Clergy and Philanthropists
- William Allen (cardinal) (1532–1594), English Roman Catholic cardinal priest
- William Allen (Quaker) (1770–1843), English Quaker, scientist and philanthropist
- William Allen (philanthropist) (1790–1856), English-Australian philanthropist
- William Allen (Congregationalist) (1847–1919), English-born, Australian Congregational clergyman
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“To impose celibacy on such a large body as the clergy of the Catholic Church is not to forbid it to have wives but to order it to be content with the wives of others.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)