Thomas Powell

Thomas, Tom or Tommy Powell may refer to:

Clergy

• Thomas Powell (archdeacon of Worcester), 16th-century English priest
• Thomas Powell (rector of Cantref) (c. 1608 – 1660), Welsh Anglican priest and writer
• Thomas Powell (archdeacon of Port Elizabeth) (fl. 1926–1964), Anglican priest in South Africa

Politicians

• Sir Thomas Powell, 1st Baronet (1665–1720), Welsh politician
• Thomas Powell (Cardiganshire MP) (c. 1701–1752), Welsh politician
• Thomas Powell (Irish politician) (1892–1971), Irish Fianna Fáil politician

Sports

• Tommy Powell (Gaelic footballer) (1894–1964), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Tosh Powell (Thomas Morgan Powell, 1908–1928), Welsh bantamweight boxer
• Tommy Powell (English footballer) (1925–1998), English association footballer
• Thomas Powell (ice hockey) (born 1986), Australian ice hockey player in the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division II
• Tom Powell (Australian footballer) (born 2002), Australian rules footballer

Other people

• Thomas Powell (American landowner) (1641–1722), Quaker who secured the Bethpage Purchase on Long Island
• Thomas Powell (mine owner) (1779–1863), Welsh mine owner
• Thomas Powell (botanist) (1809–1887), British missionary to the Samoan Islands, taxon authority, paleontologist, and botanist
• Thomas Powell (writer) (1809–1887), English writer and fraudster
• Thomas Wilde Powell (1818–1897), English solicitor and stockbroker, patron of architects and artists
• Thomas C. Powell (1865–1945), American railroad executive

Other uses

• Thomas Powell (steamboat), a steamboat built in 1846 for service on the Hudson River, New York

See also

• Thomas Powel (1845–1922), Welsh professor of Celtic
• Thomas Douglas-Powell (born 1992), Australian volleyball player