Allan (given name)

Allan is both a given name and an English and Scottish surname.

People with the given name

A–F

• Allan (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
• Allan (footballer, born 1997), Brazilian footballer
• Allan Abbass (born 1962), professor and psychiatrist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada
• Allan Ackerman, American magician who specializes in sleight of hand magic with playing cards
• Allan Adair (1897–1988), senior officer of the British Army who served in both World Wars
• Allan Adler (1916–2002), American silversmith
• Allan Agar (born 1949), English rugby league footballer and coach
• Allan Ahlberg (born 1938), British children's book writer with his wife Janet Ahlberg as illustrator
• Allan Alaalatoa (born 1994), Australian rugby union player
• Allan Alaküla (born 1968), Estonian journalist
• Allan Albert (1945–1994), American director, producer, and playwright
• Allan Alcorn (born 1948), American pioneering engineer and computer scientist
• Allan Alemán (born 1983), Costa Rican professional football player
• Allan Amato (born 1974), American portrait photographer and film director
• Allan Amin, Indian action film director
• Allan Anderson (disambiguation)
• Allan Andrews (disambiguation)
• Allan Antliff, anarchist activist, art critic, and author
• Allan Arbus (1918–2013), American actor and photographer
• Allan Arkush (born 1948), American film and television director
• Allan Armitage (born 1946), professor of horticulture at the University of Georgia, United States
• Allan Ashbolt (1921–2005), Australian journalist and television broadcaster
• Allan Asher (born 1951), Australian lawyer, consumer advocate, and campaigner
• Allan Ayala (born 1986), track and field athlete from Guatemala
• Allan Aynesworth (1864–1959), stage name of British actor Edward Abbot-Anderson
• Allan Baillie (born 1943), Australian writer
• Allan Baker, notorious Australian rapist and murderer
• Allan Bakke (born 1940), in U.S. Supreme Court decision Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
• Allan Baldwin (1924–2008), Australian rules footballer
• Allan Ball (1943–2018), English footballer
• Allan Boesak (born 1946), South African cleric, politician, and anti-apartheid activist
• Allan B. Calhamer (1931–2013), American mail carrier who invented the board game Diplomacy
• Allan Campbell (disambiguation)
• Allan Anthony Costly (born 1954), Honduran footballer
• Allan Leslie Cox (1927–1996), Canadian politician
• Allan A. Davidson (fl. 1840–1899), lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
• Allan de San Miguel (born 1988), Australian professional baseball player
• Allan Dokossi (born 1999), Central African basketball player
• Allan Donald (born 1966), South African cricketer
• Allan Dwan (1885–1981), Canadian-American film director
• Allan Mackay Findlay, British geographer

G–Z

• Allan George (born 1999), American football player
• Allan A. Goldstein (born 1949), American film director and screenwriter
• Allan Holdsworth (1946–2017), English guitarist and composer
• Allan Houston (born 1971), American basketball player
• Allan B. Hubbard (born 1947), American economic advisor to George W. Bush
• Allan Jay (1931–2023), British world champion épée & foil fencer
• Allan Jones (cricketer) (born 1947), English cricket umpire and a retired cricketer
• Allan K. (born 1958), Filipino actor, comedian, and TV host
• Allan Kerpan (born 1954), Canadian politician
• Allan Kimbaloula (born 1992), Congolese international footballer
• Allan Kozinn (born 1954), American music critic
• Allan Kwartler (1917–1998), American sabre and foil fencer, Pan American Games and Maccabiah Games champion
• Allan A. Lamport (1903–1999), mayor of Toronto, Canada
• Allan Lane (1909–1973), American film star of cowboy B-movies in the 1940s and 1950s
• Allan MacMaster (born 1974), Canadian politician
• Allan B. Magruder (1775–1822), United States Senator from Louisiana
• Allan McCollum (born 1944), American artist
• Allan Neil McMillan (born 1951), Canadian politician
• Allan Morris (born 1940), Australian politician
• Allan A. Moss (1854–1929), mayor of Newport News, Virginia, United States
• Allan Alfred Nunweiler (born 1930), Canadian politician, also known as Alf Nunweiler
• Allan Nyom (born 1988), Cameroonian professional footballer
• Allan Arenfeldt Olesen (born 1982), Danish professional football player
• Allan Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian ice hockey administrator
• Allan Ray (born 1984), American professional basketball player
• Allan Rowe (1956–2015), Canadian politician
• Allan Rumbolt, Canadian politician
• Allan A. Ryan Jr. (1903–1981), American financier and politician from New York
• Allan A. Schoenherr (1937–2021), Californian author, ecologist, and naturalist
• Allan Sherman (1924–1973), American comedy writer and singer
• Allan Morley Spaar (1876–1960), Sri Lankan public servant and politician, served as second Mayor of Kandy
• Allan "Whitey" Snyder (1914–1994), American Hollywood make-up artist
• Allan Starski (born 1943), Polish Academy Award-winning production designer and set decorator
• Allan Leonard Frederick Stevens (1919–2011), Canadian politician
• Allan Sutter (1914–1988), American Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient
• Allan A. Swenson (1933–2023), author, literary agent, and master gardener
• Allan B. Swift (1935–2018), Emmy award-winning broadcaster and American politician
• Lord Allan Jay Velasco (born 1977), Filipino politician
• Allan Wallenius (1890–1942), Swedish leftist figure and journalist
• Allan B. Walsh (1874–1953), American politician from New Jersey
• Allan Williams (politician) (1922–2011), Canadian politician
• Allan Arthur Willman (1909–1989), American classical pianist, composer, music pedagog
• Allan Zebie (born 1993), Canadian soccer player

Fictional characters

• Allan (Barbie), one of the characters/dolls from the Mattel brand Barbie
• Allan (mascot), a former mascot of the Baltimore Ravens football team
• Allan Christie, a character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander book series and its TV adaptation
• Allan Thompson (comics), a character from The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
• Allan-a-Dale, a variant spelling of Alan-a-Dale, a figure in the Robin Hood legend

See also

• Alan (given name)
  • List of people with given name Alan
• Allen (given name)
• Alan (surname)
• Allan (surname)
• Allen (surname)
• All pages with titles beginning with Allan