Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Powers Boothe (middle name Allen) 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 
(actor) Jeremy Allen White 2023 The Bear
Fictional Characters from Television:
4 characters
Billy Thomas (middle name Allen) 1997 Ally McBeal
Doyle (a.k.a. Allen) 1999 Angel
Jake Manning (middle name Allen) 1999 Once and Again
Rusty "Spitter" Cartwright (middle name Allen) 2007 Greek
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year
(album of the year) Bob Dylan (middle name Allen) 1998 Time Out of Mind
Hall-of-Famers:
2 football, 1 basketball
(football) Bob Griese (middle name Allen) 1990
(football) Al Davis 1992
(basketball) Allen Iverson 2016
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
1 hurricane
Hurricane Allen 1980
Most Valuable Players:
1 winner
Allen Iverson 2001 basketball
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature, 1 medicine
(medicine) Phillip Allen Sharp 1993
(literature) Bob Dylan (middle name Allen) 2016
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Fred Hampton (middle name Allen) 1948-1969
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
17 actors, 2 actor/comedians
Richard Boone (middle name Allen) 1917-1981
James Whitmore (middle name Allen) 1921-2009
Patricia Barry (middle name Allen) 1922-2016
Richard Dysart (middle name Allen) 1929-2015
Gene Hackman (middle name Allen) 1930-2025
John Amos (middle name Allen) 1939-
David Ogden Stiers (middle name Allen) 1942-2018
Bruce Davison (middle name Allen) 1946-
Powers Boothe (middle name Allen) 1948-2017
Jerry Seinfeld (middle name Allen) 1954-
Ray Liotta (middle name Allen) 1954-2022
Leslie Jordan (middle name Allen) 1955-2022
Rob Riggle (middle name Allen) 1970-
Eric Stonestreet (middle name Allen) 1971-
Allen Leech 1981-
Jake Abel (middle name Allen) 1987-
Jeremy Allen White 1991-
Booboo Stewart (middle name Allen) 1994-
Cody Christian (middle name Allen) 1995-
Notable Athletes:
1 basketball, 1 football, 1 skating
(basketball) Allen Iverson 1975-
(football) Jovan Belcher (middle name Allen) 1987-2012
(skating) Charlie White (middle name Allen) 1987-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
James Mangold (middle name Allen) 1963-
Notable Musicians:
3 singers, 1 musician
Van McCoy (middle name Allen) 1940-1979
Bob Dylan (middle name Allen) 1941-
Robert Palmer (middle name Allen) 1949-2003
Fred Durst (middle name Allen) 1970-
Notable Writers:
1 author, 1 poet
Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997
Anne Rice (middle name Allen) 1941-2021
Olympic Medalists:
7 bronze, 7 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze/gold/silver, 1 silver/bronze/gold, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Allen Woodring 1920 200 m
(bronze) Frank Kurtz (middle name Allen) 1932 diving - platform
(gold) Ed Ablowich (middle name Allen) 1932 4x400 m relay
(gold) Allen Stack 1948 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(silver) Bob Gutowski (middle name Allen) 1956 pole vault
(gold) Allen Kelley 1960 basketball
(gold) Dick Davies (middle name Allen) 1964 basketball
(silver/gold) Roy Saari (middle name Allen) 1964 swimming - 400 m medley; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Mike Bantom (middle name Allen) 1972 basketball
(bronze) Dave Johnson (middle name Allen) 1992 decathlon
(bronze/gold/silver) Dennis Mitchell (middle name Allen) 1992; 1996 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Charles Austin (middle name Allen) 1996 high jump
(gold) Allen Johnson 1996 110 m hurdles
(bronze) R. A. Dickey (middle name Allen) 1996 baseball
(bronze) Curtis Myden (middle name Allen) 1996; 2000 swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 400 m medley
(bronze) Allen Iverson 2004 basketball
(bronze) Richard Jefferson (middle name Allen) 2004 basketball
(bronze) Jeff Stevens (middle name Allen) 2008 baseball
(silver/bronze/gold) Charlie White (middle name Allen) 2010; 2014 figure skating
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Gene Hackman (middle name Allen) 1972; 1993 The French Connection; Unforgiven
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Allen Drury 1960 Advise and Consent
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Bob Dylan (middle name Allen) 1988
Allen Collins 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd