title: Van Allen
text: # Van Allen
  
  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
  
  ## 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
  