James Powell
James Powell may refer to:
- Jim Powell (baseball) (1859–1929), Major League Baseball player
- Jim Powell (British novelist) (born 1949)
- Jim Powell (filmmaker), American documentary filmmaker
- Jim Powell (historian), fellow at libertarian think tank the Cato Institute
- Jim Powell (poet), American poet, translator, literary critic, MacArthur Fellow, classicist
- Jim Powell (sportscaster), announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves
- Jimmy Powell (musician), American jazz saxophonist
- Jimmy Powell (golfer) (born 1935), PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer
- Jimmy Powell (singer), British rhythm and blues singer
- James Powell (author), author of mystery and humorous short stories
- James Powell (cricketer) (1792–1870), English cricketer
- James Powell (cricketer, born 1982), Welsh cricketer
- James Edwin Powell (1819–1862), American army officer
- James L. Powell (1936-present), American geologist and environmentalist
- James R. Powell, American physicist
- James Powell (1774–1840), British glassmaker, founder of James Powell and Sons
- James Powell, African American teenager whose shooting led to the Harlem Riot of 1964
- James Robert Powell, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
- James Powell and Sons, British stained glass manufacturers