John Powell

John Powell may refer to:

Politics and law[edit]

John Powell (MP for Cardigan) (died 1590s), MP for Cardigan
John Powell (1645–1713), English Member of Parliament for Gloucester, 1685–1689
John Joseph Powell (1816–1891), British Member of Parliament for Gloucester, 1862–1865
John Enoch Powell (1912–1998), British politician
John Powell (Canadian politician) (1809–1881), mayor of Toronto
John A.H. Powell (died 1843), political figure in upper Canada
John Powell (judge) (c. 1633 – 1696), Welsh judge
John Blake Powell (1870–1923), Irish judge
John William Powell (politician) (1928–2010), American politician

John Powell (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1961), English footballer
John Powell (footballer, born 1936) (1936–2017), English semi-professional footballer
John Powell (Australian footballer) (born 1937), Australian footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy
John Powell (weightlifter) (1931–2008), Australian Olympic weightlifter
Jackie Powell (1871–1955), South African rugby union player
John Powell (cricketer) (1904–1959), New Zealand cricketer
John Powell (discus thrower) (1947–2022), American discus thrower
Jack Powell (runner) (1910–1982), English athlete

John Powell (painter), British painter
Joseph Powell (painter) (1780–1833), English artist and teacher, sometimes called "John Powell"
John Wesley Powell (1834–1902), American geologist and explorer
John Powell (musician) (1882–1963), American pianist, composer, and eugenicist who promoted white separatist ideologies
John Powell (film composer) (born 1963), British composer
John Powell (physicist) (1923–1996), British physicist, creator of the EMI brain scanner
John W. Powell (1919–2008), American publisher of China Weekly Review, tried for sedition in 1956
John A. Powell (born 1947), American academic
John Powell (Jesuit) (1925–2009), American priest and author
John Frederick Powell (1915–2008), Royal Air Force officer
John Hare Powel (1786–1856), American agriculturist