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Allen Fieldhouse
Allen Fieldhouse is the University of Kansas basketball arena in Lawrence, opened March 1, 1955 and named for coach Phog Allen. Known for 16,300 seats (15,300 after 2024), sellout streaks, and a 713-109 home record.
Allen Formation
Allen Formation: Upper Cretaceous (83.5–66.0 Ma, late Campanian–early Maastrichtian) sedimentary unit in the Neuquén Basin, Río Negro, Argentina, recording the first Atlantic transgression and yielding diverse vertebrate fossils including Kuruleufenia xenopoides and Aeolosaurus.
Allen G. Ross
Allen G. Ross (Allen G.P. Ross) is an Australian-trained parasitologist and physician-scientist known for schistosomiasis research in the Philippines, and Dean of Medicine at Ajman University since 2025.
Allen Garfield
Allen Garfield (born Allan Goorwitz; November 22, 1939 – April 7, 2020) was an American character actor from Newark, New Jersey, trained at the Actors Studio, known for villains and corrupt officials in The Conversation, Nashville, The Stunt Man, and Beverly Hills Cop II; he died of COVID-19 in Woodland Hills, California.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997), American Beat poet, author of "Howl" (1956) and "Kaddish"; obscenity trial, National Book Award, Naropa co-founder, Stanford archive, 2026 centennial.
Allen Graves
Allen Graves (born 2006) is an American NBA forward for the Toronto Raptors, drafted 19th overall in 2026 from Santa Clara, where he won WCC Freshman and Sixth Man of the Year; a Ponchatoula High School Gatorade Louisiana Player of the Year.
Allen H. Goldstein
Allen H. Goldstein is an American atmospheric chemist, Professor and MacArthur Foundation Chair at UC Berkeley, known for the Blodgett Forest flux record and secondary organic aerosol research.
Allen High School (Texas)
Allen High School is a public high school in Allen, Texas, serving grades 10 through 12 as part of the Allen Independent School District, with enrollment over 5,000 students.
Allen Hurns
Allen Bernard Hurns (born 1991, Miami) is a former NFL wide receiver, undrafted in 2014, who starred for Jacksonville with 1,031 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2015 and later played for Dallas and Miami.
Allen I. Arieff
Allen I. Arieff (1938–2022) was an American nephrologist and UCSF professor whose landmark 1986 New England Journal of Medicine study showed postoperative hyponatremia could kill healthy surgical patients.
Allen Independent School District
Allen Independent School District (Allen ISD) is a public school district in Allen, Collin County, Texas, with 20,092 students in 23 schools, an overall A state rating in 2025, and Eagle Stadium, home of the Class 6A Allen Eagles.
Allen Institute for AI
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is a Seattle nonprofit AI research institute founded by Paul Allen in 2014, known for its fully open OLMo language models.
Allen Institute for Brain Science
The Allen Institute for Brain Science is a nonprofit research institute in Seattle, founded in 2003 by Paul G. Allen to map the brain and share data openly.
Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson (born 1975, Hampton, Virginia), nicknamed The Answer, is a Hall of Fame NBA guard, 1996 first overall pick, 2001 MVP, four-time scoring champion, and 11-time All-Star who led the 76ers to the 2001 Finals.
Allen J. Dietrich
Allen J. Dietrich (1947–2024) was an American family medicine researcher at Dartmouth, elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1996 for improving preventive care in primary practices.
Allen J. Ellender
Allen J. Ellender (1890–1972), Louisiana Democrat in the U.S. Senate 1937–1972, 18-year Agriculture Committee chairman, later Appropriations chairman and Senate president pro tempore, segregationist who signed the Southern Manifesto.
Allen J. Taylor
Allen J. Taylor is an American cardiologist who chairs cardiology at MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute in Washington, D.C., after 20 years in the United States Army at Walter Reed.
Allen J. Wilcox
Allen J. Wilcox, born 1946, is an American reproductive epidemiologist at NIEHS whose Early Pregnancy Study established the fertile window and showed one-third of pregnancies end in loss.
Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson is a celebrated American 110m hurdler who secured the 1996 Olympic gold medal and four World outdoor titles between 1995 and 2003.
Allen Joines
Allen Joines is an American Democratic politician and the longest-serving mayor in the history of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, first elected in 2001 after 29 years in city government.
Allen Jones (artist)
Allen Jones (born 1937, Southampton) is a British Pop Art painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Royal Academician since 1986, best known for erotic fiberglass furniture sculptures such as Hatstand, Table, Chair (1969) and large steel public works.
Allen Joseph Bard
Allen Joseph Bard, known as Allen J. Bard, was an American electrochemist at the University of Texas at Austin, called the father of modern electrochemistry.
Allen Kelley
Allen Kelley (Earl Allen Kelley, 1932–2016), American basketball guard; University of Kansas 1952 NCAA champion, 1954 World Championship and 1960 Rome Olympics gold medalist with the USA; Peoria Caterpillars AAU player.
Allen Kerr (plant pathologist)
Allen Kerr (1926–2023) was a Scottish-born Australian plant pathologist at the University of Adelaide whose crown gall work enabled biological control and plant genetic engineering.
Allen Klein
Allen Klein (1931–2009), American business manager and ABKCO founder, managed the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, recovered unpaid royalties for Sam Cooke, and later won full publishing on the Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony".
Allen Latham Jr.
Allen "Jack" Latham Jr. (1908–2003) was an American mechanical and industrial engineer who invented the disposable Latham bowl for centrifugal blood separation and founded Haemonetics in 1971 to build blood-processing equipment.
Allen Lazard
Allen Lazard, born 1995, Urbandale, Iowa; NFL wide receiver, Iowa State record-holder (241 catches, 3,360 yards), undrafted 2018, Packers 2018-2022, Jets 2023-2025 on a $44 million deal, released December 2025.
Allen Lee Davis
Allen Lee "Tiny" Davis, Florida triple murderer executed July 8, 1999 in the state's new electric chair; his bloody, botched electrocution was Florida's last and spurred constitutional challenges.
Allen Leech
Allen Leech (born Alan Leech, 1981, Killiney, Ireland) is an Irish actor known as Tom Branson in Downton Abbey, John Cairncross in The Imitation Game, and Paul Prenter in Bohemian Rhapsody.
Allen Levi
Allen Levi is an American singer-songwriter and novelist who transitioned from law. He has released twenty-three albums and published the New York Times bestseller Theo of Golden.