Namesakes
Allen Woodring
(m) 1898-1982 
Olympic Medalists 1920 200 m (gold)
Frank Kurtz
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1911-1996
Olympic Medalists 1932 diving - platform (bronze)
Ed Ablowich
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1913-1998
Olympic Medalists 1932 4x400 m relay (gold)
Allen Drury
(m) 1918-1998
Pulitzer Award Winners 1960 Advise and Consent
James Whitmore
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1921-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Patricia Barry
(a.k.a. Allen) (f) 1922-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Allen Ginsberg
(m) 1926-1997
Notable Writers
Allen Stack
(m) 1928-1999
Olympic Medalists 1948 swimming - 100 m backstroke (gold)
Al Davis
(m) 1929-2011
Hall-of-Famers 1992 (football)
Allen Kelley
(m) 1932-2016
Olympic Medalists 1960 basketball (gold)
Bob Gutowski
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1935-1960
Olympic Medalists 1956 pole vault (silver)
Dick Davies
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1936-2012
Olympic Medalists 1964 basketball (gold)
Van McCoy
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1940-1979
Notable Musicians
Bob Dylan
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1941-
Grammy Award Winners 1998 Time Out of Mind (album of the year)
Nobel Prize Winners 2016 (literature)
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1988
Anne Rice
(a.k.a. Allen) (f) 1941-2021
Notable Writers
David Ogden Stiers
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1942-2018
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Phillip Allen Sharp
(m) 1944-
Nobel Prize Winners 1993 (medicine)
Bob Griese
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1945-
Hall-of-Famers 1990 (football)
Roy Saari
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1945-2008
Olympic Medalists 1964 swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver/gold)
Powers Boothe
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1948-2017
Emmy Award Winners 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Fred Hampton
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1948-1969
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Robert Palmer
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1949-2003
Notable Musicians
Mike Bantom
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1972 basketball (silver)
Allen Collins
(m) 1952-1990
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Jerry Seinfeld
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian/actor)
Ray Liotta
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1954-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Leslie Jordan
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1955-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dave Johnson
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1963-
Olympic Medalists 1992 decathlon (bronze)
James Mangold
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1963-
Notable Filmmakers
Dennis Mitchell
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 100 m; 4x100 m relay (bronze/gold/silver)
Charles Austin
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1996 high jump (gold)
Rob Riggle
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1970-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/comedian)
Fred Durst
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1970-
Notable Musicians
Allen Johnson
(m) 1971-
Olympic Medalists 1996 110 m hurdles (gold)
Curtis Myden
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley (bronze)
R. A. Dickey
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 1996 baseball (bronze)
Allen Iverson
(m) 1975-
Hall-of-Famers 2016 (basketball)
Most Valuable Players 2001 basketball
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 2004 basketball (bronze)
Allen
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1980 (hurricane)
Allen Leech
(m) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jovan Belcher
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1987-2012
Notable Athletes (football)
Charlie White
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (skating)
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 figure skating (silver/gold/bronze)
Jake Abel
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jeremy Allen White
(m) 1991-
Emmy Award Winners 2023 The Bear (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Booboo Stewart
(a.k.a. Allen) (m) 1994-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Billy Thomas
(a.k.a. Allen) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1997 Ally McBeal
Doyle
(a.k.a. Allen) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Angel
Jake Manning
(a.k.a. Allen) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Once and Again
Rusty "Spitter" Cartwright
(a.k.a. Allen) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2007 Greek