Politicians
- William Allen alias Helyer, MP for Westbury
- William Allen (MP for Calne), 1553–1572, MP for Calne
- William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), American politician from Ohio
- William F. Allen (New York) (1808–1878), American judge and politician
- William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), American congressman from Ohio
- William J. Allen (1829–1901), American congressman from Illinois and federal judge
- William Fessenden Allen (1831–1906), American businessman and royal adivsor in the Kingdom of Hawaii
- William Shepherd Allen (1831–1915), English Liberal politician
- William V. Allen (1847–1924), American jurist and senator from Nebraska
- William Allen (UK politician) (1866–1947), Northern Irish unionist politician
- William Allen (National Liberal politician) (1870–1945), British politician
- William F. Allen (1883–1946), American businessman and politician
- William Edward David Allen (1901–1973), British politician and historian
- William W. Allen (Pennsylvania politician) (1908–1992), Pennsylvania politician
- William S. Allen (fl. 1910s), Iowa Secretary of State, 1913–1918
- William Allen Egan (1914–1984), first governor of Alaska
- William Allen (Canadian politician) (1919–1985), Canadian politician from Toronto
- William James Gilbert Allen (born 1946), politician from Saskatchewan, Canada
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