List of Famous people with last name Powell

Eline Powell is a Belgian actress.

Jemma Powell is a British actress. She is best known for portraying Barbara Wright in several Doctor Who audio stories.

Michael Anthony Powell is an American former track and field athlete, and the holder of the long jump world record. He is a two-time world champion in this event and two-time Olympic silver medallist, and has a world record of 8.95m. He is considered one of the best Long jumpers in Track and Field history.

Christopher Powell is an American personal trainer, reality show personality, and author. Powell was the host of the ABC television series Extreme Weight Loss, which aired from 2011 to 2015.

Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). His later controversial 1960 film Peeping Tom, while today considered a classic, and a contender as the first "slasher", was so vilified on first release that his career was seriously damaged.

Christopher George Robin Powell is an English football coach and former player, who is currently joint caretaker manger of Tottenham Hotspur, head of coaching for the Tottenham Hotspur Academy and a coach for the England national team. As a left back, Powell played for Southend United, Derby County, Charlton Athletic, West Ham United and Leicester City. He also made five appearances for the England national team.

Myles Powell is an American professional basketball player for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates.

Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Payne and Lewis Paine, was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland. John Wilkes Booth recruited him into a plot to kidnap Lincoln and turn the president over to the Confederacy, but then decided to assassinate Lincoln, Seward, and Vice President Andrew Johnson instead, and assigned Powell the task to kill Seward.

Lucy Maria Powell is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Central since winning the seat at a by-election in November 2012. Since April 2020 she has also served as Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers.

Nicholas Edward Powell is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or as a striker for EFL Championship club Stoke City.