Walter Powell may refer to:
- Walter D. Powell, American football and basketball coach
- Walter E. Powell (born 1931), American politician
- Walter W. Powell, American sociologist known for studies of the biotechnology industry
- Walter S. Powell (died 1961), American figure skating official
- Walter Rice Howell Powell, British Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire, 1880–1885, and, West Carmarthenshire, 1885–1889
- Walter Powell (politician), British Member of Parliament for Malmesbury, 1868–1882
Famous quotes containing the words walter and/or powell:
““Mother” has always been a generic term synonymous with love, devotion, and sacrifice. There’s always been something mystical and reverent about them. They’re the Walter Cronkites of the human race . . . infallible, virtuous, without flaws and conceived without original sin, with no room for ambivalence.”
—Erma Bombeck (20th century)
“Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.”
—Colin Powell (b. 1937)