James Allan may refer to:
- James Alexander Allan (1879–1967), Australian poet
- James Allan (Australian footballer) (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
- James Allan (diplomat) (born 1932), British diplomat
- James Allan (footballer) (1857–1911), Scottish schoolmaster and footballer, founder of Sunderland A.F.C.
- James Allan (footballer born 1860s), Scottish international footballer
- James Allan (musician) (born 1979), lead singer and guitarist and former footballer
- James Allan (politician) (1894–1992), Canada politician
- James Allan (rugby) (1860–1934), New Zealand rugby union player
- James Allan (bishop) (born 1928), retired Canadian Anglican bishop
- Jock Allan, Scottish footballer
Famous quotes containing the words james and/or allan:
“There are moods in which one feels the impulse to enter a tacit protest against too gross an appetite for pure aesthetics in this starving and sinning world. One turns half away, musingly, from certain beautiful useless things.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)