Van Allen

Van Allen may refer to:

  • Van Allen Building, a four story building in Clinton, Iowa
  • Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth

People named Van Allen:

  • James Van Allen (1914-2006), American space scientist
  • John Delbert Van Allen (1850-1928), retail dry goods merchant and department store owner
  • Mark van Allen (born 1954), American musician
  • Shaun Van Allen (born 1967), former hockey player
  • Van Allen Plexico (born 1968), science fiction and fantasy author

Famous quotes containing the words van and/or allen:

    “If ... boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?”
    —Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890)

    “Although the masters make the rules
    For the wise men and the fools
    I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.”
    —Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)