- Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison (died December 3, 1999) was a psychic, best known for a sketch she drew related to the JonBenét Ramsey murder case. John and Patsy Ramsey posted the composite sketch of a suspect, compiled by Allison, on their Internet site with the attached message: "Have you seen this man? This man may have been in the Boulder area in December 1996. - James Allison Jr.
James Allison, Jr. (October 4, 1772-June 17, 1854) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. James Allison, Jr. (father of John Allison) was born near Elkton, Maryland. He moved with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1774. At seventeen years of age he enrolled in the school of David Johnson of Beaver, Pennsylvania. He saw service in the Indian warfare at Yellow Creek. - Graham T. Allison
Mr. Allison is the director of the Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Mr. Karaganov is deputy director of the Institute of Europe at Russia's Academy of Sciences. They contributed this comment to the International Herald Tribune. - Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. She was raised in Greenville, South Carolina, the first child of her 15-year-old, unwed mother. She is legally blind in her right eye. - Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr. (born November 11, 1927) is an American jazz pianist and singer. He was born in Tippo, Mississippi, in rural Tallahatchie County, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. He played piano in grammar school and trumpet in high school. He went to college at the University of Mississippi and Louisiana State University. He received a BA in English. After serving in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York City and launched his jazz career. - Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison (born December 3, 1937 in Miami, Florida) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. - Bob Allison
William Robert "Bob" Allison (July 11, 1934 - April 9, 1995) was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played in the American League for the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins from 1959 to 1970. He was born in Raytown, Missouri. A gifted all-around athlete, Allison was a star baseball and football player at the University of Kansas. In his major league career, he hit 30 or more home runs three times and 20 or more in eight different seasons. - Julia Allison
Julia Allison is an American journalist. She is an editor-at-large for "Star" and a columnist for "Time Out New York". She is a former contributor to a weekly social column entitled "The Dating Life" which appeared in "AM New York", a daily newspaper with a 325,000 circulation among Manhattanites. Allison is originally from Wilmette, a northern suburb of Chicago. - Luther Allison
Luther Allison (August 17, 1939 - August 12, 1997) was an American blues guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas and moved with his family, at age twelve, to Chicago, Illinois in 1951. He had taught himself guitar while in Arkansas and began listening to blues extensively. Three years later he began hanging outside blues clubs with the hopes of being invited to perform. He played with Howlin' Wolf's band and backed up James Cotton. - Jerry Allison
Jerry Ivan Allison (born August 31, 1939, in Hillsboro, Texas) is an American musician, best known for being the drummer for The Crickets. He was also a prolific composer. Allison was an inventive, visionary drummer who tried out new patterns, new percussion instruments, or came up with whatever inventive beat that fitted best with the guitar and vocal mood set up by Buddy Holly. In the early days at the Lubbock Youth Center, … - Lyn Allison
Lynette Fay "Lyn" Allison (born 21 October 1946) has been an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate since July 1996, representing the state of Victoria. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was educated at the University of Melbourne. She was an administrator, secondary school teacher and Director of the Employment and Economic Development Corporation before entering politics. She was a member of the Port Melbourne City Council 1992-94. - Dean Allison
Dean Allison is a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook. Born in London, Ontario, he was first elected in 2004, but he also ran in the 2000 elections for the Canadian Alliance in the riding of Erie—Lincoln. He lost to John Maloney of the Liberal Party of Canada. During his first term, he has served as a member of the House Public Accounts Committee. - Fran Allison
Fran Allison was a television comedian and singer. She is best known for her starring role in the puppet show "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", which ran from 1947-57, returning to the air regularly until the mid 1980s. The trio also hosted "The CBS Children's Film Festival", introducing international children's films in the late 60s and 70s. Allison was born in La Porte City, Iowa. Earlier in her career she was a regular performer on "The Breakfast Club", … - Dot Allison
Dot Allison (b. Dorothy Elliot Allison on 17 August 1969 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish singer and songwriter who has made significant inroads in electronic music circles, most notably as a result of her tenure fronting the band One Dove in the early 1990s. In addition to solo ventures, Allison's career has concentrated on collaborative efforts, and has seen her work beside the likes of Death in Vegas, Hal David, Arab Strap, Scottish dance troupe Slam, … - Wayne Allison
Wayne Allison (born 16 October 1968 in Huddersfield) is a football (soccer) Centre Forward currently playing for the English League One side Chesterfield. In a career spanning over 20 years; he has played for 8 clubs and scored over 170 goals. Allison, who is nicknamed the "Chief", began his career at home town club Westend Juniors and was the first player from that amateur side to turn professional. - George Allison
George Allison was an English football journalist, broadcaster and manager. Born in Darlington, Allison started out as a journalist in his native North East, before moving to London in 1905. He became associated with Woolwich Arsenal, becoming the club's programme editor. He continued his association with the team after they moved to Highbury and renamed themselves "Arsenal", and was commentator on the very first FA Cup final to be broadcast on the radio, … - Guy Allison
Guy Allison (born Los Angeles, April 23rd, 1959) is an American composer, pianist and producer. His first record deal was signed with a band called Lodgic on A&M Records in 1985. This band included Michael Sherwood, Billy Sherwood, Jimmy Haun and Gary Starnes. The band was discovered by the 80's group Toto and was subsequently produced by Toto members David Paich and Steve Porcaro (also credited are Greg Ladanyi and Tom Knox). - May Allison
May Allison (June 14, 1890 - March 27, 1989) was an American stage and film actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the twentieth century in the medium of silent film. - Jamie Allison
Jamie Allison (Born May 13 1975, in Lindsay, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defence player in the National Hockey League who has played for the Calgary Flames. Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators, Florida Panthers, and recently signed with the Ottawa Senators. - Aundrae Allison
Aundrae Akeem "Drae" Allison (born June 25, 1984 in Kannapolis, North Carolina) is an American football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He attended college at East Carolina University (ECU). He was chosen by the Vikings in the 5th round of the 2007 NFL draft. - Joe Allison
Joe Marion Allison (October 3, 1924 - August 2, 2002) was an American Hall of Fame songwriter, a radio and television personality, a record producer, and a country music business executive. Born in McKinney, Texas, Joe Allison worked as a commercial artist before embarking on a career in the entertainment industry, first as a disc jockey on a Paris, Texas radio station. In 1945, after a few years on radio, … - Brooke Allison
Brooke Allison (born Brooke Allison Adams, on September 26, 1986 in Lampass, Fort Worth, Texas, United States) is an american pop singer who got notable in the early 2000s with her minor hit "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)". The song included a sample of the AOL sign off audio ("Goodbye"). - Scott Allison
Scott Allison (born 3 November 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent, having been released by Cardiff City. - Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison (born 5 September 1927 in Dartford) is an English former football player and manager. - Samuel King Allison
Samuel King Allison (November 13, 1900 - September 15, 1965) was an American physicist, most notable for his role in the Manhattan Project - where among other things he read the countdown for the detonation of the "Trinity" test - and his postwar work in the "scientists' movement". - Ben Allison
Ben Allison (c. 1966) is an American jazz double bassist and composer born in New Haven, Connecticut. He performs with the groups Peace Pipe, New Quartet, Medicine Wheel, the Kush Trio, and the Herbie Nichols Project (which he co-leads with pianist Frank Kimbrough). At the age of 25 he formed the Jazz Composers Collective, a New York City nonprofit organization, serving as that organization's Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence. - John A. Allison IV
John A. Allison IV is the chairman and chief executive officer of BB&T Corporation, a financial holdings company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with more than $100 billion in managed assets. Allison was born on August 14, 1948, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He began his career with BB&T in 1971 following his graduation from the University of North Carolina with a degree in business administration. - Drummond Allison
Drummond Allison (1921- 2 December 1943) was an English war poet of World War II. He was born in Caterham, Surrey, and educated at Bishop's Stortford College and at Queen's College, Oxford. After Sandhurst training, he became an intelligence officer in the East Surrey Regiment. He served in North Africa and Italy, where he was killed in action fighting on the Garigliano. - Donnie Allison
Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison (born September 7, 1939) is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. He was part of the "Alabama Gang," and is the brother of 1983 champion Bobby Allison and uncle of Davey Allison. Donnie is possibly most remembered for his involvement in a final-lap crash and subsequent fight with Cale Yarborough at the 1979 Daytona 500. - Cliff Allison
Henry Clifford Allison (b. 8 February 1932, Brough, Westmorland - d. 7 April 2005, Brough, "(now)" Cumbria) was a racing driver who participated in Formula One during seasons to for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and UDT Laystall teams. He suffered a major crash behind the wheel of his Ferrari while practicing for the 1960 Monaco Grand Prix and it took him almost the rest of the year to recover from the injuries. - William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 - August 4, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician. - Clay Allison
Clay Allison (September 2, 1840 - July 3, 1887), was a gunfighter and well known historic figure of the American Old West. - Wilmer Allison
Wilmer Lawson Allison, Jr. (born December 8, 1904 in San Antonio, Texas - died April 20, 1977 in Austin, Texas) was an American amateur tennis champion of the 1930s. Allison's career was somewhat overshadowed by the arrival of Don Budge, but he was both a fine singles player and, along with his frequent partner, John Van Ryn, a great doubles player. Right-handed, Allison's greatest triumph was winning the 1935 U.S. Championship singles, … - Dave Allison
Dave Allison (born April 14, 1959 in Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada) is a former career minor league professional ice hockey player and current head coach of the Iowa Stars ice hockey team of the American Hockey League (AHL). He once briefly coached the Ottawa Senators. - Doug Allison
Douglas L. Allison (born July 12, 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died December 19, 1916 in Washington, DC) played catcher for the original Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first fully professional baseball team. He was a specialist catcher at a time when some of the better batsmen who manned the position normally rested or substituted at other fielding positions. - Brett Allison
Brett Allison (born May 26 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the VFL/AFL. Allison played as a crumbing forward pocket or half-forward flanker and is perhaps best remembered for his Mark of the Year in 1992, as well as being a premiership player in 1996 and 1999. He was known for his "front and square" ability to get the ball and sharp shooting around goals. - May Allison
May Allison (born October 29, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former long-distance runner from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished the women's marathon in 52nd place. - Jason Allison
Jason Paul Allison (born May 29 1975, in North York, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey centre in the NHL, who is currently an unrestricted free agent. - Abraham K. Allison
Abraham Kurkindolle Allison (December 10, 1810 - July 8, 1893) was the sixth governor of Florida, serving just 49 days as governor. After Governor John Milton committed suicide on April 1, 1865, Abraham Allison, as the state senate president, assumed the office of Governor. He resigned his office on May 19, 1865 and went into hiding. He was captured by Union forces on June 19, 1865 and held for several months at Fort Pulaski, Georgia. - John Fall Allison
John Fall Allison (1825-1897) was a pioneer settler, Justice of the Peace and Gold Commissioner in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Allison was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, and first travelled to California, then British Columbia, in 1858 as part of the Fraser River Gold Rush. In 1860 he pre-empted 320 acres at Prince Town (today's Princeton). Noted for sterling character, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1876 and, …
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