Famous People with Name Allen

Allen Kelsey Grammer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allen Kelsey Grammer: Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally (née Cranmer), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar and grill. He is descended from Massachussets Governor Thomas Dudley. His parents' marriage ended when he was young; his mother took him to live with her, and he was partly raised in New Jersey by his maternal grandparents, Evangeline Dimmock and Gordon Cranmer.

Allen Funt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allen Funt: was an American producer-director, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular show or a series of specials. Its most notable run was from 1960 to 1967 on CBS.

Allen Wilford Brimley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allen Wilford Brimley: is an American actor.Brimley became famous later in life for appearing in such films as The Hotel New Hampshire, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Cocoon. In 2001 he starred in the Turner Network Television film Crossfire Trail with Tom Selleck. He had an important role in The China Syndrome. He often plays a gruff or stodgy old man, notably on the 1980s drama series Our House. His first characterization was in Absence of Malice, in which he played a small but key role as a curmudgeonly, outspoken James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He expanded on this characterization in The Natural, as the world-weary manager of a hapless baseball team. He is known to Star Wars fans as Noa Briqualon in George Lucas' 1985 made-for-TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.

Allen Skillicorn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allen Skillicorn: an amateur and semi-professional American race driver. Skillicorn has won two National Auto Sport Association National Championships.SkillicornÆs racing career began in 1990's, driving a Ford Mustang in SCCA autocross, and then to road racing, track days, time trials, motorcycles, and instructing at HPDEÆs.

Allen Alvarado            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Allen Alvarado: an American child actor. He played Lex Marin in the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down. He has appeared in 15 commercials.[1]

James Cameron Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Cameron Allen: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He moved to Indiana in 1830. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Sullivan, Indiana. He served as prosecuting attorney for the seventh judicial district of Indiana 1846-1848.

John Clayton Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Clayton Allen: was an American politician who represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1925-1933. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at both places. He was a member of the McCook City Council 1887-1889; mayor of McCook, Nebraska in 1890; an

Leo Elwood Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Leo Elwood Allen: was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for fourteen terms, 1933–1961, representing the 13th District of Illinois 1933–1949, and the 16th District of Illinois 1949–1961. He was born in Elizabeth, Illinois and was educated at

William Joshua Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Joshua Allen: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois during much of the American Civil War, and was later a United States federal judge. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and was an enrolling and engrossing clerk for the Illinois state legislature in 1849 and 1851. H

John J. Allen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John J. Allen: was mayor of Ottawa, Canada, from 1931 to 1933. He served as president of the Rotary Club in the city and later served as district governor. During Allen's term as mayor, he initiated repairs of the city sewer system which helped generate employment during the Great Depression.