Allenby

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title: "Allenby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-language-surnames", "surnames-of-english-origin"] topic_path: "general/english-language-surnames" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allenby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Allenby is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861–1936), British Army field-marshal
  • Named after Edmund Allenby:
    • Viscount Allenby, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
    • Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Allenby Bridge between Jordan and West Bank.
    • Allenby Square, name given in succession to two squares in Jerusalem
    • Allenby Camp, site of a former British Army camp in Jerusalem
    • Allenby Garden in Beersheba
    • Allenby Gardens, South Australia
    • Foch-Allenby, neighborhood in Beirut Central District
    • Allenby, British Columbia, Canada
    • Allenby Junior public school, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Relatives of Edmund Allenby
    • Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby (1903–1984), British soldier, nephew of Edmund Allenby
    • Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby (1931–2014), British soldier, son of Dudley Allenby
• Braden Allenby (born 1950), American environmental scientist
• Cecil Allenby (1873–1932), English cricketer
• Jim Allenby (born 1982), Australian cricketer
• Kate Allenby (born 1974), British modern pentathlete
• Nicholas Allenby SSM (1909–1995), Anglican bishop in Malaysia
• Peggy Allenby (1901–1966), American silent film, television and radio actress
• Robert Allenby (born 1971), Australian golfer
• Allenby Chilton (1918–1996), English footballer
• Allenby Beardsley, fictional character in Japanese anime television series Mobile Fighter G Gundam

A common variant is "Allanby":

• Nick Allanby (born 1957), Australian cricketer
• Richard Allanby (born 1971), Australian cricketer

Notes

References

1. [http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/allenby Surname Database: Allenby]

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