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Allen, William (1803–1879)| US representative and governor. A Democrat Representative and then Senator, Allen acted as a spokesperson for President James Polk during the deliberations at the start of the Mexican War. An antiwar Democrat during the Civil War, he was governor of Ohio 1874–76. |
| An ardent expansionist, Allen was chairman of the committee on foreign relations. His statue is in the US Capitol. |
Allen, William (McPherson) (1900–1985)| US aircraft manufacturer. Allen was chief executive officer of Boeing Aircraft, 1945–72, overseeing its rise to become the world's largest commercial jet transport producer. |
Allen, William (1532–1594)| English cardinal. His Catholicism conflicted with Elizabeth I's ecclesiastical policy and he went into exile in Europe. He lived in Rome from 1585 and his efforts for the reconversion of England to Catholicism became more political from this time. He was created a cardinal in 1587. |
| Allen founded the Catholic seminary at Douai in 1568 (later transferred to Rheims), which attracted students from English recusant families and soon provided Catholic missionaries to England. He was also instrumental in the founding of an English Jesuit college in Rome in 1579. The translation of the Douai Bible was begun by Allen. |
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