Famous People with Name Allan

Allan Linder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Linder: is an American artist living in New York. He is a painter, sculptor, illustrator and writer. He uses a variety of media, but mostly acrylic paint on canvas.

Allan Birnbaum            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Birnbaum: was an American statistician who contributed to statistical inference, foundations of statistics, statistical genetics, statistical psychology, and history of statistics.

Allan Ánthony Costly            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Ánthony Costly: is a retired Honduran football player who played in Honduras for Real España and in Spain for Málaga CF. He also represented Honduras at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. His son is Carlo Costly.

Allan Lalín            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Lalín: is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for Real España. He is also a member for the Honduras national football team and made his debut for the national side in 2006. He went on trial with Wisla Kraków, current champions of the Polish League but failed to impress and returned to Honduras without a contract. He is also cousin's with Hendry Thomas.

Allan Alemán            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Alemán: is a Costa Rican professional football player who plays for Liberia Mia in the Primera División de Costa Rica.Alemán has made ten appearances for the senior Costa Rica national football team, his debut coming in a friendly against Chile on June 2, 2007.He appeared in two matches for Costa Rica at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

George William Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George William Allan: was a Canadian politician. His mother Leah Tyrer, daughter of Dr. John Gamble, married Hon. William Allan, of York (Toronto), U.C. Allan's father, William, was a pioneer who settled what was then the Township of York during John Graves Simcoe's term as Governor. William Allan eventually became the city's first postmaster and was appointed to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada and was a supporter of the Family Compact.He was a Toronto alderman from 1849 until 1855, when he was elected the 11th Mayor of Toronto. In 1858, he entered national politics representing York on the Legislative Council until Canadian Confederation. In 1867 he was nominated to the Canadian Senate as one of its first members and sat as a Conservative. In 1869 he was appointed government trustee for municipal bond fund of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway. He was chairman of the Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce for many years and was Speaker from 1888 until 1891. He remained in the Upper House until his death in 1901.

Nancy Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nancy Allan: is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She is currently a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Greg Selinger.In the 2003 election, Allan was re-elected with over 63% of the popular vote. On November 4, 2003, she entered cabinet as Minister of Labour of Immigration, with responsibility for Multiculturalism, Status of Women and administration of the Workers Compensation Act. Allan was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election.

James Noble Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Noble Allan: was a Canadian politician. Allan was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1951 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Haldimand—Norfolk. In 1955, he was appointed by Ontario Premier Leslie Frost to the cabinet as Minister of Highways. At the time, this was the government's largest department, and Allan oversaw a budget of $200 million. He was in charge of 8,000 employees. During his term, 10,000 miles of highways were built. In 1958, Allan became Frost's finance minister, and introduced the province's first sales tax, nicknamed the "Frost bite" at a rate of 3%. When Frost retired, Allan ran in the 1961 PC leadership convention, placing fourth. He was the last Ontario finance minister to report a budget surplus until the late 1990s. He retired from cabinet altogether in 1968, although he kept his seat in the legislature until retiring from politics altogether when the 1975 election was called.

Henry William Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry William Allan: was a Canadian politician, merchant and produce dealer. He was elected in 1891 as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Essex South, Ontario representing the Liberal Party. He was defeated in the 1878 election when he ran in the riding of Norfolk South. Prior to his federal political experience, he was elected as a councillor in Norfolk County, Ontario and as reeve in Walsingham, Ontario.

Hugh Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hugh Allan: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Blenheim Township, Canada West and became a clerk, conveyancer and notary. He was elected to Parliament at the Oxford North riding in the 1926 general election when he defeated Conservative incumbent Donald Sutherland. After serving his only term, the 16th Canadian Parliament, Allan was defeated by Sutherland in the 1930 federal election.