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 words van and/or allen:

    “Babe, you know how these things go, it’s like a crap game. When you’re hot you shoot everything, you shoot the works. Well, right now baby, I’m so hot I’m burning up all over.”
    —Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)

    “To live outside the law, you must be honest.”
    —Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)