Michael Powell

Michael Powell or Mike Powell may refer to:

  • Michael Powell (director) (1905–1990), British film director
  • Mike Powell (rugby union) (born 1978), rugby union player for the Ospreys
  • Mike Powell (journalist), early UK advocate of radio automation
  • Mike Powell (athlete) (born 1963), U.S. world record holder in the long jump
  • Michael Powell (politician) (born 1963), former chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
  • Michael Powell (bookseller), owner of a well-known U.S. bookstore
  • Michael Powell (lacrosse) (born 1982), U.S. professional lacrosse player
  • Mike Powell (cricketer, born 1975), English cricketer
  • Mike Powell (cricketer, born 1977), Welsh cricketer
  • Michael J. Powell, American R&B musician
  • Michael J. D. Powell (born 1936), retired mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge and member of the US National Academy of Sciences
  • Michael Lloyd Powell (died 2003), British man who died in police custody

Famous quotes containing the words michael and/or powell:

    I believe in Michael Angelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    I do not keep a diary. Never have. To write a diary every day is like returning to one’s own vomit.
    —J. Enoch Powell (b. 1912)