Famous People with Name Allan

Allan D. "Al" DeKruif            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan D. "Al" DeKruif: is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represents District 25, which includes portions of Le Sueur, Rice, Scott and Sibley counties in the south central part of the state. A Republican, he a consultant and owner of DeKruif Ente

Sir Allan Napier MacNab            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir Allan Napier MacNab: was a Canadian political leader and Premier of the Province of Canada before Canadian Confederation (1854–1856).As a member of the legislature, MacNab opposed the reform movement in Upper Canada led by William Lyon Mackenzie. When Mackenzie led the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837, MacNab was part of the British militia that moved against Mackenzie at Montgomery's Tavern in Toronto on 7 December, dispersing Mackenzie's rebels in less than an hour. On 29 December, MacNab and Captain Andrew Drew of the Royal Navy commanding a party of militia, acting on information and guidance from Alexander McLeod, attacked Mackenzie's supply ship at Navy Island. The sinking of the SS Caroline became known as the Caroline affair.

Allan Joseph MacEachen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Joseph MacEachen: is a retired Canadian politician, a many-time Cabinet minister, a retired Senator, one of Canada's elder statesmen, and was the first Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, serving from 1977 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.

Allan F. Leach            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan F. Leach: is a former transportation executive and politician in Ontario, Canada. In the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s he was the head of GO Transit and later the Toronto Transit Commission. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.Leach was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1995 Ontario election, narrowly defeating Liberal incumbent Tim Murphy and New Democrat Brent Hawkes in the downtown Toronto riding of St. George—St. David. His victory was generally considered an upset. In 1995, the Progressive Conservative Party's electoral strength was concentrated in rural areas and the commuter regions around Toronto -- Leach's victory in an urbane, downtown riding was atypical of his party's showing elsewhere. Many consider Leach's victory to have been the result of a vote split between the Liberal and NDP candidates: he received less than 34% of the riding's vote, out polling Murphy by only 337 votes and Hawkes by 963.

Allan Edward Reuter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allan Edward Reuter: was an Canadian politician and Speaker of the Ontario Legislature in the 1970s.Reuter was elected to the Preston town council in 1959 but resigned in 1961 in protest of the method in which the reeve was chosen. He returned in 1962 as mayor and then ran for and was elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly as the Progressive Conservative MPP for Waterloo South in the 1963 provincial election and was re-elected in 1967 and 1971.

Johnnie Allan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Johnnie Allan: real name John Allen Guillot, is a pioneer of the swamp pop musical genre.In 1956 he saw Elvis Presley perform live on the Louisiana Hayride music program, and shortly afterwards Allan began to play rock and roll music. In 1958 he left Walker to form the Krazy Kats, and in doing so helped to pioneer what became known as swamp pop music.

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.