[al-uh
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| 1. | (Charles) Grant (Blair⋅fin⋅die) [blair-fin-dee] , (“Cecil Power”; “J. Arbuthnot Wilson”), 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist. |
| 2. | Ethan, 1738–89, American soldier in the Revolutionary War: leader of the “Green Mountain Boys” of Vermont. |
| 3. | Fred (John Florence Sullivan), 1894–1956, U.S. comedian. |
| 4. | Frederick Lewis, 1890–1954, U.S. historian and editor. |
| 5. | Gracie (Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen), 1905–64, U.S. comedian (partner and wife of George Burns). |
| 6. | Richard, 1760–1831, U.S. clergyman: a founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. |
| 7. | William, 1532–1594, English Catholic cardinal in exile. |
| 8. | (William) Her⋅vey [hur-vee] , 1889–1949, U.S. novelist, poet, and biographer. |
| 9. | Woody (Allen Stewart Konigsberg), born 1935, U.S. comedian, author, actor, and filmmaker. |
| 10. | a male given name. |
| Allen, Woody Originally Allen Stewart Konigsberg. Born 1935. American comic actor, writer, and filmmaker whose films include Annie Hall (1977), which won two Academy Awards, Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), and Everyone Says I Love You (1996). |
A twentieth-century American comic author. Since the late 1960s, he has been directing films and acting in them, usually playing a neurotic, bookish New Yorker (see New York City). Some of his best-known films are Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Hannah and Her Sisters.
Allen Al·len (āl'ən), Edgar. 1892-1943.
American anatomist who is noted for his studies of hormones and for the discovery (1923) of estrogen.