Famous People with Name Allan

Allan Oviedo Rodríguez            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Oviedo Rodríguez: is a Costa Rican former striker.

Allan Henning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Henning: is a former professional golfer from South Africa.He has won 10 tournaments on the South African Sunshine Tour between 1963 and 1980. His biggest win was the South African Open when it was played twice in 1963. He also secured a big win at the South Afric

Allan Brown            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Brown: is a South African-born Canadian soccer player, currently without a club. Brown turned professional in 2008, playing with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Second Division.

Allan Craig Douglas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Craig Douglas: is a former Bermudian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He played two List A matches for Bermuda in the 1996 Red Stripe Bowl. He also played in three ICC Trophy tournaments, including the 1982 event in which Bermuda finished as runners-up to Zimbabwe.

Allan S. Kwartler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan S. Kwartler: was an American sabre and foil fencer. He was Pan-American sabre champion, 3-time Olympian, and twice a member of sabre teams that earned 4th-place in Olympic Games (1952, 1960).

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.

Colonel John Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Colonel John Allan: was a Canadian politician who became an officer with the Massachusetts Militia in the American Revolutionary War. At Halifax, John Allan became a justice of the peace and clerk of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. He also represented Cumberland township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1775 to 1776.