Military Figures
- John Allen (Irish nationalist) (died 1855), Irish nationalist, later a colonel in the French army
- John Allen (soldier) (1771–1813), American Army officer killed in the War of 1812
- John R. Allen (born 1953), United States Marine Corps general
- John R. Allen, Jr. (born 1935), United States Air Force general
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