Powers (name)

Powers is a given name or surname.

• Powers Boothe (1948–2017), American actor
• Powers Hapgood (1899–1949), American trade union organizer and Socialist Party leader

• Abigail Fillmore (née Abigail Powers, 1798–1853), First Lady of the United States
• Abra J. Powers (1883-1971), American lawyer and politician
• Albert E. Powers (1816–1910), American President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Ann Powers (born 1964), American writer and pop music critic
• Caleb Powers (1869–1932), US Representative from Kentucky
• Chet Powers (Chester William Powers Jr., 1937–1994), American singer-songwriter
• Claudia Powers (born 1950), American politician
• D. Lane Powers (1896–1968), US Representative from New Jersey
• Darrell Powers ("Shifty" Powers, 1923–2009), American WWII veteran portrayed in Band of Brothers
• Dave Powers (1932–2008), American television director and producer
• David Powers (1912–1998), Special Assistant to John F. Kennedy
• David J. Powers (1814–1909), American businessman, co-founder of Whitewater, Wisconsin, and Palmyra, Wisconsin
• Doc Powers (Michael Riley Powers, 1870–1909) an American Major League Baseball player
• Georgia Davis Powers (1923–2016), Kentucky politician
• Gershom Powers (1789–1831), US Representative from New York
• Francis Gary Powers (1929–1977), American pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960
• Hardy Powers (1900–1972), general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene
• Harold Powers (1928–2007), American musicologist, ethnomusicologist, and music theorist
• Harold J. Powers (1900–1996), Lieutenant Governor of California
• Harriet Powers (1837–1910), African American slave, folk artist and noted quilt maker
• Hiram Powers (1805–1873), American neoclassical sculptor
• Horace Henry Powers (1835–1913), US Representative from Vermont
• J. F. Powers (1917–1999), American short story and novel writer
• Jack Powers (1827–1860), Irish-American gambler and gang leader
• James Powers (New York politician) (1785–1868), New York politician
• James F. Powers (1938–2012), New Hampshire politician
• Jessica Powers (1905–1988), American poet and Carmelite nun
• Jerraud Powers American football player
• Jim Powers (born 1958), American retired professional wrestler
• Joey Powers (1934–2017), American singer-songwriter
• John Powers (American football coach), college football co-head coach
• John Powers (baseball) (1929–2001), baseball outfielder
• John Powers (mayor), American politician, Mayor of Spokane, WA
• John A. Powers (1922–1979), public affairs officer for NASA
• John E. Powers (1910–1998), Massachusetts politician
• John Holbrook Powers (1831–1918), Nebraska pioneer
• John J. Powers (food scientist) (1918–2014), Food Science
• John James Powers (1912–1942), United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• John R. Powers (1945–2013), American novelist and playwright
• John Robert Powers (1892–1977), American actor and owner of a modelling agency.
• John T. Powers, President of the Federal League of baseball
• Johnny Powers (1943–2022), originally named Dennis Waters, a Canadian professional wrestler
• Keith T. Powers (born 1992), American actor and model
• Kemp Powers, American playwright, screenwriter, and director
• Kevin Powers (born 1980), American writer and Iraq War veteran
• Kimberly Powers, American epidemiologist
• Kirsten Powers (born 1969), American columnist, blogger, pundit and political commentator
• Lauren Powers (born 1961), American actress, amateur bodybuilder and firefighter
• Leo J. Powers (1909–1967), US Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Levi P. Powers (1828-1888), Wisconsin legislator and judge
• Lewis J. Powers (1837–1915), Massachusetts businessman and politician
• Llewellyn Powers (1836–1908), Governor of Maine, US Representative from Maine
• Madison Powers, American philosopher
• Mala Powers (1931–2007), American film actress and television guest actress
• Matilde Powers (born 1982), Danish politician
• Megan Powers, Trump campaign worker, former NASA press secretary
• Mike Powers (disambiguation)
• Millard Powers (born 1965), American musician, songwriter, record producer and recording engineer
• Millard Powers Fillmore (1828–1889), son of US President Millard Fillmore
• Oswald A. Powers (1915–1942), US Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
• PJ Powers (born 1960), a South African singer also known as Penelope Jane Dunlop and as Thandeka
• Pat Powers (businessman) (1870–1948), Irish-American businessman
• Patrick Powers (volleyball) (born 1958), American volleyball player
• Patrick T. Powers (1860–1925), American minor league baseball executive
• Preston Powers (1842–1904), American sculptor
• Ralph Ernest Powers (1875–1952), American mathematician
• Richard Powers (born 1957), American novelist
• Richie Powers (1930–1998), American professional basketball referee
• Ridgley C. Powers (1836–1912), Governor of Mississippi
• Ron Powers (born 1941), American journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer
• Samuel L. Powers (1848–1929), US Representative from Massachusetts
• Stefanie Powers (born 1942), American actress and singer
• Stephen Powers (1840–1904), American journalist, ethnographer, and historian of Native American tribes in California
• Thomas Powers (born 1940), American author, intelligence expert, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize
• Tim Powers (born 1952), American science fiction and fantasy author
• Tom Powers (1890–1957), American stage and film actor
• Victoria Powers, American mathematician
• Warren Powers (1941–2021), American football coach
• Warren Powers (American football) (born 1965), American football player
• William Powers (politician), Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee
• William C. Powers (1946–2019) the 28th president of The University of Texas at Austin
• William T. Powers (1926–2013), scholar of psychology theory
• William T. Powers (industrialist) (1820–1907), manufacturer and capitalist

• Austin Powers, fictional British spy portrayed by Mike Myers
• Douglas Powers, also known as Dr. Evil, Austin Powers' nemesis and secret twin brother
• Nigel Powers, the father of Austin and Douglas
• Kitty Powers, the drag queen persona of game developer Rich Franke and the titular character of Kitty Powers' Matchmaker

• Power (name)
• Powers (disambiguation)

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