# Allan (given name)

Allan, a variant spelling of Alan, 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 of Allan Baker and Kevin Crump, 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 Blaze (born 1994), Guadeloupean 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 Clarke (footballer) (born 1946), English footballer
* 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 McKinnon (1917–1990), Canadian politician
* 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
* Al 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 Troy "Sass" Rogando Sasot (born 1983), Filipino transgender woman and vlogger based in the Netherlands
* 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 Outlander (TV series)
* Allan Red, a character in the TV series Smiling Friends
* 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