John Powell may refer to:
Politics and law 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) ( – 1696), Welsh judge John Blake Powell (1870–1923), Irish judge John William Powell (politician) (1928–2010), American politician
Sports 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
Others 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 (who does not capitalize his name) (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
See also Jack Powell (disambiguation)