Colonel Powell may refer to:

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Colin Powell Colin Luther Powell ( ; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African ...

(1937–2021), former U.S. Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 4-star general *

Donald Powell Donald Powell Distinguished Service Order (21 October 1896 – 8 August 1942) was an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II Biography Donald Powell was born on 21 October 1896, at Jhansi and baptised on 4 January ...

(1896–1942), British India Army officer who was awarded the D.S.O. *

Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell, (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist, and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–1974) and was Minister of Health (1 ...

(1912–1998), British WWII colonel and politician *

George Gabriel Powell George Gabriel Powell (c. 1710 – 1779) was an acting governor of St Helena, who left the island in 1748, relocating to South Carolina, where he became a colonel in the state’s militia and the first speaker of its Provincial Congress (1775–76 ...

(1710–1779), provincial politician and militia colonel of the colony of South Carolina *

James R. Powell (American city founder) Colonel James Robert Powell (1814–1883) was a founder of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the city's first elected mayor (1873–1875). Before that, he held office in the Alabama State Senate (1853–1856) and the Alabama House of Represe ...

(1814–1883), Alabama state militia colonel and politician *

William Edward Powell William Edward Powell (16 February 1788 – 10 April 1854) was a Welsh Lord Lieutenant and Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cardiganshire from 1816 until shortly before his death in 1854. Life He was ...

(1788–1864), Colonel of the Royal Cardiganshire Militia, politician, Sheriff, Lord Lieutenant, and British MP *

William Thomas Rowland Powell William Thomas Rowland Powell (8 August 1815 – 13 May 1878) was a Welsh landowner and Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Cardiganshire from 1859 until 1865. Early life Powell was born on 8 August 1815, son of Co ...

(1815–1878), Colonel of the Royal Cardiganshire Militia, politician, and British MP * Robert M. Powell (19th century), Confederate colonel in the American Civil War who commanded the

5th Texas Infantry Regiment The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment was a unit of Confederate States Army infantry volunteers created in 1861 that fought in the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. The unit was part of the famous Texas Brigade. The regiment fough ...

* Colonel Powell (17th century), Royalist officer in the English Civil War who fought at

Pembroke Castle Pembroke Castle ( cy, Castell Penfro) is a medieval castle in the centre of Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in Wales. The castle was the original family seat of the Earldom of Pembroke. A Grade I listed building since 1951, it underwent major restoratio ...

Leven Powell Leven Powell (1737August 23, 1810) was a Virginia planter, merchant, Continental Army officer and Federalist Party (United States), Federalist politician who served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates as well as in the Virginia Ra ...

(1737–1810), colonial lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army *

John Wesley Powell John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He ...

(1834–1902), Union brevet lieutenant colonel, geologist and geographer

Fictional characters

* Union Colonel Powell, a fictional character in the 2012 film ''John Carter'' * Katherine Powell, a fictional British Army colonel in the 2015 film ''Eye in the Sky''

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