Powell (surname)
Powell or Povich is a surname of Welsh origin. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name Hywel, with the prefix ap meaning "son of", together forming ap Hywel, or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh ancestry. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales, and Brittany in the 9th and 10th century, and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The House of Tudor one of the Royal houses of England, also descended from them. See also: Howell, and Welsh surnames.
Deceased
- Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., prominent minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., minister and politician, first African American to become a powerful figure in the United States Congress
- Alfred Hoare Powell English Arts and Crafts architect, pottery decorator and artist
- Anthony Powell, English novelist
- Art Powell , American football player, brother of Charlie Powell
- Arthur William Baden Powell, New Zealand malacologist and paleontologist
- Baden Powell , English mathematician; father of Robert Baden-Powell
- Bill Powell, American golf course designer
- Billy Powell, keyboardist of the American band Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Brian Powell, American baseball player
- Bud Powell, jazz pianist and composer
- Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics
- Charlie Powell, American football player, brother of Art Powell
- Cozy Powell, English drummer for bands such as Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and Whitesnake
- Cynthia Lennon née Powell, first wife of John Lennon
- Dawn Powell, American writer of satirical novels and stories
- Dick Powell, American singer, actor, producer, and director
- Dilys Powell, British journalist, author, and film critic
- E. Alexander Powell, American war correspondent and author
- Eileen Louisa Powell, Australian trade unionist and women's activist
- Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer
- Elkan Harrison Powell, American publisher
- Enoch Powell, British politician
- Ernest Powell , English cricketer
- Felix Powell, Welsh songwriter
- Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet, English politician
- Frank Powell, stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director
- Frank Powell, English football manager
- Foster Powell long-distance walker
- Frederick Powell, British Royal Air Force pilot
- George Henry Powell, Welsh songwriter
- Harold Powell, several people
- Israel Wood Powell, Canadian politician
- Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer
- James Powell and Sons, English glassworkers
- Jay Powell , American lawyer and politician
- Jerome Powell, 16th Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve
- Jody Powell, White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter
- John Powell , New Zealand cricketer
- John Wesley Powell, American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West
- Lange Powell, Australian architect and Freemason, designer of the Masonic Temple in Brisbane
- Lewis Thornton Powell , Confederate soldier, hanged as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination
- Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Lewis W. Powell, American politician and lawyer
- Mel Powell, American jazz pianist and composer
- Michael Powell, British film director
- Michael J. D. Powell, British mathematician
- Philip Powell , British architect
- Ray Edwin Powell Canadian businessman and educator
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, British Army lieutenant-general; founder of the world Scouting Movement
- Robert E. Powell, mayor of Monroe, Louisiana, 1979 to 1996
- Roger Powell was an English bookbinder.
- Ron Powell , goalkeeper who played for Chesterfield
- Sandy Powell , English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s
- Seth Powell, Wales international footballer
- Thomas Powell , missionary to Samoa and botanist
- Vince Powell, British sitcom writer
- Wick Powell, Welsh international rugby union footballer
- Wickham Powell, Welsh international rugby union and rugby league footballer
- William Powell, American actor
- William G. Powell, Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
Living
- Adam Powell , co-founder of Neopets
- Adam Clayton Powell IV, American politician
- Andrew Powell, English music composer and performer
- Andy Powell, English guitarist for rock band Wishbone Ash
- Andy Powell Welsh Rugby Union international
- Alicia Powell talk show host international chef and wife of
- Ricardo Powell
- Asafa Powell, Jamaican athlete
- Boog Powell, popular nickname of John Wesley Powell, American major league baseball player
- Caroline Powell, New Zealand equestrian
- Catherine Powell, British businesswoman
- Ceri Powell, geologist and Royal Dutch Shell executive
- Charles Powell, Advisor to Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major
- Colin Powell, former United States Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Dante Powell, stand-up comedian
- Daren Powell, West Indian cricketer
- Dennis Powell, pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in the United States
- Don Powell, drummer for English rock band Slade
- Earl Powell, American songwriter and music producer
- Emma Louise Powell, South African politician
- Eric Powell, American comic book artist and writer
- Gary Powell, American–British musician, previously drummer in The Libertines, now drummer in Dirty Pretty Things
- Henry "Tank" Powell, Louisiana politician
- Hope Powell, English female footballer and manager
- Jenny Powell, English television presenter
- Jerome Powell, member of Federal Reserve Board of Governors; nominee to be Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Joe Powell , American football player
- John Powell, British film score composer
- Kieran Powell, Nevisian cricketer
- Lamar Powell, English footballer
- Magnus Powell, Swedish footballer
- Marshawn Powell, American basketball player
- Mark Allan Powell, American Professor
- Matt Powell, Welsh rugby union footballer
- Mike Powell, American world record holder in the long jump
- Mike Powell, American politician
- Nick Powell, English footballer
- Nigel Powell, English musician
- Norman Powell, American basketball player
- Owen Powell, American musician, Police Officer
- Peter Powell , BBC Radio 1 disc jockey in the 1970s and 1980s
- Renee Powell, American professional golfer
- Ricardo Powell, Jamaican cricketer
- Robert Powell , American composer
- Robert Powell, British actor
- Ronald Powell, American football player
- Sandy Powell , British costume designer who has been nominated nine times for the Academy
- Sara Jordan Powell, American gospel musician
- Shawn Powell , American football player
- Tristram Powell, English television director, film director, writer and producer
- Timothy Michael Powell, American Born, Extreme Metal Drummer, "Florida Man"
- Walter W. Powell, American sociologist
- Wendy Powell, American voice actor
- William Powell, Welsh politician
- William Burgess Powell, an American man who suffered from dissociative amnesia and was known as Benjaman Kyle
Povich
- Lynn Povich
- Maury Povich
- Shirley Povich
Fictional characters
- Colleen Powell, character in the Australian TV series Prisoner.
- Herbert 'Herb' Powell, Homer Simpson's half brother.
- Powell, various family members on No Ordinary Family television series.
- Sergeant Al Powell is the only ally of McClane, the cop that has to face terrorists in the movie Die Hard.