Allan John Baker (9 July 1943 – 20 November 2014) was a Canadian ornithologist of New Zealand descent.
He was an authority on wading birds; red knots in particular were one of his main research fields.
Baker grew up on a farm near Collingwood, Golden Bay, New Zealand.
'[1] In the same year he moved to Canada where he started as assistant curator of the ornithology department at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
In 2006, he received the Speirs Award by the Society of Canadian Ornithologists.