Famous People with Name Allison

Allison Louise Crowe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allison Louise Crowe: a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist from Nanaimo, British Columbia who now also lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, communities spanning the breadth of Canada. Crowe records on her own record label, Rubenesque Records Ltd. (formed in 2003).Allison Crowe's first full-length albums, Secrets and Tidings, were released in 2004, when Crowe was 22. (Tidings was originally released in EP form in 2003.) Allison Crowe: Live at Wood Hall, a double concert album, was released in July 2005. A DVD featuring live-in-the-studio performances of Tidings songs was created for her fan club in November 2005.

Allison Hossack            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allison Hossack: an actress. She attended schools in Steinbach and Killarney, Manitoba, later graduating from the Brandon University School of Music in 1988 with a B.Mus. where she majored in voice.Shortly after graduation she was offered a lead part in a Toronto production of Frankenstein, but turned it down in order to appear on the TV series Another World.Her television roles include Another World from 1989 to 1992; Cobra from 1993 to 1994; Profit in 1996; Hope Island in 1999; and Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital in 2004. She starred in the Canadian TV series, Falcon Beach in 2006. Hossack has made guest appearances on television shows such as Sliders, Mysterious Ways, Da Vinci's Inquest, The Outer Limits, Stargate and Stargate: Atlantis. She currently star in the TV series Reaper as Mrs. Oliver.

Allison Balson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allison Balson: American child actress, currently working as a singer. Her best known role was Nancy Oleson on the Little House on the Prairie series which she held between 1981 and 1984. She graduated valedictorian from her high school and went on to receive a Bachelor'

Allison Iraheta            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allison Iraheta: is an American singer from Los Angeles, California. She is best known for being a finalist on American Idol 8.

Allison Moorer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allison Moorer: a Grammy-nominated American alternative country singer and the younger sister of Shelby Lynne. She signed to MCA Nashville in 1998 and made her debut on the U.S. Billboard country charts with the release of her debut single "A Soft Place To Fall", which r

Jim Allison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jim Allison: was an American college and professional football player. A running back, he played college football at San Diego State University, He was drafted with the seventh pick in the 12th round of the American Football League college draft in 1965, and played professionally in the AFL for the San Diego Chargers from 1965 through 1968.

Samuel King Allison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Samuel King Allison: was an American physicist, most notable for his role in the Manhattan Project — where among other things he read the countdown for the detonation of the "Trinity" test — and his postwar work in the "scientists' movement".Samuel K. Allison was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Chicago for his undergraduate degree as well as for his PhD (in chemistry, though his thesis was related to experimental physics). From 1923 until 1925 he was a research fellow at Harvard University and from 1925 until 1926 he was a research fellow at the Carnegie Institution From 1926 until 1928 he taught physics at University of California, Berkeley, after which he returned to the University of Chicago, where he studied the Compton effect and the dynamical theory of x-ray diffraction. He developed a high resolution x-ray spectrometer with a graduate student, John H. Williams.

Ray Allison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ray Allison: is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers and Philadelphia Flyers.Following a phenomenal junior career, Allison became the first ever draft pick in the history of the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes franchise. He was expected to be a franchise player but failed to impress during his rookie season.

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison: is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. He was part of the "Alabama Gang," and is the brother of 1983 champion Bobby Allison and uncle of Davey Allison.

Aimee Allison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aimee Allison: is an author, public affairs television host, political activist, and a leader of the counter-recruitment movement. Since September 2007, she has been a co-host of The Morning Show on Pacifica station KPFA, 94.1 FM in Berkeley, California[1].Since the Gulf War she has been active in opposing recruitment by the armed forces. She is the co-author with David Solnit of the book Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War and Build a Better World which was published in 2007 by Seven Stories Press.[3] She's also a contributor to 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military.