Powell is a surname of Welsh origin. It is a patronymic from the Welsh first name Howell and the prefix "ap" meaning "son of", ap Howell thus evolved into Powell. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname Powell was highest in Brecknockshire (21.9 times the British average), followed by Radnorshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Glamorgan, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. (1865 – 1953), prominent minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908 – 1972), minister and politician, first African American to become a powerful figure in the United States Congress
Alfred Hoare Powell (1865 – 1960) English Arts and Crafts architect, pottery decorator and artist
Anthony Powell (1905 – 2000), English novelist
Arthur William Baden Powell (1901 – 1987), New Zealand malacologist and paleontologist
Baden Powell (mathematician) (1796 – 1860), English mathematician; father of Robert Baden-Powell
Bill Powell (1916 – 2009), American golf course designer
Billy Powell (1952 – 2009), keyboardist of the American band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Brian Powell (1973 – 2009), American baseball player
Bud Powell (1924 – 1966), jazz pianist and composer
Cecil Frank Powell (1903 – 1969), British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics
Cozy Powell (1947 – 1998), English drummer for bands such as Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and Whitesnake
Cynthia Lennon née Powell (1939 – 2015), first wife of John Lennon
Dawn Powell (1896 – 1965), American writer of satirical novels and stories
Dick Powell (1904 – 1963), American singer, actor, producer, and director
Dilys Powell (1901 – 1995), British journalist, author, and film critic
E. Alexander Powell (1879 – 1957), American war correspondent during World War I and author
Eileen Louisa Powell (1913 – 1997), Australian trade unionist and women's activist
Eleanor Powell (1912 – 1982), American actress and dancer
Elkan Harrison Powell (1888 – 1966), American publisher
Enoch Powell (1912 – 1998), British politician
Ernest Powell (1861 – 1928), English cricketer
Felix Powell (1878 – 1942), Welsh songwriter, best known for "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile"
Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet (1827 – 1911), English Conservative Member of Parliament
Frank Powell, stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director
Frank Powell, English football manager
Foster Powell (1734 – 1793) long-distance walker
Frederick Powell (1895 – 1992), British Royal Air Force pilot
George Henry Powell (1880 – 1951), Welsh songwriter, wrote the lyrics for "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile"
Israel Wood Powell (1836 – 1915), a politician in early British Columbia, Canada, notable as an Indian Commissioner whose commission is important in the history of aboriginal affairs in that province
Ivor Powell (1916 – 2012), Welsh footballer
James Powell and Sons, English glassworkers
Jody Powell (1943 – 2009), White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter
John Powell (cricketer) (1904–1959), New Zealand cricketer
John Wesley Powell (1834 – 1902), American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West
Lewis Thornton Powell (1844 – 1865), assassin, confederate soldier, hanged as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination
Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907 – 1998), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Lewis W. Powell (1882 – 1942), American politician and lawyer
Mel Powell (1923 – 1998), American jazz pianist and composer
Michael Powell (1905 – 1990), British film director
Michael J. D. Powell (1936 – 2015), British mathematician
Philip Powell (architect) (1921 – 2003), British architect
Ray Edwin Powell (1887-1973) Canadian businessman (founder of Alcan Aluminium) and educator (Chancellor of McGill University)
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857 – 1941), British Army lieutenant-general; founder of the world Scouting Movement
Robert E. Powell (1923 – 1997), mayor of Monroe, Louisiana, 1979 to 1996
Roger Powell (1896 – 1990) was an English bookbinder.
Ron Powell (footballer) (1929 – 1992), goalkeeper who played for Chesterfield
Sandy Powell (comedian) (1900 – 1982), English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s
Seth Powell (1862 – 1945), Wales international footballer
Thomas Powell (botanist) (1809 – 1897), missionary to Samoa and botanist
Vince Powell (1928 – 2009), British sitcom writer
Wick Powell (1905 – 1973), Welsh international rugby union footballer
Wickham Powell (1892 – 1961), Welsh international rugby union and rugby league footballer
William Powell (1892 – 1984), American actor
William G. Powell (1871 – 1955), Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
Adam Powell (game designer) (born 1976), co-founder of Neopets
Adam Clayton Powell IV (politician) (born 1962), American politician
Andrew Powell (born 1949), English music composer and performer
Andy Powell (born 1950), English guitarist for rock band Wishbone Ash
Andy Powell (born 1981) Welsh Rugby Union international
Asafa Powell (born 1982), Jamaican athlete
Boog Powell (born 1941), popular nickname of John Wesley Powell, American major league baseball player (1961–77)
Caroline Powell (born 1973), New Zealand equestrian
Charles Powell (born 1941), Advisor to Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major
Colin Powell (born 1937), former United States Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Daren Powell (born 1978), West Indian cricketer
Dennis Powell (born 1963), pitcher in Major League Baseball
Dina Powell (born 1974), Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in the United States
Don Powell (born 1946), drummer for English rock band Slade
Eric Powell (born 1975), American comic book artist and writer
Gary Powell, (born 1969) American–British musician, previously drummer in The Libertines, now drummer in Dirty Pretty Things
Henry "Tank" Powell (born 1945), Louisiana politician
Hope Powell (born 1966), English female footballer and manager
Jenny Powell (born 1968), English television presenter
John Powell (born 1963), British film score composer
Kieran Powell (born 1990), Nevisian cricketer
Lamar Powell (born 1993), English footballer
Laurence Powell (born 1962), former Los Angeles police officer involved in the beating of Rodney King
Magnus Powell (born 1974), Swedish footballer
Mark Powell (conductor) (born 1966), American symphony and opera conductor
Marshawn Powell (born 1990), American basketball player
Matt Powell (born 1978), Welsh rugby union footballer
Mike Powell (athlete), American world record holder in the long jump
Mike Powell (Louisiana politician), American politician
Nick Powell (born 1994), English footballer
Nigel Powell (born 1971), English musician
Norman Powell (basketball) (born 1993), American basketball player
Peter Powell (disc jockey) (born 1951), BBC Radio 1 disc jockey in the 1970s and 1980s
Ricardo Powell (born 1978), Jamaican cricketer
Robert Powell (composer) (born 1932), American composer
Robert Powell (born 1944), British actor
Sandy Powell (costume designer) (born 1960), British costume designer who has been nominated nine times for the Academy
Sara Jordan Powell (born 1938), American gospel musician
Shawn Powell (American football) (born 1988), American football player
Thomas Powell (ice hockey), Australian ice hockey player
Tristram Powell (born 1940), English television director, film director, writer and producer
Walter W. Powell (born 1951), American sociologist
Wendy Powell (born 1971), American voice actor
William Burgess Powell (born 1948), an American man who suffered from dissociative amnesia and was known as Benjaman Kyle
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 terrorist in the Die Hard movie
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