William Howard Allen (July 8, 1790 – November 9, 1822) was an American naval officer.
[1] His sister was Harriet Allen, wife of New York lawyer and U.S. attorney general Benjamin Franklin Butler.
[2] Allen attended school at the Hudson Academy for Boys, was appointed midshipman in 1808, and became a Second Lieutenant in 1811.
He was killed in action on November 9, 1822, during a battle with pirates and was buried in Matanzas, Cuba.
In 1827, Allen's remains were moved for reburial in Hudson, New York, where a monument was erected in his memory.