Alan West may refer to:
- Alan West (footballer) (born 1951), English midfielder
- Alan West, Baron West of Spithead (born 1948), British politician and admiral in the Royal Navy
- Alan West, former vocalist of English death metal band Bolt Thrower
Famous quotes containing the words alan and/or west:
“It is very considerably smaller than Australia and British Somaliland put together. As things stand at present there is nothing much the Texans can do about this, and ... they are inclined to shy away from the subject in ordinary conversation, muttering defensively about the size of oranges.”
—Alex Atkinson, British humor writer. repr. In Present Laughter, ed. Alan Coren (1982)
“There is no human failure greater than to launch a profoundly important endeavour and then leave it half done. This is what the West has done with its colonial system. It shook all the societies in the world loose from their old moorings. But it seems indifferent whether or not they reach safe harbour in the end.”
—Barbara Ward (1914–1981)