Van Allen may refer to:

People

Given name

Van Allen Plexico (born 1968), U.S. professor

Surname

George Van Allen (1890–1937), politician in Alberta, Canada

James Van Allen (1914–2006), American space scientist

John Delbert Van Allen (1850–1928), retail dry goods merchant and department store owner Mark van Allen (born 1954), American musician Shaun Van Allen (born 1967), former hockey player Van Allen Plexico (born 1968), science fiction and fantasy author

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Places

Van Allen Range, a mountain range in Oates Land, Antarctica

Van Allen Building, Clinton, Iowa, US

Van Allen Hall, University of Iowa

Van Allen House, Oakland, Bergen, New Jersey, US

Other uses

Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth

Van Allen Probes, two robotic NASA spacecraft

See also

Van Allen Belt (band), a Canadian rock band

Allen (disambiguation) Van Alen (disambiguation) Van Halen (disambiguation)

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Surnames of Dutch origin

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