, the "Wickedest Man in New York"
- John Campbell Allen (1817–1898), Supreme court justice of the colonial New Brunswick Supreme Court
- John Allen (miner) (1775–?), lead miner
- John Allen (diplomat),acting Administrator of Tokelau, 2009–2011
- John Allen (guitarist), member of The Nashville Teens
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