Allen is a Scottish name and surname which means "handsome". Variant spellings include Alan, Allan, etc. The noble family of this surname, from which a branch went to Portugal, is descended of one Alanus de Buckenhall.
Allen may refer to:
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Famous quotes containing the word allen:
“You don’t need a weatherman
To know which way the wind blows.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
“I have misplaced the Van Allen belt
the sewers and the drainage,
the urban renewal and the suburban centers.
I have forgotten the names of the literary critics.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)