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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“I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)