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:
“We, the lineal representatives of the successful enactors of one scene of slaughter after another, must, whatever more pacific virtues we may also possess, still carry about with us, ready at any moment to burst into flame, the smoldering and sinister traits of character by means of which they lived through so many massacres, harming others, but themselves unharmed.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)