Powell (surname)

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Powell is a traditional Welsh surname said to mean "Son of the Servant of St. Paul,". However, there is a more likely but less "Christian" derivation as a patronymic from the Welsh first name Hywel. The Welsh term "ap" means "son of", hence Ap Hywel was eventually spelled as Powell.

Contents 1 Nineteenth Century persons 2 Twentieth Century persons 3 Living people 4 Fictional character

[edit] Nineteenth Century persons

• Baden Powell (mathematician) (1796 – 1860), English mathematician; father of Robert Baden-Powell; long-time Chair of Geometry at University of Oxford
• John Wesley Powell (1834 – 1902), American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West

[edit] Twentieth Century persons

• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908 – 1972), first African American to become a powerful figure in the United States Congress
• Anthony Powell (1905 – 2000), English novelist
• Arthur William Baden Powell (1901 – 1987), New Zealand malacologist and paleontologist
• 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
• Dick Powell (1904 – 1963), American singer, actor, producer, and director
• Dilys Powell (1901 – 1995), British journalist, author, and film critic
• Eleanor Powell (1912 – 1982), American actress and dancer
• Enoch Powell (1912 – 1998), British politician
• Frank Powell, stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director
• Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907 – 1998), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Mel Powell (1923 – 1998), American jazz pianist and composer
• Michael Powell (director) (1905 – 1990), British film director
• Philip Powell (architect) (1921 – 2003), British architect
• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857 – 1941), British Army lieutenant-general; founder of the world Scouting Movement
• William Powell (1892 – 1984), American actor

[edit] Living people

• Adam Clayton Powell III (born 1946), American university professor (University of Southern California)
• Adam Clayton Powell IV (politician) (born 1962), American politician
• Adam Clayton Powell IV (engineer) (born 1970), American university professor (MIT)
• Asafa Powell (born 1982), Jamaican athlete
• Billy Powell (born 1952), keyboardist of the American band Lynyrd Skynyrd
• 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
• Cynthia Lennon née Powell, first wife of John Lennon
• Dina Powell (born 1974), Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs in the United States
• Don Powell, drummer for the English Rock band Slade
• Felix Powell, British song writer, best known for "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile"
• Hope Powell (born 1966), coach of the England women's national football team
• Jane Powell (born 1929), American singer, entertainer, and actor
• John Powell (athlete) (born 1947), American discus thrower
• John Powell, American film score composer
• John W. Powell, American journalist tried for sedition in 1956
• Josh Powell, basketball player for the Golden State Warriors
• Jonathan Powell (chief of staff to Tony Blair) (born 1956), Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Blair
• Katrina Powell (born 1972), Australian field hockey player
• Lisa Powell (born 1970), Australian field hockey forward
• Michael Powell (politician) (born 1963), American politician
• Michael Powell (lacrosse) (aka Mikey Powell), American lacrosse player
• Michael J. D. Powell (born 1936), British mathematician
• Mike Powell (athletics) (born 1963), American track and field athlete
• Nathan Powell (born 1964), Mayor of Barry, South Wales
• Robert Powell (born 1944), British television and film actor
• Suzy Powell (born 1976), American discus thrower
• Tom Powell (born 1985), Duke of Newbury
• William Powell (author) (born 1949), Author of The Anarchist Cookbook

[edit] Fictional character

• Herb Powell, half-brother of Homer Simpson on the American animated television series The Simpsons