# 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 (1958–2025), 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