William Allen may refer to:
Politicians
United States
- William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio
- William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio
- William Allen (loyalist) (1704–1780), wealthy merchant, chief justice of Pennsylvania's provincial Supreme Court, and founder of Allentown, Pennsylvania
- William Allen (Montana politician) (1871–1953), member of the Montana House of Representatives and lieutenant governor
- William C. Allen (politician) (1814–1887), American businessman and politician in Wisconsin
- William F. Allen (Delaware politician) (1883–1946), American businessman and politician
- William F. Allen (New York politician) (1808–1878), American judge and politician
- William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906), American businessman and royal advisor in the Kingdom of Hawaii
- William H. Allen (politician), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1880s
- William J. Allen (1829–1901), congressman from Illinois and federal judge
- William P. Allen (politician) (1818–1901), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- William Reynolds Allen (1860–1921), justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
- William S. Allen (1857–1926), Iowa Secretary of State, 1913–1918
- William V. Allen (1847–1924), U.S. Senator from Nebraska
- William W. Allen (politician) (1908–1992), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- William Allen (Massachusetts judge) (died 1891), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Other
- William Allen (National Liberal politician) (1870–1945), British politician
- William Allen (Armagh MP) (1866–1947), Northern Irish unionist politician
- William Allen (Canadian politician) (1919–1985), from Toronto
- William Bell Allen (1812–1869), Australian politician from New South Wales
- William C. Allen (1937-2021), Bahamanian politician and banker
- William Edward David Allen (1901–1973), British politician and historian
- William Johnston Allen (1835–1915), Australian politician from New South Wales
- William Shepherd Allen (1831–1915), English Liberal politician
Artists, architects, writers, and scholars
- William Allen (actor) (died 1647), English actor in the Caroline era
- William Allen (biographer) (1784–1868), American evangelical Congregationalist
- William Allen (Utah architect) (1849–1928), American architect in Utah
- William H. Allen (architect) (1858–1936), architect of New Haven, Connecticut
- William Allen (fl. mid 20th century), American architect in California; co-designer of Burbank City Hall
- William B. Allen (born 1944), American political scientist
- William Francis Allen (1830–1889), American classical scholar
- William Henry Allen (academician) (1808–1882), American professor
- W. H. Allen (artist) (William Herbert Allen, 1863–1943), English landscape watercolour artist
- William Rodney Allen, American author and professor of English
- William Sheridan Allen (1932–2013), American author and historian
- W. Sidney Allen (1918–2004), English linguist and philologist
- William T. Allen (1944–2019), professor of corporate law at New York University law school
Military personnel
- William Allen (Royal Navy officer) (1792–1864), English naval officer and explorer
- William Allen (soldier) (1845–1882), American recipient of Medal of Honor
- William Allen (VC 1879) (1843–1890), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Barnsley Allen (1892–1933), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Henry Allen (1784–1813), American naval officer
- William Howard Allen (1790–1822), American naval officer
- William W. Allen (general) (1835–1894), Confederate general
Scientists
- William Allan (geneticist) (1881–1943), American physician and geneticist
- William Allen (English Quaker) (1770–1843), English Quaker, scientist and philanthropist
- William Douglas Allen (1914–2008), British/Australian physicist and electrical engineer
- William Henry Allen (engineer), (1844–1926), British engineer
Sports people
- William Allen (sailor) (born 1947), American sailor and Olympic champion
- William Reginald Allen (English cricketer) (1893–1950), English cricketer
- William L. Allen (died 1907), American football player and coach
- William D. Allen (1886–1979), American football and basketball coach
Clergy and philanthropists
- William Allen (cardinal) (1532–1594), English Roman Catholic cardinal priest
- William Allen (English Quaker) (1770–1843), English Quaker, scientist and philanthropist
- William Allen (Quaker minister) (1821–1898), American Quaker minister, also active in Canada
- William Allen (philanthropist) (1790–1856), English-Australian philanthropist
- William Allen (Congregationalist) (1847–1919), English-born, Australian Congregational clergyman
Others
- William Allen (banker) (1736–1792), English banker
- William E. Allen (1880–1960), director of the U.S. Bureau of Investigation
- William G. Allen (1820–1888), American professor and abolitionist
- William McPherson Allen (1900–1985), American aircraft businessman and President of Boeing
- William (Orgain) Allen (1829–1875), American landowner and financier from Virginia
- William P. Allen (trade unionist) (1888–1958), British trade unionist
- William R. Allen (economist) (1924–2021), American economist, professor and author
See also
- Bill Allen (disambiguation)
- Will Allen (disambiguation)
- Willie Allen (disambiguation)
- W H Allen (disambiguation)
- William Allen High School, Allentown, Pennsylvania
- William Allan (disambiguation)
- William Van Alen (1883–1954), American architect
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.