Michael Powell or Mike Powell may refer to:

• Michael Powell (director) (1905-1990), British film director
• Mike Powell (rugby union) (born 1978), rugby union player for the Ospreys
• Mike Powell (journalist), early UK advocate of radio automation
• Mike Powell (athlete) (born 1963), U.S. world record holder in the long jump
• Michael Powell (politician) (born 1963), former chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
• Michael Powell (bookseller), owner of a well-known U.S. bookstore
• Michael Powell (lacrosse) (born 1982), U.S. professional lacrosse player
• Mike Powell (cricketer, born 1975), English cricketer
• Mike Powell (cricketer, born 1977), Welsh cricketer
• Michael J. Powell, American R&B musician
• Michael J. D. Powell (born 1936), retired mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge and member of the US National Academy of Sciences
• Michael Lloyd Powell (died 2003), British man who died in police custody

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