Robert Allen may refer to:
- Robert Allen (Tennessee) (1778–1844), American Congressman from Tennessee
- Robert Allen (Virginia) (1794–1859), American Congressman from Virginia
- Robert Allen (general) (1811–1886), American Civil War general
- Robert Allen (composer) (1928–2000), American songwriter
- Robert Allen (poet) 20th century Nothumbrian (dialect) poet
- Robert Allen (lexicographer) (born 1944), British lexicographer and author
- Robert Allen (boxer) (born 1969), American professional boxer
- Robert Allen (singer), British singer and contestant on The X Factor
- Robert E. Lee Allen (1865–1951), American Representative from West Virginia
- Robert Eugene Allen (born 1935), American telecommunications businessman
- Robert G. Allen (author) (born 1948), American real estate author
- Robert G. Allen (1902–1963), American businessman and politician
- Robert L. Allen (born 1942), American writer
- Robert Livingston Allen (1916-1982), American educator and linguist
- Robert S. Allen (1900–1981), American journalist
- Robert (Tex) Allen (1906–1998), American film actor
- Robert William Otto Allen (1847-1926), Danish composer
- See also
- Bob Allen (disambiguation)
- Bobby Allen (born 1978), ice hockey player
- Robert Allan (disambiguation)
Famous quotes containing the words robert allen, robert and/or allen:
“Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon—but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx—the world went around, it didn’t stop for a second. It’s sad but true. John Kennedy, right?”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
“Dr. Birdsell, my dramatic coach in school, always said that I was the most melancholy Dane that he had ever directed.”
—Donald Freed, U.S. screenwriter, and Arnold M. Stone. Robert Altman. Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall)
“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)