Richard, Rick, or Dick Allen may refer to:

Arts

• Dick Allen (poet) (born 1939), American poet, literary critic and academic
• Richard Allen (abstract artist) (1933-1999), British painter
• Richard Allen (pen name) (James Moffat, 1922-1993), British novelist
• Richard J. Allen (born 1959), American television writer
• Richard James Allen (born 1960), Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker

Music

• Richard "Pistol" Allen (1932-2002), African-American musician, drummer for the Funk Brothers
• Richard B. Allen (1927-2007), American jazz historian and author
• Rick Allen (drummer) (born 1963), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard
• Rick Allen (keyboardist) (born 1946), American musician
• Rick Allen (organist) (born c. 1940), Grammy nominated blues, rock and R&B organist and pianist

Other

• Richard Allen (politician) (born 1929), Canadian politician
• Richard V. Allen (born 1936), American National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan
• Richard Allen (bishop) (1760-1831), African-American bishop, founder of AME Church
• Dick Allen (born 1942), American baseball player
• Richard Allen (field hockey) (1902-1969), Indian field hockey player
• Richard Allen (abolitionist) (1803-1886), draper, philanthropist and abolitionist in Dublin
• Richard L. Allen (1803-1869), United States agricultural writer
• Richard William Allen (1820-1955), English mechanical engineer

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