John or Johnny Power may refer to:
Politics and government
*
John Power (Irish MP) John William Power (4 February 1816 – 12 May 1851), sometimes described as the 17th Baron Le Power and Coroghmore, was an Irish politician.
The son of Edmund Power, and stepson of Richard L. Shiel, Power was born in Castle Gurteen de la Poer ...
, Member of Parliament for
County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...
and Dungarvon
*
John Power (Patriot Parliament MP), Member of Irish Parliament for
Charleville
*
John Joseph Power
John Joseph Power (1867 – 3 April 1968) was an Australian state politician.
He was born in Sydney to George and Nora Power, and attended St Joseph's College. He studied at the University of Sydney before working as a civil engineer and sur ...
(1867–1968), Australian politician
*
John O'Connor Power
John O'Connor Power (13 February 1846 – 21 February 1919) was an Irish Fenian and a Home Rule League and Irish Parliamentary Party politician and as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland represented Ma ...
(1846–1919), Irish Fenian
*
Sir John Power, 1st Baronet
Sir John Cecil Power, 1st Baronet, (21 December 1870 – 5 June 1950) was a British export merchant, developer and Conservative politician at national level for 21 years then choosing not to seek re-election at the age of 74.
Working life and leg ...
(1874–1945), British Member of Parliament for Wimbledon
*
Sir John Talbot Power, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament for County Wexford
Sports
*
Johnny Power
Johnny Power (10 April 1874 – 16 May 1958) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Aust ...
(1874–1958), Australian rules footballer
*
John T. Power (1883–1982), Irish hurler
*
John Power (cricketer) (1932–2005), Australian cricketer
*
John Power (John Locke's hurler)
John Fintan Power (born 17 February 1966) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with John Locke's and was also a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lined out as a forward.
Career
Power first came to prominenc ...
(born 1966), former Irish sportsperson
*
John Power (Carrickshock hurler)
John Power (born 26 August 1992) is an Irish hurler who played as a left corner-forward for the Kilkenny senior team.
Born in Carrickshock, County Kilkenny, Power first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Kieran's College. ...
(born 1992), Irish hurler
*
John A. Power (born 1976), rugby league player
*
John Power (footballer), English football goalkeeper
Arts and entertainment
*
John Power (musician)
John Timothy Power (born 14 September 1967) is an English singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist. He was the frontman of 1990s Indie rock band Cast, and the bassist and backing vocalist for The La's from 1986 to 1991. Following the dissolution ...
(born 1967), English singer-songwriter and musician
*
John Joseph Wardell Power (1881–1943), Australian modernist artist
*
John Power (director)
John Beresford Power (20 November 1930 – February 2016) was an Australian film and television director, who began his career as a journalist.
Early life and journalism career
Power was born in Maitland, New South Wales. His older brother was ...
(1930–2016), Australian television and film director
Other
*
John Power (Vicar-General for New York)
John Power (June 19, 1792 – 1849) was an Irish-born American Catholic priest who served as the pastor of St Peter's Roman Catholic Church in New York City as well as the Vicar General for the Diocese of New York. He administered the Catholic D ...
(1792–1849), Irish-born American Catholic priest
*
John Power (Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge)
John Power, D.D. (13 June 1819 – 18 November 1880) was a British academic in the 19th century, who served as Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, from 1870 until his death.
Power was born on 13 June 1819 in Freasley, Warwickshire. He was ed ...
(1819–1880)
*
John Wyse Power
John Wyse Power (1859-1926), was a County Waterford born, journalist, newspaper editor and Irish nationalist. He was founding member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, and served as secretary of the GAA (1884-1887). He was involved in setting up ...
(1859–1926), Irish journalist, newspaper editor and Irish nationalist
*
John Hyacinth Power (1884–1964), director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa
*
John V. Power (1918–1944), United States Marine Corps first lieutenant
*
John Carroll Power
John Carroll Power (September 19, 1819 – January 11, 1894) was an American historian who served as the first custodian of the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, ...
(1819–1894), American historian and custodian of the tomb of Abraham Lincoln
*
John Arthur Power, English physician, lecturer in medicine, and amateur entomologist
*John Power, a maker of Irish whiskey in the early 1800s, part of the family history of the
Powers
Powers may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Powers'' (comics), a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming
** ''Powers'' (American TV series), a 2015–2016 series based on the comics
* ''Powers'' (British TV series), a 200 ...
brand
*John Power, character in ''
The Abduction Club
''The Abduction Club'' is a 2002 British-Irish romantic comedy-drama adventure film directed by Stefan Schwartz. Based loosely on real events, the plot centres on a group of outlaws who abduct women in order to marry them. It was written by Ri ...
''
*
John Power (hunger striker)
The 1920 Cork hunger strike began on 11 August 1920, when 65 men interned without trial in Cork County Gaol went on hunger strike, demanding release from prison, and reinstatement of their status as political prisoners. The following day, they were ...
(1900-1953), Irish revolutionary, hunger striker, and shopkeeper
*
John V. Power, United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient
See also
*
Jack Power (disambiguation)
*
Jackie Power (1916–1994), Irish hurler and Gaelic football player
*
Johnny Powers (disambiguation)
*
John Powers (disambiguation)
*
Jack Powers
Jack Powers (1827 – October 26, 1860), whose real name was John A. Power, was an Irish-born American outlaw who emigrated to New York as a child and later served as a volunteer soldier in the Mexican–American War in the garrison of Santa Bar ...
(1827–1860), Irish-American gambler and gang leader
*
Jon Powers (born 1978), American political activist
{{human name disambiguation, Power, John