Powell is an English surname of
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
origin. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name ''
Hywel Hywel (), sometimes anglicised as Howel or Howell, is a Welsh masculine given name. It may refer to:
* Saint Hywel, a sixth-century disciple of Saint Teilo and the king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend.
*Hywel ap Rhodri Molwynog, 9th-century kin ...
'' (later
Anglicized
Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...
as ''Howell''), with the prefix ''ap'' meaning "son of", together forming ''ap Hywel'', or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh ancestry. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales, and Brittany in the 9th and 10th century, and three Welsh royal houses of that time onwards. The
House of Tudor
The House of Tudor was a royal house of largely Welsh and English origin that held the English throne from 1485 to 1603. They descended from the Tudors of Penmynydd and Catherine of France. Tudor monarchs ruled the Kingdom of England and it ...
, one of the Royal houses of England, also descended from them.
Deceased
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Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
Adam Clayton Powell (May 5, 1865
– June 12, 1953) was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members. He was an African American com ...
(1865–1953), minister of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908–1972), minister and politician, first African American to become a powerful figure in the United States Congress
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Alfred Hoare Powell
Alfred Hoare Powell (1865–1960) was an English Arts and Crafts architect, and designer and painter of pottery.
Career
Alfred Powell was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 14 April 1865, the son of Thomas Edward Powell by Emma Corrie.
He wa ...
(1865–1960) English Arts and Crafts architect, pottery decorator and artist
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Anthony Powell
Anthony Dymoke Powell ( ; 21 December 1905 – 28 March 2000) was an English novelist best known for his 12-volume work ''A Dance to the Music of Time'', published between 1951 and 1975. It is on the list of longest novels in English.
Powell' ...
(1905–2000), English novelist
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Art Powell (wide receiver)
Arthur Louis Powell (February 25, 1937 – April 6, 2015) was an American football wide receiver.
Early career
Powell attended and played high school football at San Diego High School and played college football at San Jose State University. His ...
(1937–2015), American football player, brother of Charlie Powell
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Arthur William Baden Powell
Arthur William Baden Powell (4 April 1901 – 1 July 1987) was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was know ...
(1901–1987), New Zealand malacologist and paleontologist
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Baden Powell (mathematician)
Baden Powell, MA FRS FRGS (22 August 1796 – 11 June 1860) was an English mathematician and Church of England priest. He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1827 to 1860. Powell was a prominent liberal theol ...
(1796–1860), English mathematician; father of Robert Baden-Powell
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Bill Powell (1916–2009), American golf course designer
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Billy Powell
William Norris Powell (June 3, 1952 – January 28, 2009) was an American musician and keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 until his death in 2009.
Biography Early life
Powell was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He grew u ...
(1952–2009), keyboardist of the American band Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Brian Powell (baseball player) (1973–2009), American baseball player
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Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie, Powell was a leading figure in the development of modern ...
(1924–1966), American jazz pianist and composer
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Caroline Amelia Powell (1852–1935), Irish-born American engraver and illustrator
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Cecil Frank Powell
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of ...
(1903–1969), British physicist and Nobel laureate in physics
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Charles Powell (disambiguation) Charles Powell may refer to:
* Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater (born 1941), British diplomat and businessman
* Charles Powell (historian) (born 1960), British-Spanish historian
* Charles Powell Hamilton (1747–1825), British admiral
* C ...
, several people
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Charlie Powell
Charles Elvin Powell (April 4, 1932 – September 1, 2014) was an American multi-sport professional sportsman as an NFL football player, professional boxer (who once fought both Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson), and Minor League baseball player ...
(1932–2014), American football player, brother of Art Powell
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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), United States Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Cozy Powell
Cozy Powell (born Colin Trevor Flooks; 29 December 1947 – 5 April 1998) was an English rock drummer who made his name with major rock bands and artists such as The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Gary Moore, Robert Plant, ...
(1947–1998), English drummer for the bands Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and Whitesnake
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Cynthia Lennon
Cynthia Lennon (born Powell; 10 September 1939 – 1 April 2015) was the first wife of John Lennon and the mother of Julian Lennon.
Born in Blackpool and raised in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, she attended the Liverpool College of Art wher ...
''née'' Powell (1939–2015), British first wife of John Lennon
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Dawn Powell
Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer. Known for her acid-tongued prose, "her relative obscurity was likely due to a general distaste for her harsh sati ...
(1896–1965), American writer of satirical novels and stories
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Dick Powell (1904–1963), American singer, actor, producer, and director
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Dilys Powell
Elizabeth Dilys Powell, CBE (20 July 1901 – 3 June 1995) was a British film critic and travel writer who contributed to ''The Sunday Times'' for more than 50 years. Powell was known for her receptiveness to cultural change in the cinema and ...
(1901–1995), British journalist, author, and film critic
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E. Alexander Powell (1879–1957), American war correspondent and author
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Eileen Louisa Powell
Eileen Louisa Powell (3 August 1913 – 19 July 1997) was an Australian trade unionist and women's activist. She was New South Wales' first female industrial advocate.
She joined the Australian Labor Party as a teenager in 1928, becoming ass ...
(1913–1997), Australian trade unionist and women's activist
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Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Torrey Powell (November 21, 1912 – February 11, 1982) was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars duri ...
(1912–1982), American actress and dancer
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Elkan Harrison Powell
Elkan Harrison Powell (21 November 1888 – 8 May 1966) was a president of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.
Powell introduced the policies of continuous revision and of leveraging the ''Britannica's'' fame to market successful spin-off products, su ...
(1888–1966), American publisher
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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 politician
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Ernest Powell
Ernest Ormsby Powell (19 January 1861 – 29 March 1928) was an English first-class cricketer. Powell was a right-handed batsman.
Life
Powell was educated at Charterhouse and King's College, Cambridge. He made his first-class debut for Surrey ...
(1861–1928), English cricketer
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Felix Powell
Felix Lloyd Powell (23 May 1878 – 10 February 1942) was a Welsh British Army Staff Sergeant most famous for writing the music for marching song " Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile", in 1915, during World Wa ...
(1878–1942), Welsh songwriter
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Francis Powell (priest) (1909–1998), dean of Belize
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Sir Francis Powell, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Sharp Powell, 1st Baronet (29 June 1827 – 24 December 1911) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1863 and 1910.
Powell was the son of the Rev. Benjamin Powell of Wigan and his wife Anne Wad ...
(1827–1911), English politician
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Frank Powell
Frank Powell (born Francis William Powell, May 8, 1877) was a Canadian-born stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States."Ontario Births, 1869-1912", digital copy of original h ...
(1877–?), Canadian stage and silent film actor, screenwriter, and director
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Frank Powell (footballer)
Frank Powell (October 1883 – December 1946) was a Welsh football manager who coached the Chile national team at the 1928 Summer Olympics. In the consolation final of the tournament, Chile drew 2–2 with the Netherlands
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, English football manager
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Frank John Powell (1891–1971), British Liberal Party politician and magistrate
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Foster Powell
Foster Powell (1734–15 April 1793) was the first notable exponent of long-distance walking known as pedestrianismCharles G. Harper (1922) ''The Great North Road: London to York 2nd edn'' Cecil Palmer, London and has been called "the first ...
(1734–1793) English long-distance walker
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Frederick Powell
Frederick James Powell, (13 August 1895 – May 1992) was a British flying ace of the First World War, credited with six confirmed and nine unconfirmed aerial victories. He remained in the Royal Air Force post-war, serving until 1927, then ret ...
(1895–1992), British Royal Air Force pilot
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George Henry Powell
George Henry Powell (27 April 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song " Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag" in 1915.George Asaf.Pack Up Your Troubles in ...
(1880–1951), Welsh songwriter
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Gwyneth Powell
Gwyneth Powell (5 July 1946 – 8 September 2022) was an English actress. She was best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series ''Grange Hill'' for eleven series between 1981 and 1991.
Background
P ...
(1946–2022), English actress
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Harold Powell (disambiguation), several people
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Israel Wood Powell (1801–1852), Canadian politician in Ontario
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Israel Wood Powell (1836–1915), Canadian politician in British Columbia
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Ivor Powell
Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE (5 July 1916 – 6 November 2012) was a Welsh football player and manager. He won eight caps for Wales.
A wing half, he began his professional career with Queens Park Rangers in September 1937. His career was inte ...
(1916–2012), Welsh footballer
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Jack Powell (disambiguation) Jack Powell may refer to:
*Jack Powell (athlete) (1910–1982), British Olympic athlete
*Jack Powell (footballer, born 1860) (1860–1947), Welsh footballer
*Jack Powell (footballer, born 1994), English footballer
*Jack Powell (pitcher, born 1874) ...
, multiple people
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Jackie Powell (1871–1955), South African rugby player
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James Powell and Sons
The firm of James Powell and Sons, also known as Whitefriars Glass, were London-based English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained glass window manufacturers. As ''Whitefriars Glass'', the company existed from the 17th century, but became well k ...
, English glassworkers
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Jane Powell
Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce; April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who first appeared in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals in the 1940s and 50s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image ...
(1929–2021), American actress, singer, and dancer
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Jay Powell (politician) (1952–2019), American lawyer and politician
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Jesse Powell
Jesse Powell (September 12, 1971 – September 13, 2022) was an American R&B and soul singer. Discovered by Louil Silas Jr., Powell was best known for his hit " You", which peaked at No. 2 on the R&B chart and No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot ...
(1971–2022), American R&B singer
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Jody Powell
Joseph Lester "Jody" Powell, Jr. (September 30, 1943 – September 14, 2009) was an American political advisor who served as a White House press secretary during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. Powell later co-founded a public relations firm.
E ...
(1943–2009), White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter
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John Powell (disambiguation), several people
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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), American soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West
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Julie Powell
Julia Anne Powell (; April 20, 1973 – October 26, 2022) was an American author known for her 2005 book ''Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen'' which was based on her blog, the Julie/Julia Project. A film adaptation b ...
(1973–2022), American food writer and memoirist
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Lange Powell
Lange Leopold Powell (1886–1938) was a noted architect who designed many important buildings in Brisbane and the state of Queensland. He started practice in 1909; his major works included St Martin's War Memorial Hospital (opened 1922) and th ...
(1886–1938), Australian architect and Freemason, designer of the Masonic Temple in Brisbane
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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), American politician, soldier and planter
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Levin M. Powell (1798–1885), American naval officer
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Lewis Thornton Powell (1844–1865), Confederate soldier, hanged as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. (1907–1998), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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Lewis W. Powell (1882–1942), American politician and lawyer
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Mel Powell
Mel Powell (born Melvin Epstein) (February 12, 1923 – April 24, 1998) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, and the founding dean of the music department at the California Institute of the Arts. He served as a music educator for over ...
(1923–1998), American jazz pianist and composer
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Michael Powell
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a serie ...
(1905–1990), British film director
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Michael J. D. Powell
Michael James David Powell (29 July 193619 April 2015) was a British mathematician, who worked in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.
Education and early life
Born in London, Pow ...
(1936–2015), British mathematician
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Paul Powell (director)
Paul Mahlon Powell (September 6, 1881 – July 2, 1944) was an American journalist, film director, director, film producer, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Powell was most active during the silent film era and is best known for directin ...
(1881–1944), American journalist, director, producer, screenwriter and actor
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Philip Powell (architect)
Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell (15 March 1921 – 5 May 2003), usually known as Philip Powell, was an English post- war architect.
He was educated at Epsom College and then the Architectural Association.
He was the father of "Humane mod ...
(1921–2003), British architect
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Paul Warner Powell
Paul Warner Powell (April 13, 1978 – March 18, 2010) was an American man convicted and executed for the murder of his friend Stacie Reed, 16, in 1999. He also raped, strangled, and stabbed the girl's sister Kristie, 14, who survived. Following t ...
(1978–2010), American murderer convicted for the murder of Stacie Reed
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Ray Edwin Powell (1887–1973), Canadian businessman (founder of Alcan Aluminium) and educator (Chancellor of McGill University)
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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, foun ...
(1857–1941), British Army lieutenant-general; founder of the world Scouting Movement
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Robert E. Powell (1923–1997), mayor of Monroe, Louisiana, 1979 to 1996
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Roger Powell (1896–1990), English bookbinder
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Ron Powell
Ronald William Herbert Powell (2 December 1929 – 25 May 1992) was a association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper in the Football League between 1948 and 1964, and who played over 500 senior ga ...
(1929–1992), Welsh goalkeeper who played for Chesterfield
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Sam Powell (footballer) (1899–1961), English footballer
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Sandy Powell (comedian)
Albert Arthur Powell MBE (30 January 1900 – 26 June 1982), known as Sandy Powell, was an English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase "Can you hear me, mother?". He first said this in a theatre in Co ...
(1900–1982), English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s
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Seth Powell
Seth Powell (1862 – 3 February 1945) was a Welsh footballer who played at full-back for West Bromwich Albion in the English Football League. He made seven appearances for Wales in the 1880s and 1890s.
Football career
Powell was born in Cern ...
(1862–1945), Wales international footballer
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T. G. E. Powell (1916–1975), British archaeologist
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Thomas Powell (botanist)
Thomas Powell (18 June 1817 – 6 April 1887) was a British missionary sent by the London Missionary Society (LMS) in 1844 to Samoa where he remained for 43 years. He was interested in botany, zoology and anthropology and was elected as a Fello ...
(1809–1897), British missionary to Samoa and botanist
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Vince Powell
Vincent Joseph Powell (6 August 1928 – 13 July 2009) was a British television scriptwriter. He collaborated with a writing partner, Harry Driver, until 1973.
Early life
Powell was born as Vincent Joseph Smith to Roman Catholic parents in Mi ...
(1928–2009), British sitcom writer
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Wick Powell (1905–1973), Welsh international rugby union footballer
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Wickham Powell (1892–1961), Welsh international rugby union and rugby league footballer
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William Powell
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor. A major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the ''The Thin Man (film), Thin Man'' series based on the Nick and Nora Cha ...
(1892–1984), American actor
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William G. Powell (1871–1955), Marine Corps Brevet Medal recipient
Living
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Adam Powell (game designer)
Adam James Powell (born 20 December 1976) is a Welsh computer programmer, game designer and businessman. He is the co-founder of Neopets and Meteor Games.
Career
Powell attended the University of Nottingham from 1995 to 1998 studying for a com ...
(born 1976), British co-founder of Neopets
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Adam Clayton Powell IV
Adam Clayton "A.C." Powell IV (born Adam Clayton Powell Diago;
Andy Newman. The New York Times. April 14, 2010. Retrieved July ...
(born 1962), American politician
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Andrew Powell
Andrew Powell (born 18 April 1949) is an English musical composer, arranger and performer, born of Welsh parents. He himself moved to Wales in 2003.
Early life
Powell was born Surrey, England. He began piano lessons at the age of four and late ...
(born 1949), English music composer and performer
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Andy Powell
Andrew Powell (born 19 February 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is a founding member of the British band Wishbone Ash, whose use of twin lead guitars was influential.
Early life and career
Powell was born in the East E ...
(born 1950), English guitarist for rock band Wishbone Ash
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Andy Powell
Andrew Powell (born 19 February 1950) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is a founding member of the British band Wishbone Ash, whose use of twin lead guitars was influential.
Early life and career
Powell was born in the East E ...
(born 1981), Welsh rugby union internationalist
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Annie Powell (born 1976), Designer, Home renovator, Mother of Theo Powell
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Asafa Powell
Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consiste ...
(born 1982), Jamaican athlete
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Boog Powell
John Wesley "Boog" Powell (born August 17, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from through , most prominently as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dyna ...
(born 1941), popular nickname of John Wesley Powell, American baseball player (1961–77 in Major League Baseball)
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Boog Powell (outfielder) (born 1993), nickname of Herschel Mack Powell IV, American baseball player (not related to the above)
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Brian Powell (sociologist) (born 1954), American sociologist
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Caroline Powell (disambiguation), several people
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Catherine Powell (born 1967), British businesswoman
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Ceri Powell (born 1963), Welsh geologist and Royal Dutch Shell executive
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Charles Powell (born 1941), British diplomat and businessman, advisor to Margaret Thatcher and John Major
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Charles Powell (historian) (born 1960), British historian of Spain
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Cornell Powell (born 1997), American football player
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Dante Powell (comedian), American stand-up comedian
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Daren Powell
Daren Brent Lyle Powell (born 15 April 1978) is a former West Indian international cricketer who played first-class cricket for Jamaica. As a right-arm fast medium bowler, he has played Test matches and One Day Internationals (ODI) for the W ...
(born 1978), West Indian cricketer
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Dennis Powell
Dennis Clay Powell (born August 13, 1963), is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or parts of eight seasons (–). Pow ...
(born 1963), American baseball pitcher
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Dina Powell
Dina Powell, also known as Dina Powell McCormick (née Habib , ar, دينا حبيب; June 12, 1973) is an American financial executive, philanthropist, and political advisor, best known for having been the United States Deputy National Securit ...
(born 1974), American politician
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Don Powell
Donald George Powell (born 10 September 1946) is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years.
Early life
As a child, Powell joined the Boy Scouts where he became interested in th ...
(born 1946), drummer for English rock band Slade
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Duke Powell, American paramedic and politician
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Emma Powell, South African politician
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Eric Powell (comics)
Eric Powell (March 3, 1975) is an American comic book writer/artist, best known as the creator of ''The Goon''.
Career
Powell has written and provided artwork for Dark Horse, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, but is most regarded for his original ser ...
(born 1975), American comic book artist and writer
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Frank Neff Powell (born 1947), Episcopal Bishop of Southwestern Virginia
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Gary Powell (disambiguation), several people
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Glen Powell
Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career with guest roles on television and small roles in films such as ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012) and '' The Expendables 3'' (2014) before making his breakth ...
, American actor
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Hope Powell
Hope Patricia Powell, CBE (born 8 December 1966) is an English former international footballer and former women's first-team manager of Brighton & Hove Albion. She was the coach of the England women's national football team and the Great Britain ...
(born 1966), English female footballer and manager
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James Powell (author) (born 1932), Canadian mystery writer
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Jay Powell (born 1972), American baseball pitcher
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Jenny Powell
Jenny Powell (born 8 April 1968) is an English television and radio presenter. After appearing on '' No Limits'', she went on to present series such as '' Wheel of Fortune'', '' UP2U'', ''Gimme 5'', '' Live Talk'', ''Wordplay'' and '' Daybreak' ...
(born 1968), English television presenter
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Jim Powell (British novelist) (born 1949), British novelist
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Jim Powell (poet), American poet and translator
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Jim Powell (sportscaster)
Jim Powell is an American radio and television sportscaster, currently employed with Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves after 13 seasons (1996–2008) with the Milwaukee Brewers.
A native of Roswell, Georgia, Powell was educated at the Unive ...
, American sportscaster
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Jerome Powell
Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell (born February 4, 1953) is an American attorney and investment banker who has served as the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve since 2018.
After earning a degree in politics from Princeton University in 1975 and a ...
(born 1953), American attorney and investment banker, current Federal Reserve Chair
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Joe Powell (American football)
Joe Powell (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional gridiron football strong safety for the Arlington Renegades of the XFL. He played college football at Globe Institute of Technology in Manhattan, New York City.
Early years
Powel ...
(born 1994), American football player
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John Powell (disambiguation), several people
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Keith Powell
Keith Powell (born August 12, 1979) is an American television actor, writer, director, and web series creator, known for his role as James "Toofer" Spurlock on '' 30 Rock'', and for creating and starring in the web series '' Keith Broke His Leg'', ...
(born c. 1979/1980), American TV actor
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Kieran Powell
Kieran Omar Akeem Powell (born 6 March 1990) is a Nevisian sportsman who has played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a left-handed opening batsman.
Having represented the West Indies under-19s at the 2008 Under-19 World Cup, ...
(born 1990), Nevisian cricketer
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Lamar Powell (born 1993), English footballer
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Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs ( Powell; born November 6, 1963)United States birth records is an American billionaire businesswoman and executive. She is the founder and chair of Emerson Collective and XQ Institute. Powell Jobs resides in Palo Alto, Calif ...
''née'' Powell (born 1963), American businesswoman
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Lin Powell (born 1939), Australian politician
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Magnus Powell
Magnus Powell (born 28 October 1974) is a Swedish football coach and a former striker who is the head coach of Östersund.
Club career
Powell was born in Örnsköldsvik to English footballer Ronald Powell. He played in the Swedish Allsvenskan f ...
(born 1974), Swedish footballer
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Marshawn Powell
Marshawn Powell (born January 5, 1990) is an American basketball player for Leche Río Breogán of the LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
* Lausanne–Echallens–Bercher railway, Switzerland
* Lebanon, UNDP country code
* Lebanon Municipal Air ...
(born 1990), American basketball player
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Mark Allan Powell
Mark Allan Powell is an American New Testament scholar and professional music critic.
New Testament scholarship
Powell was Professor of New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio until his retirement in 2018. He is editor of ...
, American biblical scholar
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Matt Powell (born 1978), Welsh rugby union footballer
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Mike Powell (athlete)
Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event. His world record of ...
, American world record holder in the long jump
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Myles Powell
Myles Blake Powell (born July 7, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates.
High school career
Powell attended ...
(born 1997), American basketball player
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Nick Powell
Nicholas Edward Powell (born 23 March 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or as a striker for EFL Championship club Stoke City.
He began his career at Crewe Alexandra, initially as a forward, making his de ...
(born 1994), English footballer
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Nigel Powell
Nigel Powell (born 1 October 1971) is an English multi-instrumental musician from Abingdon.
Powell was born in Bromley, London, and educated at Abingdon School. While at school he was in a band called Illiterate Hands, which also featured futu ...
(born 1971), English musician
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Norman Powell
Norman WC Powell (born May 25, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Powell played college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, where he was an all-conference ...
(born 1993), American basketball player
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Owen Powell
Owen Powell (born 1967) is a Welsh guitarist. He played in the Welsh rock band Catatonia from 1995 until the band disbanded in 2001.
Career
Catatonia
Powell joined Catatonia in 1995 as a second guitarist. He went on to write for the band, includ ...
(born 1988), American musician, Police Officer
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Peter Powell (DJ)
Peter James Barnard-Powell (born 24 March 1951) is an English former disc jockey, popular on BBC Radio 1 in the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as a television presenter for the BBC music chart programme ''Top of the Pops''. He has also had a seco ...
(born 1951), British disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 in the 1970s and 1980s
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Renee Powell
Renee Powell (born May 4, 1946) is an American professional golfer who played on the US-based LPGA Tour and is currently head professional at her family's Clearview Golf Club in East Canton, Ohio. She was the second African-American woman ever to ...
(born 1946), American professional golfer
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Ricardo Powell
Ricardo Lloyd Powell (born 16 December 1978) is a former Jamaican cricketer who played for West Indies at international level. He represented Jamaica national cricket team as well as Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team from 1997 to 2005. Pow ...
(born 1978), Jamaican cricketer
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Robert Powell (composer) (born 1932), American composer
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Robert Powell
Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in ''Mahler'' (1974) and '' Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its ...
(born 1944), British actor
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Roger Powell (disambiguation), several people
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Ronald Powell (born 1991), American football player
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Rovman Powell
Rovman Powell (born 23 July 1993) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team and current vice-captain in Limited overs cricket. In December 2018, he captained the West Indies for the first time in a One Day International ...
(born 1993), Jamaica and West Indies cricket player
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Sandy Powell (costume designer)
Sandy Powell (born 7 April 1960) is a British costume designer. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design fifteen times, winning three awards for the films ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998), '' The Aviator'' (2004), and ...
(born 1960), British costume designer who has been nominated nine times for the Academy
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Sara Jordan Powell (born 1938), American gospel musician
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Shawn Powell (American football)
Shawn Powell (born November 29, 1988) is a former American football punter who played for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida State.
Career
Powell joined ...
(born 1988), American football player
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Sidney Katherine Powell (born 1955), American attorney and federal prosecutor
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Sylvester Earl Powell (born 1972), American songwriter and music producer
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Tristram Powell
Tristram Roger Dymoke Powell'Powell of The Chantry' pedigree, Burke's Peerage website (born 25 April 1940) is an English television and film director, producer and screenwriter. His credits include ''American Friends'', episodes of series Foyle's ...
(born 1940), English television director, film director, writer and producer
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Walter W. Powell
Walter W. Powell (also known as Woody Powell), born August 15, 1951, is a contemporary American sociologist. Powell is Professor of Education, Sociology, Organizational Behavior, Management Science and Engineering, and Communication at Stanfor ...
(born 1951), American sociologist
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Wendy Powell
Wendy Powell is an American voice actress and agent, best known for her work in anime dubs for Funimation. Some of her notable roles include Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist, Miss Merry Christmas from One Piece, and Mukuro from YuYu Hakusho. She was ...
(born 1971), American voice actor
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William Powell (Liberal Democrat politician) (born 1950), Welsh politician
Fictional characters
* Colleen Powell, in the Australian TV series ''
Prisoner
A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison.
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* Milo Powell, the title character in the Canadian-Filipino animated series ''
Captain Flamingo
''Captain Flamingo'' is an animated television series, which chronicles the adventures of ''Milo Powell'', whose alter-ego is ''Captain Flamingo''. The television series was produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, The Her ...
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Herbert 'Herb' Powell, Homer Simpson's half brother on ''The Simpsons''
* Powell, various family members on ''
No Ordinary Family
''No Ordinary Family'' is an American television series that aired on ABC in the United States and CTV in Canada. The one hour science fiction comedy drama was produced by ABC Studios for the 2010–2011 television season. The series ran from ...
'' television series
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Al Powell
Sergeant Al Powell is a fictional character from the 1988 action film ''Die Hard'', portrayed by Reginald VelJohnson. Powell is an off-duty police officer who gets called into work to investigate a potential hostage situation at Nakatomi Plaza. P ...
, in the 1988 film ''
Die Hard
''Die Hard'' is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan, with a screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. Based on the 1979 novel '' Nothing Lasts Forever'', by Roderick Thorp, it stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Ale ...
''
See also
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Powell baronets, several baronetcies
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Powell (given name)
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Baden Powell (surname)
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Powell (disambiguation)
Powell may refer to:
People
* Powell (surname)
* Powell (given name)
* Powell baronets, several baronetcies
*Colonel Powell (disambiguation), several military officers
*General Powell (disambiguation), several military leaders
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Powells (disambiguation)
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Powel
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Powdrell
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Howell (surname)
Howell is a surname and given name originating from Wales. It is not a particularly common name among those of Welsh ancestry, as it is an Anglicized form of the Welsh name Hywel. It originates in a dynasty of kings in Wales and Brittany in the 9 ...
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Welsh surnames
Fixed surnames were adopted in Wales from the 15th century onwards. Until then, the Welsh had a patronymic naming system.
History
In 1292, 48 per cent of Welsh names were patronymics and, in some parishes, over 70 per cent. Other names were ...
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English-language surnames
Anglicised Welsh-language surnames
Surnames of Welsh origin
Patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names