Powers (name)

Powers is a given name or surname.

People with the given name

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

People with the surname

 * 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

Fictional characters with the surname

 * 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