John Powers may refer to:

Sportspeople

* John Powers (American football coach), college football player and coach * John Powers (baseball) (1929–2001), baseball outfielder *John T. Powers (20th century), president of the Federal League of baseball * John Powers (tight end) (1940–1978), National Football League football player * John Powers (cricketer) (1868–1939), right-handed batsman from Leicestershire

Others

John Powers (academic) John Powers (born 1957) is American born Professor of Asian Studies and Buddhism. Much of his teaching career was at the Australian National University in Canberra. Studies Powers studied at College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts, taking a Ba ...

(born 1957), American-born professor of Asian studies and Buddhism * John Powers (alderman) (1852–1930), Chicago alderman in the late 19th and early 20th centuries * John Powers (mayor), former mayor of Spokane, Washington *

John A. Powers John Anthony Powers (August 22, 1922 – December 31, 1979), better known as Shorty Powers, was an American public affairs officer for NASA from 1959 to 1963 during Project Mercury. A U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and war veteran, he was k ...

(1922–1979), public affairs officer for NASA * John C. Powers (1883–1914), Arizona deputy sheriff better known as ''Maricopa Slim'' * John E. Powers (1910–1998), American politician in the Massachusetts Senate * John Emory Powers (1837–1919), copywriter *

John Holbrook Powers John Holbrook Powers (c. 1831–1918), who was known as "Honest John," was a Nebraska pioneer who ran for governor as a populist in 1892. Powers was born in Madison County, Illinois, and served in the Union Army in the Civil War before moving ...

(1831–1918), Nebraska pioneer * John J. Powers (food scientist) (1918–2014), professor emeritus of food science *

John James Powers John James Powers (July 3, 1912 – May 8, 1942) was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II. He was born in New York City on July 3, 1912 ...

(1912–1942), United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient *

John R. Powers John R. Powers (November 30, 1945 – January 17, 2013) was an American novelist and playwright. Early life Powers grew up in the Mt. Greenwood neighborhood on the far southwest side of Chicago. He held a Ph.D. in Communications from Northw ...

(1945–2013), American novelist and playwright * John Robert Powers (1892–1977), American actor and owner of a modeling agency *

John Powers (journalist) John Leonard Powers (born November 6, 1948) is a journalist and author who wrote for ''The Boston Globe'' for more than four decades in the Sports, Metro, Sunday Magazine, and Living sections and later became a freelance correspondent for the news ...

(born 1948), journalist and author

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