Van Allen

Van Allen may refer to:

  • Van Allen Building, a four story building in Clinton, Iowa
  • Van Allen radiation belt, a torus of energetic charged particles around Earth

People named Van Allen:

  • 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

Famous quotes containing the word van:

    “[W]ith them we’ll beat little Van, Van, Van is a used up man.”
    —State of Indiana, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)