James Powell may refer to:

Sports

Jay Powell (baseball) James Willard "Jay" Powell (born January 9, 1972) is an American former baseball pitcher who last played for the Atlanta Braves. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in , but did not sign. Following his junior year at Mississippi State, he was ...

(James Willard Powell, born 1972), Major League Baseball pitcher *

Jim Powell (baseball) James Edwin Powell (August 30, 1859 – November 20, 1929) was a professional baseball first baseman A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bas ...

(1859–1929), Major League Baseball player * Jim Powell (sportscaster), announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves * Jimmy Powell (golfer) (1935–2021), PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer *

James Powell (cricketer, born 1792) James Powell (born 3 April 1792 at Eton, Buckinghamshire; died 5 May 1870 at Eton) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1818 to 1822. Mainly associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 8 known app ...

(1792–1870), English cricketer *

James Powell (cricketer, born 1899) James Alfred Powell (5 May 1899 – 8 March 1973) was an English first-class cricketer active 1926–44 who played for Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born in Bloomsbury; died in Kensington Kensington is a district in t ...

(1899–1973), English cricketer *

James Powell (cricketer, born 1982) Cheshire County Cricket Club played in List A cricket matches between 1964 and 2004. This is a list of the players who appeared in those matches. *Jhangir Abbas (1999): J Abbas *David Bailey (1981–1983): D Bailey * Andrew Batterley (2002): AJ ...

, Welsh cricketer

Music

Jimmy Powell (musician) James Theodore Powell (October 24, 1914 – February 16, 1994) was an American jazz saxophonist who played alto sax. He played on two recording dates with Billie Holiday for Columbia. The first, in February 1940, was with a band comprising Ro ...

(1914–1994), American jazz saxophonist * Jimmy Powell (singer) (born 1942), British rhythm and blues singer

Science

James L. Powell James Lawrence Powell (born July 17, 1936 in Berea, Kentucky) is an American geologist, writer, former college president and museum director. He chaired the geology department at Oberlin College later serving as its provost and president. Powell ...

(born 1936), American geologist and environmentalist *

James R. Powell (physicist) James R. Powell was an American physicist, notable – together with Gordon Danby – for his work on superconducting Maglev (transport), Maglev, for which he shared the Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute), Franklin Institute "Medal 2000 fo ...

, American physicist

Fiction and poetry

Jim Powell (British novelist) Jim Powell (born 17 May 1949 in London) is a British novelist, and is a direct descendant of the 19th-century novelist Thomas Love Peacock. Education Jim Powell was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he has a maste ...

(born 1949) *

Jim Powell (poet) Jim Powell is an American poet, translator, and classicist from the San Francisco Bay Area. Career Powell's poetry of 1977-2007 is collected in It Was Fever That Made The World (1989) and Substrate (2009). He has translated the poetry of Sappho ...

, American poet, translator, literary critic, MacArthur Fellow, classicist *

James Powell (author) James Powell (born 1932) is a Canadian author of mystery and humorous short stories. Many of his 130 stories have been published in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine''. He has been nominated twice for the Crime Writers of Canada Award for the Best ...

(born 1932), author of mystery and humorous short stories

Other

* James Powell and Sons, British stained glass manufacturers *James Powell (1774–1840), British glassmaker, founder of James Powell and Sons *

Jim Powell (filmmaker) Jim Powell is an American documentary film producer. A graduate of Kent State University, Powell is the producer of award-winning documentaries ''The Arnolds of Owen County'' and ''Space Camp''. He also received awards for his performance in ''Mis ...

, American documentary filmmaker *

Jim Powell (historian) Jim Powell is Senior Fellow at a libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., with which he has been associated since 1988. He has also done work for the Manhattan Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, Citizens for a S ...

, fellow at libertarian think tank the Cato Institute *

James R. Powell (politician) 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 Repres ...

, founder of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, mayor and state politician *James Powell, African American teenager whose shooting led to the Harlem riot of 1964 *

, American economist {{hndis, Powell, James