Powell
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Powell is the name of several places in the United States of America:
It is also the callsign of the:
Famous people whose surname is or was Powell include:
- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (African-American congressman)
- Anthony Powell
- Asafa Powell
- Billy Powell (keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
- Bud Powell
- Colin Powell (former United States Secretary of State)
- Dick Powell
- Dilys Powell (Journalist)
- Enoch Powell
- Felix Powell (UK song writer best known for 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile', once described as 'the most optimistic song ever written')
- Jane Powell
- John Wesley Powell
- Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
- Michael Kevin Powell
- Michael Latham Powell
- Robert Powell
- William Powell
- Sir Arnold Joseph Philip Powell, British architect
- Robert Baden-Powell
"Herb Powell" is Homer Simpson's half-brother on The Simpsons.
Powell is a traditional Welsh surname said to mean "Son of the Servant of St. Paul," and often indicates descent from King Hywel the Good. The Welsh term "ap" means "son of", hence Ap Hywel was eventually spelled as Powell.