James Powell

James Powell (or Jim or Jimmy) may refer to:

Sports

  • Jay Powell (baseball) (James Willard Powell, born 1972), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Jim Powell (baseball) (1859–1929), Major League Baseball player
  • Jim Powell (sportscaster), announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves
  • Jimmy Powell (golfer) (1935–2021), PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer
  • James Powell (cricketer, born 1792) (1792–1870), English cricketer
  • James Powell (cricketer, born 1899) (1899–1973), English cricketer
  • James Powell (cricketer, born 1982), Welsh cricketer

Music

  • Jimmy Powell (musician) (1914–1994), American jazz saxophonist
  • Jimmy Powell (singer) (1942–2016), British rhythm and blues singer

Science

  • James L. Powell (born 1936), American geologist and environmentalist
  • James R. Powell (physicist), American physicist

Fiction and poetry

  • Jim Powell (British novelist) (1949–2023)
  • Jim Powell (poet), American poet, translator, literary critic, MacArthur Fellow, classicist
  • James Powell (author) (born 1932), author of mystery and humorous short stories

Other

  • James Powell and Sons, British stained glass manufacturers
  • James Powell (1774–1840), British glassmaker, founder of James Powell and Sons
  • Jim Powell (filmmaker), American documentary filmmaker
  • Jim Powell (historian), fellow at libertarian think tank the Cato Institute
  • James R. Powell (politician), founder of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, mayor and state politician
  • James Powell, African American teenager whose shooting led to the Harlem riot of 1964
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